It is difficult, and sometimes impossible, to do without laundry detergent. The effectiveness of these products is constantly increasing, but at the same time new synthetic additives that are unsafe for health are being introduced into their composition. And the price of detergents is steadily creeping up. So housewives are thinking about what to replace washing powder for an automatic machine.
It turns out that you can prepare its analogue with your own hands at home. It won't take much time. And the resulting product will be safe, cheaper and quite effective.
Harm of purchased powders
Factory-made laundry products contain, with rare exceptions, a number of components that are unsafe for health. Greatest harm bring phosphates and surfactants. Yes, they are very effective in eliminating various types of pollution. But freeing washed clothes from their traces is quite problematic. Even high-quality repeated rinsing of laundry in hot water does not allow you to get rid of them completely.
Remaining on the fabric of clothing, the components of the powder easily penetrate the skin, causing harm to health. No, manufacturers are not deceiving when they claim that these harmful additives are used in the production of these products in minimal quantities. But such chemicals have an unpleasant tendency to accumulate in the human body. At first, this may not affect your well-being. But with time negative impact washing powder will appear.
Not everyone knows, but phosphate additives are toxic in themselves. They negatively affect the functioning of the liver, the functioning of the genitourinary system, and the condition of the lungs. Moreover, they enhance the harmful effects of surface-active components that are present in laundry detergents. Because of them, a person may experience:
- skin rashes, peeling;
- redness of the skin;
- allergic runny nose, sneezing, cough;
- general decrease in immune defense.
In addition, washing powders also contain other unsafe ingredients - bleaches, fragrances, formaldehyde, ammonium compounds, etc.
All troubles can be avoided if you use washing powder made from laundry soap and soda. There is no doubt about its effectiveness - it successfully copes with all kinds of dirt on clothes.
Home Remedies: Pros and Cons
Many housewives may have doubts - is it worth spending time on cooking? home remedy for washing? To draw the right conclusions, you need to evaluate all its advantages and disadvantages. The advantages include:
There is one more undoubted plus: do-it-yourself washing powder for an automatic washing machine is also suitable. The resulting product has low foaming and does not contain particularly caustic substances. Therefore, it is not capable of damaging the elements washing machine. However, it is still not recommended to regularly use only homemade automatic washing powders. The best solution would be to alternately use purchased and homemade products.
Disadvantages of washing powder, made at home, not so much.
Required Ingredients
How to make washing powder at home? It's not difficult at all. Moreover, all the necessary components are available. You can find them at home or purchase them without any problems - they are cheap and not in short supply. The basis of such products is soda and soap. But the addition of other ingredients is additionally required. Here's everything you might need.
Homemade Laundry Recipes
There are several ways to make your own washing powder. Its composition depends on the washing option and the type of fabric being processed. Any powder is made from soap and soda. To begin with, it is recommended to prepare a small amount of product, enough for one wash. It should be noted that minor inaccuracies in the ratio of components will not particularly affect the quality of the wash. But it is advisable to adhere to the recommended proportions.
For hand washing
No matter how hard housewives try, sometimes they still have to wash their clothes by hand. Either you just need to refresh the item and wash it faster with your hands, or the fabric is very delicate, or color palette does not allow you to load everything into the machine together. I don’t want to use an expensive automatic powder for these purposes, and due to low foaming, working with it manually is not always convenient. Then you need to spend money on purchasing funds for hand wash. But you don’t have to do this, because it’s easy to prepare it yourself. For this you will need:
- solid soap - 300 g;
- baking soda - 0.5 tbsp.;
- soda ash - 1 tbsp.;
- borax - 250 g;
- essential extract (oil) - 8−12 drops.
The last two components do not need to be added to the powder. The required amount of soap is grated on the finest grater, combined with the rest of the ingredients and dried. All is ready! After this, the mixture can be poured into a hermetically sealed storage container. Like any powder, the product must first be diluted in hot water until completely dissolved, and only then immerse the laundry in the solution. The powder contains soda ash, so it is strongly recommended not to wash without gloves.
