The homemade laundry detergent is so fucking good, though. No joke. My clothes have never felt cleaner. But can someone explain, if washing soda is just baked baking soda, why can’t you just use the baking soda directly? If it’s just to remove the moisture as they say in the pic, why bother doing it, since you’re dumping it into water?
Also, get yourself a downy ball if your washing doesn’t have the fabric softner section, and use vinegar. I love the way our laundry feels once we switched to vinegar.
I think it’s a chemical reaction that dislodges the Hydrogen from the molecule. OP said “until the water evaporates”.
Seems to check out with the formula.
In my experience, yes. HOWEVER, I’m one of those “welcome to the laundry gauntlet” type people. I do not care for my clothes the way I should. Everything just get washed with little regard, unless it’s something hand made crochet or knit. But I’ve never noticed any bleaching or white spots.
My understanding of the washing soda is to raise the pH for saponification of fats and other non-polar compounds to dissolve in water. Saponification works best with more basic solutions which is why lye is used in soap making. By reducing the pH by adding vinegar you’re neutralizing the washing soda to a degree because it reacts to create water with carbon dioxide and sodium acetate which overall makes a less effective detergent
The homemade laundry detergent is so fucking good, though. No joke. My clothes have never felt cleaner. But can someone explain, if washing soda is just baked baking soda, why can’t you just use the baking soda directly? If it’s just to remove the moisture as they say in the pic, why bother doing it, since you’re dumping it into water?
Also, get yourself a downy ball if your washing doesn’t have the fabric softner section, and use vinegar. I love the way our laundry feels once we switched to vinegar.
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I think it’s a chemical reaction that dislodges the Hydrogen from the molecule. OP said “until the water evaporates”. Seems to check out with the formula.
Can you use it on colored clothes? Borax acts as bleach so I’m a bit skeptical.
In my experience, yes. HOWEVER, I’m one of those “welcome to the laundry gauntlet” type people. I do not care for my clothes the way I should. Everything just get washed with little regard, unless it’s something hand made crochet or knit. But I’ve never noticed any bleaching or white spots.
i use vinegar too and i love it!
My understanding of the washing soda is to raise the pH for saponification of fats and other non-polar compounds to dissolve in water. Saponification works best with more basic solutions which is why lye is used in soap making. By reducing the pH by adding vinegar you’re neutralizing the washing soda to a degree because it reacts to create water with carbon dioxide and sodium acetate which overall makes a less effective detergent
i don’t use washing soda i use some cheap arm and hammer liquid rn cuz i’m lazy, too.
i do laundry for a whole family and our clothes are very clean and smell great!