These Soap Nuts will give you about 40 loads of laundry. They are packaged for optimal freshness, and come with one mini 3" x 5" muslin bag for washing. How To Use: Place 3 or 4 Soap Nuts shells in the mini muslin bag. Tie closed, throw into the drum of your washer, and start the machine. It's that simple! You can then reuse this batch of Soap Nuts for 4 or 5 loads of laundry. Or boil them down into a liquid and use 3Tbsp per large load of laundry. Don't forget to buy extra muslin wash bags.