Liquid gel
From the same ingredients you can prepare liquid gel for hand washing. The advantage here is that you don’t need to waste time dissolving it in water. Simply pour the required amount of gel into hot water and stir. The gel is prepared as follows:
The cooled gel product is poured into a convenient container, possibly with a dispenser.
Machine washable
Homemade powder can be used for machine washable both in automatic and semi-automatic mode. Both recipes listed above are suitable for this. But it is better to completely replace soda ash with baking soda. Moreover, if you use a powder product, it is recommended to first dissolve it in small quantity water. The resulting solution can be placed in the detergent compartment or simply poured over the clothes in the tank.
But, even despite such precautions, over time the tubes in the machine can become clogged with soap deposits. Therefore, it is not recommended to constantly use powders based on any soap shavings. It is proposed to try the effectiveness of a product that has the following simple composition:
- a glass of borax;
- a glass of baking soda.
Additionally, you can add the same amount of table salt and half the volume of wine vinegar. This powder should be used in a temperature range of 40−60 degrees. But even this product should not be used for machine washing too often.
Making homemade powder is very simple. This will result in a safe and effective remedy. But it must be used wisely. Only in this case will it be possible to achieve High Quality washing at minimal cost.
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Each of us has long had washing powder on our household shopping list. Is it possible to replace it with something? Try making your own laundry detergent. You may need it if you run out purchased product or an allergy to “chemicals” has begun.
Homemade powder: good or bad
Before you make laundry detergent, find out how profitable it is. So, the pros:
- There are no harmful chemical components in the composition.
- No pungent odor.
- Non-allergenic, suitable for washing children's clothes.
- Eat big choice powder recipes even for automatic machines.
- Removes tough stains.
- Available ingredients at an affordable price.
There are fewer disadvantages, but they are worth talking about:
- Homemade powder takes time to make.
- Homemade powder is prone to leaving streaks.
- Washing according to recipes containing soda ash requires protecting your hands with gloves.
There are much fewer disadvantages, so if you have a desire and good reasons, you can safely make powder with my own hands. All you have to do is choose the appropriate recipe.
What you need for cooking
Most recipes use soap as the main ingredient. So stock up on them for future use. And also prepare the containers and devices that you will need for work:
- a saucepan that would not be a pity;
- wooden spoon;
- containers (bottles).
For all classic powders homemade have to take:
- soap (make sure there are no fragrances in the composition);
- soda ash or baking soda;
- citric acid;
- lavender essential oil (or another of your choice, such as tangerine or eucalyptus);
- borax;
- table rock salt;
- water.
Beneficial properties of the listed ingredients:
- Borax (Na teraborate) is a mineral that has cleaning properties due to its alkaline composition. Included in fabric softeners. Fights fungi and bacteria.
- Baking soda perfectly neutralizes pH if there is an excess of alkali or acid. Baking soda also makes the fabric softer and has a disinfectant effect on it.
- Soap is a common hand wash product, but if used correctly in recipes, it can also be used in SMA.
- Oils give the product a pleasant smell.
- Salt and citric acid additionally remove stains from the fabric.
- Water is needed to give consistency.
Important! If this is your debut in making homemade powder, take a few recipes and make “samples” to choose the appropriate option.
How to make washing powder: soap recipes
If you are going to prepare powder from laundry soap and other ingredients, use proven recipes - do not “chemically” yourself, so as not to damage things and the machine.
Recipe for linen and cotton items
To wash such fabrics, you need to prepare a detergent with an alkaline reaction. You will need:
- 50 g laundry soap;
- 200 g baking soda;
- 100 g soda ash;
- a tablespoon of salt.
Manufacturing:
- Take a grater and grate the soap.
- Add remaining ingredients.
- Mix with a spoon or blender.
- Use as intended.
