5 do-it-yourself laundry detergents

Self-producing the detergents to be used for the laundry means choosing not to use polluting and potentially irritating or allergenic detergents for the most delicate skins. It also means reducing the amount of waste produced and recycling old detergent bottles practically indefinitely, to be able to use them as containers for your new completely homemade products.

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Self-produce detergents to be used for the laundry it means choosing not to use polluting and potentially irritating or allergenic detergents for the most delicate skin. It also means reduce the amount of waste products and recycle the old bottles of detergent practically indefinitely, to be able to use them as containers for your new completely homemade products.

I more natural household detergentsi must be prepared using as a base of vegetable soap in flakes, to prepare yourself or to buy by carefully checking the ingredients.

In case of spots that appear particularly stubborn, it is advisable to pre-treat using a bar of soap and leave to act for a few hours before hand washing or washing in the washing machine.

By following our recipes you will no longer have to buy either hand or machine laundry detergents, or softener. Among the essential ingredients you will need baking soda, citric acid, vegetable soap, essential oil, laundry soda.

In case dparticularly dirty garments, it is advisable to add a spoonful of soda percarbonateor, a substance with whitening, stain remover and disinfectant power considered much less harmful and polluting than common bleaches.

Index

Liquid soda detergent

7 liters of water
400 grams of laundry soda
400 grams of grated vegetable soap

Use a large pot to bring the water to a boil, You can possibly halve the doses. Melt the flake soap in the water. Turn off the heat and add the laundry soda (not to be confused with caustic soda!). Keep stirring until your liquid detergent is well blended. Let it cool and transfer everything to a container for waste liquid detergent, or divide it into bottles. Use a measuring cup, calculating the quantity by referring to the cap of an old detergent, for each fully loaded washing machine. Halve the amount for light washes.

Liquid detergent with lavender and bicarbonate

5 liters of water
200 grams of vegetable soap in flakes
100 grams of baking soda
25 drops of lavender essential oil

Bring the water to a boil in a large pot. Pour the vegetable soap into flakes by hand and mix. Let it rest until the liquid has cooled and the soap flakes have completely dissolved. Then add the baking soda and mix well. Before moving on to transferring the detergent to the chosen bottle, add it with the essential oil of lavender and mix with a wooden spoon. It is a perfect detergent for towels, sheets and cotton linens. The laundry will be very fragrant. In case of stubborn stains, pre-treat with Marseille soap vegetable.

Perfumed flake detergent

500 grams of vegetable soap
200 grams of baking soda
15 drops of eucalyptus essential oil
10 drops of geranium essential oil

Equip yourself with a grater and patience and start reducing yours into flakes vegetable soap. When you have finished this operation, you can transfer everything into a bowl, in which you will add the baking soda, mixing carefully so that the mixture is uniform. Add your detergent with the essential oils to perfume it and to make it more disinfectant. Divide it into glass jars to keep tightly closed.

Hand laundry detergent

5 liters of water
50 grams of vegetable soap

Make sure you get the real Marseille soap completely vegetable, or try making it yourself with just three ingredients.

Bring the water to a boil and gradually pour the soap flakes into it, stirring until dissolved. When the detergent has cooled down, transfer it to a bottle. You can use it for hand washing comfortably without gloves. Once cold, you can add 15-20 drops of essential oils to the detergent to obtain a fragrant preparation.

Softener with citric acid

500 milliliters of demineralized water
50 grams of citric acid

With the help of a funnel, pour the demineralized water into a half-liter bottle and add immediately after the'citric acid. Close the bottle tightly with its cap and shake until the citric acid has dissolved. Also remember to shake each time before use. Citric acid is an excellent solution for making a home softener capable of counteracting calcium residues that can harden your laundry. Use 50 milliliters for each full wash, pouring it into the washing machine compartment intended for fabric softener. At the same time you can also add it with essential oils of your choice to perfume the laundry.

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For more tips on how to clean your home without chemical detergents, we recommend our book "My eco-clean house - Eco-friendly and economical do-it-yourself detergents"(Gribaudo 2014). You can find it in all Feltrinelli bookstores at a price of 14,99 euros. You can take advantage of the 15% launch discount by purchasing the book online:

5 do-it-yourself laundry detergents