Combined closure and measuring device

A process for dispensing a soap product from a soap product container comprising the steps of:

• providing a dispensing and closure apparatus comprising:
• a hollow walled member, said member closed at one end and open at the other end thereof,
• indicia within the hollow of said hollow walled member designating a predetermined volume between said indicia and said closed end,
• a ledge within said hollow walled member partially covering said open end, said ledge defining a small aperture therethrough for precise pouring of soap products through said small aperture and said open end,
• opposite said ledge at said open end the remainder of the opening defining a large aperture for more rapid pouring of soap product through said large aperture and said open end,
• engaging means on the exterior of said hollow walled member for engaging and closing said soap product container;
• disengaging said hollow walled member from said soap product container;
• pouring soap product from said soap product container into said hollow walled member to the predetermined volume;
• dispensing through said small aperture a portion of said soap product onto particularly heavily soiled areas of an article to be laundered for a higher concentration of said soap product in said areas;
• and
• dispensing the remainder of said soap product into a washing apparatus through said large aperture.