Recipe for delicate fabrics
For woolen and silk items, components must be selected carefully so as not to spoil the fabric. You can't use soda, but lemon juice is fine. For colored fabrics, soda is replaced with salt. So take:
- 100 g soap;
- 400 g salt or soda;
- 2 tablespoons of citric acid.
How to cook:
- Grate the soap.
- Add salt.
- Add acid.
- Mix the ingredients and pour into a container.
Recipe for synthetics
For fabrics of artificial origin, you need to use baking soda instead of soda ash or take them in unequal proportions. Washing (both manually and in SM) is done at no more than 40 degrees. Take the substances in this proportion:
- 50 g soap;
- 250 g baking soda;
- 75 g soda ash.
Preparation method:
- Rub the soap.
- Mix with baking soda.
- Use for washing synthetics in cool water.
Recipe for “baby” powder
In this case, softening and disinfection are required, so the composition of the product will be as follows:
- 100 g soap;
- 400 g baking soda;
- 150 g borax.
- Rub the soap.
- Mix with other substances.
- Mix well.
- Use for washing.
Recipe: liquid remedy
Thanks to its fluid consistency, product consumption is reduced. Can be used on all fabrics except delicates. Take:
- 100 grams of laundry soap;
- 400 grams of baking soda;
- 200 grams of borax;
- 5 liters of water;
- 15 milliliters of any essential oil with a pleasant smell.
Preparation of liquid powder:
- Pour a fifth of the water into the pan.
- Add grated soap.
- Cook over low heat until the soap dissolves.
- Boil the rest of the water.
- Add everything except the oil.
- Stir.
- Pour in the oil.
- Pour into bottles after cooling.
Important! Store all products in a dark and cool place. Shake or shake before use.
How can I replace washing powder in an automatic machine?
Are you wondering what to replace the powder with if you have an automatic washing machine? You can use any of the listed remedies without hesitation. If the bars of soap come out too large and you are afraid that the powder tray will clog, put the product directly into the drum. The consumption will be approximately as follows (per 5 kg of dry laundry):
- Dry mixtures: 150-200 grams.
- Liquid products: 100 grams.
Replacing the powder with homemade mixtures is quite justified. There is a lot of harm from “chemistry”:
- Surfactants (surfactants) and phosphates are the main components of modern powders. They are poorly washed out of the tissue and penetrate the body. Often, phosphate-free products use equally harmful “chemicals,” so don’t take the word of advertising gimmicks - study the composition.
- Surfactants can cause allergies.
- The toxicity of phosphates has been repeatedly proven: they enter the blood through the skin and negatively affect the functioning of such internal organs like the liver and kidneys.
- Bleaching components, sodium silicate and others negatively affect immune system, provoke dermatoses, allergic reactions, and cause a feeling of dry skin.
In any case, it’s up to you to decide which powder to use: store-bought or homemade. If you have time, desire and a little extra soap, baking soda and salt, make a safe remedy. You will quickly get used to it, forget about allergies and the persistent smell of chemicals after washing.
Looking at the prices, I want to make my own washing powder and not go to the store at all household chemicals. And, indeed, the cost of powders is steadily increasing, and they have to be washed often. How to save at least a little family budget? The answer is obvious, partially replace expensive washing powder with a homemade analogue. How to make hand washing powders at home from soap and other ingredients and how to make hand washing powder washing machine machine, read this publication.
What ingredients will be useful?
Today, many information sites offer recipes for homemade washing gels and powders. Some recipes are really worthwhile, while others are invented at random and are not at all effective. What should the housewife do? How to choose from the entire array of recipes the best option for yourself, how not to run into an unreliable recipe? We recently asked ourselves the same questions and decided to conduct a series of experiments. To begin with, we selected the most common components of homemade powders and decided to study their beneficial properties.
Homemade powder consists of cheap and relatively safe household chemicals, but still the word “relatively” confuses us a little.
Mustard powder in hot water will quickly swell, and the mustard masses will clog hoses and pipes, which can lead to damage to the washing machine.
- Salt. Regular salt can also help fight pollution. If used in combination with other ingredients, it can be very effective. Salt is absolutely safe for the washing machine.
