All have heard about the dubious safety of household chemicals. Purchased powders are full of phosphates, perfumes and other harmful substances. Tools that position themselves as safe, environmentally friendly and hypoallergenic are much more expensive. Therefore, many people come up with the thought - but is it possible to make detergent out of laundry soap?
How to make soap an effective washing powder?
In the age of allergic reactions, the issue of environmental friendliness of detergents is especially acute. Laundry soap (XM) is a proven, well-known product that got its name for good reason. It looks unpresentable, but the thing is indispensable in the household, and most importantly - it does not cause allergies and is an excellent antiseptic.
The composition of the soap
ChM contains 72% fatty acids and 20% alkalis. Dyes, perfumes and other impurities are absent. This product is ideal for washing, and if you look at what expensive eco-friendly powders are made of, you will find that many of them are based on ordinary soap.
What exactly are these light brown bars made of? Here is the composition:
- animal fats - usually pork or beef, less often - fish;
- sodium - caustic alkali, washing off even old pollution;
- fresh water;
- kaolin - minimizes the effect of alkali on the skin;
- fatty acids - for foaming;
- other additives - for example, rosin, salomas;
- inorganic ingredients - soda ash or caustic soda, used to saponify fats.
If XM does not contain kaolin, then you can not wash your hands, hair and other parts of the body with it. In XM 72% kaolin is always present.
Ingredients for Home Powder
If you listen to the commercials, then Tide and Ariel are the only salvation from the dirt. In fact, an effective washing composition can be prepared with your own hands - based on XM.
The composition of a home washing product that can be used instead of an industrial one may include the following components:
- XM - the main ingredient, is responsible for the quality of washing off contaminants.
- Baking soda (sodium bicarbonate) is an alkali of small strength, gives a whitening effect and enhances the effect of ChM. It has a deodorizing effect.
- Borax is a mineral with a cleansing and disinfecting effect.
- Soda ash is a strong alkali. Destroys fat and makes water softer.
- Salt - for fixing color.
- Essential oils are for flavor.
- Citric acid - to lower pH and soften tissues.
From one component
Even without additional ingredients, XM will adequately replace synthetic detergents (SMS). Its biggest advantage is safety for allergy sufferers and children. It gives little foam, so it can be used for washing in SMA.
How to make XM powder:
- Grate the bar. If for hand washing - then on a coarse grater, for a machine-automatic - on a fine grater. For 1 kg of laundry, grate 1 tbsp. l shavings.
- Dissolve the chips in 250 ml of hot water.
- Pour the resulting homogeneous mass into the CMA tray.
The disadvantages of the resulting product:
- Things acquire a specific smell. But it is easy to get rid of it - you just need to rinse thoroughly, you can add an additional rinse.
- A plaque appears inside the drum. But this problem is solved. Wipe the inside of the drum and seal from time to time. Every 3 months - start the machine idle, adding vinegar, baking soda and citric acid to the water. All these ingredients can be replaced with a special detergent for washing machines - they are enough in any store.
Multicomponent Tools
There are many recipes based on XM, consider the most popular.
From laundry soap and soda. This is the simplest recipe - XM is mixed with sodium bicarbonate in a ratio of 1: 2 or 1: 2.5. You will need:
- bar of soap - 100 g;
- soda - 3 tbsp. l .;
- water - 4 l.
Cooking order:
- In a metal pan, draw warm water.
- Put the shavings obtained on a fine grater into water.
- Heat the pan over low heat, stirring the mixture.
- When the chips dissolve, turn off the heat.
- In a separate container, mix 3 liters of hot water with 3 tbsp. soda.
- When the soda has dissolved, add the soda solution to the soap.
- Mix the resulting mixture until a homogeneous consistency - it should resemble a liquid washing gel.
- Pour the mixture into a plastic container and place it in a dark, dry place.
With activated soda. To enhance the washing effect, activated soda is used in the above recipe instead of regular soda. You can cook it yourself - sodium bicarbonate, sprinkled on a baking sheet, put in the oven for 1 hour. The temperature is set to 200 ° C.
With soda ash. This option is even more powerful. The calcined version activates the alkaline reaction, allowing you to remove old pollution. For 1 kg take:
- XM chips - 150 g. To measure this amount, take 1 liter jar - it should be slightly incomplete.
- Baking / soda ash - 500/400 g.
- If desired, add 3-4 drops of essential oil.
- 2 tbsp. salt - to fix the color, if you have to wash colored linen.
- 3 tbsp. citric acid - to soften tissues.
All ingredients are mixed and stored in a sealed container. It is stored for 3 years. The prepared mixture is unsafe for the skin; it is impossible to wash it manually without gloves. When washing in SMA for one cycle, use 1-2 tbsp. mixtures.
For children's underwear. To make powder for washing children's things, you need a borax. Mix the ingredients:
- borax (this is sodium borate - do not confuse it with boric acid) - 200 g;
- XM chips - 150 g;
- sodium bicarbonate - 500 g;
- essential oil - the child should not be allergic to it.
Gel. To prepare a liquid product, proceed as follows:
- Rub baby XM - 180 g.
- After dissolving the chips in 8 l of boiling water, pour 180 g of soda ash.
- After mixing the ingredients, cool.
- Fill in plastic bottles.
- If desired, add aromatic oil.
Alternative from the manufacturer
The manufacturer does not sleep. For lazy, but vigilant in environmental issues, he has prepared a new product - XM "Cinderella". Two forms of release are offered - liquid and powder. 5 liters of liquid cost about 250 rubles, 300 g of dry - 40 rubles. The composition is the same as that of the simplest home-made powder, you just don’t have to rub, measure, weigh, mix - everything is ready for use.
Reviews about Cinderella are not particularly enthusiastic. After filling the drum, the chips do not dissolve well, even after the product has previously been diluted with water. On the clothes remain yellow stains. Having tried "Cinderella", many come to the conclusion - it is better to rub the soap yourself.
Based on ordinary laundry soap, completely effective washing powders can be prepared. Unlike purchased ones, their composition is known for certain, they are safe, and they cost a penny. The disadvantage of home washing products is the same as that of all eco-powders - they do not always cope with complex pollution.