@COLE63 My grandparents use to boil their cloths in a large cast iron pot setting on a wood fire out in the yard. They added a little lie soap which they made. They sired it with a paddle. They had a wash tube and scrub board also. Finally they go a washing machine after they got electricity.

@COLE63 I don't know what he recommends but we use scent-free detergent or pure Castille soap to wash with. Never a dryer sheet. They are all full of industrial chemicals and toxins. We put a "dryer ball" with a few drops of essential oils on it in the dryer.