- Lemon acid. Lemon has an excellent cleaning effect. It will not only assist in removing different types dirt from your laundry, it will soften the fabric and give it a pleasant smell.
- Table vinegar. This component is added to homemade laundry detergent mainly to soften the fabric and give the laundry a fresh smell. It is not recommended to pour vinegar into the washing machine.
For hand wash
Despite the abundance of automatic washing machines, modern housewives continue to wash some things by hand. There are many reasons for this: the item is very expensive and you want to save it for a longer time, the fabric is delicate, the item does not match the rest of the laundry in color, for example, we wash a mountain of colored laundry in the machine, but we wash two or three white items by hand so as not to start the machine again. In general, there are always many reasons to wash by hand, but you don’t want to buy powder for hand washing separately.
Let's not buy, but make a good washing powder with our own hands. We have excellent recipes for this, which we tested during experiments. The first recipe is soap powder for hand washing. To prepare it you need:
- 300 g soap shavings;
- 200 g soda ash;
- 100 g baking soda;
- 250 g borax;
- About 10 drops of your favorite essential oil.
If you are making powder for hand washing your baby's clothes, you can do without essential oil. In this case, the powder will be hypoallergenic.
This powder is very easy to prepare. First, mix soap shavings, soda, borax, and then pour the resulting mixture with 10 drops of essential oil. Place the mixture near the radiator or in the sun to dry, and then pour it into a dry, sealed container. Before use, the powder must be thoroughly dissolved in a basin of water, and only then added to the laundry. Do not place laundry in a basin together with powder.
How to make washing powder for hand washing is clear, but from the above components you can also prepare washing gel. Moreover, it will be almost more effective than powder. How is the gel prepared?
- Pour soap shavings into the pan.
- Pour about 1 liter of hot water and place the pan on the stove.
- Heat the mixture over low heat, without bringing it to a boil, and stir constantly until the chips melt.
- Pour soda ash into the hot soap (up to 300 g), and we will not add any baking soda at all.
- Add a little hot water and stir again until the soda dissolves.
- Now add borax and add a little water again to maintain a gel-like consistency.
- Stir again and wait for the borax to dissolve.
- When the borax dissolves, you can pour 10 drops of essential oil and remove from heat.
- Cool the gel and pour it into bottles.
Machine washable
We have already decided that some of the above components are not suitable for preparing homemade powder for an automatic washing machine, which means our powder should be without soap, mustard, and preferably without vinegar. Good recipes You can find homemade powder for automatic washing in the article. In this publication we talked in detail about such recipes, and we will not repeat ourselves.
The only thing I would like to draw your attention to is this point. Despite the environmental friendliness and considerable efficiency of home washing powders, they are not recommended for constant use, especially in an automatic washing machine. The best option is to alternate home remedies with regular powder, and then the washing result and the technical condition of the washing machine will invariably satisfy you.
To summarize, we note that there is nothing difficult in preparing homemade washing powder. Every housewife can easily find all the necessary components and make laundry detergent, but she still needs to use it correctly. If you don’t overuse homemade powders, you can save money and get high-quality washing results!
If your household appliances are broken, do not rush to throw them away - many useful things can be made from their parts, even fashionable furniture. We will offer many original options, what you can make from parts of an old washing machine with your own hands.
Useful mechanisms
First of all, you can use spare parts from an old washing machine to make useful mechanisms for the household.
Grinding and cutting machine
Giving a second life to the electric motor of household appliances is quite simple - its power is quite enough to make a sharpening machine. Difficulties for home handyman there is nothing special here: fasten the motor housing on a strong wooden base (a piece of board will do), connect the start and stop button, make an adapter attachment on the shaft where the grinding or cutting wheel will be attached. You can see other homemade products made from a washing machine engine.
