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Soap and front loading washing machines
In general no, you do not nor should not routinely use soap in modern front loading washing machines. Especially the various witches brews so called "home made laundry detergent" found all over the Internet.
Being as all this may both in Europe and the USA there is a subset of the demographic that believe for various reasons soap is better for their laundry. To this market in France as noted has various soap flakes. You can also find them in the UK and USA.
www.amazon.com/Dri-Pak-Soap-Flake...
You also had or have various soap based general laundry "detergents" such as White King of old and CalBen: www.calbenpuresoap.com/seafoam-la...
These latter two combined surfactants and water softeners to overcome much of the drawbacks ot using soap for laundry.
Have other sites (sadly for you they are in French) concerning soap flakes (savon de Marseille) in the wash. Most comments say what Stan, myself and others pretty much knew already. Soap cleans very well but won't touch some stains/soils. It also requires more effort. In addition some contacted various makers of washing machines sold in France. Some (Whirlpool) recommended against using soap in their machines, others didn't think it would be a problem.
Henkel give directions for its soap flakes that they are to be used for "light duty" laundry and not routine washing. They also are to be used in "delicate" cycle or any other where drum movements are controlled. This will prevent excess froth from being churned up.
By not using soap exclusively and alternating with a modern detergent the latter will "clean" away gunk and whatever residue left by the former.
I happen to have a vast horde of laundry soap products ranging from old Persil to Ivory Snow. I would *NEVER* use any for routine washing but restrict them to linens, undergarments, delicates and other such things.
Using pure soap for doing your routine washing is just going to harm your machine. You'll never be able to reach the proper dosage required without creating huge amounts of froth. Also you'll never be able to get all that soap and its residue out of your machine. That and again the routine dosage of fats/oils can lead to rot.
Am ironing some bed linens washed last night with Ivory Snow (cut with La France and Tide liquid)and the scent is beyond wonderful.
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