Smokehouse
Many people dream of having their own smokehouse to surprise friends with smoked meats, but in a city apartment there is no place to install it. We offer a mobile analogue - it is made from the drum of a washing machine. We fix a thin sheet of steel in a circle so that the smoke does not escape through the perforations, and insert a special grate in the middle where fish and meat will be laid out for smoking.
A hole is made on top for the pipe, where the smoke will come out; under the grate we lay out wood blocks or chips from oak, alder, cherry or apple tree. The main task is not to overdo it, the volume of the smokehouse turned out to be small, so you don’t need to put a lot. It is better to find out the norm in advance using an empirical method, from smallest to largest. Experts in this field assure that five small bars or dry branches are quite enough.
For those who are engaged in breeding poultry for subsequent sale in city markets, this improvement will be to their liking. We mean assembling the feather removal machine on your own. It works in the same way as the factory analogue, only it looks less aesthetically pleasing, but is many times cheaper.
The operating principle is not particularly complicated:
- The fairly capacious tank is studded with special rubber pins (beaters) with a threaded connection at the end for a tight and reliable connection to the body.
- The bottom rotates at high speed and is also studded with rubber beaters.
- A poultry carcass scalded with boiling water is placed in the tank: chicken, goose, duck or broiler.
- When turned on, the bottom rotates, the beaters force the carcass to quickly move throughout the entire internal space, as a result of which the feathers fly off in different directions.
- In 2 minutes the carcass is cleaned, leaving only minor residues in the area of the inside of the wings, tail and paws.
Using the example of some farms, up to 30 carcasses can be plucked in this way in an hour.
Amateurs believe that mechanical plucking causes damage to carcasses, but in practice their presentation is 100% preserved.
The tank is positioned horizontally and water is supplied as shown in the photograph. An outlet is made at the bottom to remove water and feathers, so the bottom is slightly smaller than the diameter of the drum. The supply of water has a beneficial effect on the entire process of mechanical plucking.
The most cost part- purchase of pins made of durable rubber: the cost of one is at least 1.5 dollars, and you need at least 120 of them, but the costs will quickly pay off.
Interior details
We have not listed everything that can be made from a washing machine if you have a lot of imagination and certain skills. If you don’t need a lathe, then there are many ideas for using parts from an old washing machine in the interior of an apartment or private house - all you have to do is choose the most suitable one.
Sealed door
The loading hatch door from a car can be adapted to fit a window in a wooden frame - it looks unique and is actually practical. To do this, you just need to cut out the door along with part of the front panel of the household appliance - the original one is ready porthole, fitting into almost any interior.
If you live in the private sector in your own house, and there is a shaggy security guard in the yard, then he booth you can insert a door from a typewriter through which very coldy he will see everything, but will be in a warmer room. With the help of such a homemade product, you can isolate the formidable watchman when guests arrive - he sees everyone, but is not able to bite or tear clothes.
We must remember that the hatch is sealed, so make side holes to ventilate the booth.
Using a stainless steel drum with an abundance of perforations, you can change the interior of your apartment beyond recognition: make a unique coffee table in fashionable style hi-tech. You can decorate it internal lighting from an LED garland to save energy - simple, but looks original and very unusual.
This is not difficult to do: you just need to attach a few steel pins to the drum body. Attach a table top made of plexiglass or MDF board on top. A piece of furniture made in this way will decorate the interior of your living room.
Unique poufs
Fantasy has no limits - with a certain skill and imagination, you can make various poufs from a drum for a children's room. We take a colored pillow and cut out a square of the same size from chipboard, then use a stapler to secure the pillow to the square.
We attach the halves of the card loop to the chipboard and the outer wall of the drum using self-tapping screws and screws, paint the side surface of the drum with bright paint - a unique pouf with a hinged lid is ready, and inside children can store small toys and things.
Such original poufs made of stainless metal will last for many years, when children grow up, they can be covered with discreet fabric and placed in the living room.
Lampshade for the nursery
To completely change the interior of a children's room using an original homemade lampshade from drum from an old washing machine, you need to do the following:
- from any non-flammable, non-conducting material (textolite, ebonite) we make a circle half the size of the drum diameter;
- then we cut out a hole for the cartridge and connection wire;
- insert the cartridge into the prepared hole, fasten the circle to back wall drum, bring the wire out;
- We screw three special hooks into the ceiling, as shown in the photo;
- We attach special cables to the drum body on which the entire structure will hang;
- we hang the assembled structure;
- connect the wire from the chandelier to the socket terminals;
- We screw the light bulb through the receiving hole of the drum - everything is ready.
To dim the light and create a fabulous interior, you can attach multi-colored light fabric to the walls inside.
In the country
If you have a plot of land, you can use one of the ideas below. Their implementation does not require special skills and will not take much time.
To help the gardener
Here, an old drum can be used to wash vegetables or mushrooms grown in the garden beds. The container is placed above the gutter, the harvested crop is placed through the laundry hole, we water it from above with a hose, and from below the dirty water flows out by gravity through the perforations. The original design works like a colander in the kitchen, only much more bigger size- at the entrance we receive clean vegetables or mushrooms, quickly and without unnecessary hassle.
Many gardeners use the drum as growth limiter fruit bushes or root system protection rare flowers from pests - not a single rodent will overcome the steel protection, and excess moisture will escape through the hole system.
You can also make it unique flowerpot, decorating the sides with fragments of ceramic tiles of different designs - beautiful and unusual.
Making a grill
The drum body is made of stainless steel, and it is resistant to high temperatures, so you can make an original one rotating grill, especially since there are already perforations for airflow on all sides. We take old pipes, if we don’t have our own welding, then we invite a neighbor - and in half an hour we have a barbecue in our yard for cooking barbecue. To prevent the weather from spoiling the holiday, we build a durable rain canopy on top.
It’s quite easy to make a brazier yourself from a drum from frontal machines, with vertical laying of linen - you need to make small modifications: cut off the side side with a grinder, and add a stable support from below.
From a drum and an electric motor from household appliances, you can make a concrete mixer, a juicer, a universal sterilizer for home canning, a grass grinder and cereals for feeding poultry - there are no limits to your imagination.
To implement grandiose projects, anyone can find the information they are interested in, diagrams and detailed drawings with an algorithm step-by-step actions in the Internet. When a washing machine breaks down, each user can independently figure out how to organize a second life for it.
Everyone knows about the dangers of classic washing powder. They are hazardous to health and often cause allergies, pollute the environment and spoil appearance fabrics.
Today, traditional powder is being replaced by more safe means with a soft, gentle effect. These are environmentally friendly phosphate-free powders and liquid washing gels containing natural ingredients.
However, natural, environmentally friendly products are quite expensive, so many people are thinking about making and using home remedies instead of purchased household chemicals. In this article we will look at how to make washing powder at home for your washing machine.
Harm of washing powder
Washing powders are made from surfactants (surfactants), phosphates, fragrances, flavors, dyes and other harmful aggressive additives. In addition, they form powdered lime.
This composition and this action cause skin irritation and contribute to the appearance of allergic reaction. These products are especially dangerous for young children. Read about the symptoms of an allergy to washing powder.
Even after ten rinses, the surfactant is not completely washed out and remains in the fabric fibers. These substances from clothing penetrate the body through the skin, reduce immunity, increase the risk of allergies and even infertility. Phosphates release toxins, which negatively affects the functioning of the kidneys and liver.
After washing with household washing powders, soap marks and stains often remain on things. In addition, over time, the condition of clothes and linen deteriorates.
Pellets appear on the surface of the material, things wear out, lose shape, color and quality. This is especially true for delicate fabrics, including natural silk, wool, satin and lace.
Household detergents are very harmful to the environment and ecology, since the components in such products do not disintegrate and are not destroyed. To reduce the harm and danger of the bulk product, you can switch to safe and environmentally friendly phosphate-free powders or.
However, a more accessible and economical option will be self-production home washing products.
Homemade Laundry Products: Pros and Cons
Homemade powder does not contain harmful and toxic substances and does not negative influence on human health and the environment. Such compositions will not cause allergies or skin irritation, and do not have an unpleasant, pungent chemical odor.
In addition, they are accessible and inexpensive. And since this product does not foam easily, it is perfect for washing in an automatic machine.
Among the disadvantages, it can be noted that you need to prepare such a product yourself. And this takes time and requires effort. Besides, sometimes you're just too lazy to do it.
Homemade powder does not always effectively remove old stains and difficult stains. In this case, you will have to resort to using more effective chemistry.
Laundry soap, which is part of the homemade powder, leaves soap stains and marks on clothes. However, this problem can be easily solved if you add it during rinsing. vinegar. In addition, alkali in laundry soap and mustard powder can ruin the operation of the washing machine.
The soap solution settles in the drum, tank, drain and filters. Therefore, to prevent the machine from breaking down, you need to regularly clean the equipment. Be sure to add baking soda to the product, as it reduces the volume of soap suds.
If you use soda ash in the powder, you will have to wear rubber gloves when washing, as such soda will corrode the skin. Next, we offer recipes that will help you prepare your own washing powder for an automatic washing machine.
How to prepare liquid laundry detergent
- Laundry, tar or antibacterial soap - 1 piece;
- Borax - 100 ml;
- Soda ash - 200 ml;
- Water - 20 liters;
- 30 drops of any essential oil.
The liquid product acts more gently and preserves the structure and softness of tissues. Grate the soap and fill with half the volume of water. Cook over medium heat and leave until smooth.
Then add the remaining water, add soda and borax. Heat until smooth, constantly stirring the mixture. Then cover the resulting solution with a lid and leave overnight.
When the product has cooled, add essential oil, mix and pour into containers. Close the container with a tight lid and place in a cool, dark place. Add a tablespoon of fine table salt to the detergent for washing colored items along with borax and soda. It will preserve the color of the products.
How to make homemade baby powder
Approach washing children's clothes most carefully and carefully, since children are most susceptible to allergic and other negative reactions. For cooking baby powder take 150 grams of laundry soap, 200 grams of borax and 0.5 kg of baking soda.
Borax effectively kills bacteria, disinfects things and has an antifungal effect. Grind the soap, add borax and soda, mix. At the end, you can add 5-7 drops of tea tree essential oil.
You can also use dry mustard as a baby powder. To delete difficult spots, pour mustard onto the contaminated area and pour 50 grams into the washing machine.
Mustard powder effectively removes dirt, gives things freshness and is mildly gentle. Therefore, it is suitable for washing children's clothes, wool and silk. But it is not recommended to use mustard for flax and cotton!
Dry powder for natural fabrics
Laundry detergent made from laundry soap and soda is a classic way to make homemade detergent for washing cotton and linen items. The alkaline composition will optimally cope with stains on natural fabrics. In addition, it is great for whitening things.
To prepare the product, take 500 grams of baking soda, 400 grams of soda ash, 150 grams of laundry soap and two tablespoons.
It is better to use natural dark laundry soap 72%, which is dried and grated to the state of shavings. Rub the soap as finely as possible, otherwise the grains will settle and remain on things.
Then mix the ingredients. If desired, you can add a few drops of any essential oil. This will give your linen and clothes a pleasant aroma after washing. Add the oil at the very end and mix the ingredients again.
Dry powder for silk and wool
In addition to dry mustard, a laundry detergent recipe that includes laundry soap, table salt and citric acid is suitable for silk, wool and other delicate fabrics. Citric acid will soften and refresh things. It prevents deformation of the material and has a gentle effect.
Salt prevents products from shedding. When washing white items, salt can be replaced baking soda. But this composition is absolutely not suitable for colored linen!
To prepare, take 150 grams of soap, three tablespoons of acid and 0.5 kg of salt. Grind the soap. Mix citric acid and salt or soda with the resulting soap shavings. Household powder for delicate items is ready!
Dry powder for synthetics and artificial fabrics
