I have a question that has excited me for some time. Is there a way for household washing powder to have lower consumption than commercial dust. How much of your house dust do you use? Have you investigated this?
I think people often use a lot more commercial laundry powder (dust) because we do not measure it accurately. Artemis is correct -- the measuring cups that come with commercial laundry powder are too large. The cup is harder to use correctly than a smaller cup.
I think commercial laundry powder is just as effective at cleaning (and perhaps a bit better) compared with homemade laundry powder. If I measure commercial laundry powder carefully to get the same cleaning results, the amount I use is about the same as when I use homemade laundry powder.
I SO appreciate your reply, DeeAnna. What you say makes sense and at least I now have a new starting point to my research. I've already found one usgs study I would have never found if not for your guess.I haven't researched tannins, but I do know iron is colorless when reduced and colored when oxidized (think rust). Oxalic acid is a good bleach for iron stains in wood or fabric (if used with care), because it reduces the colored iron compounds into colorless ones.
My guess is tannins are colorless at alkaline pH. I know they are colored at acidic pH (think red wine). If you use just synthetic detergent to wash your laundry, the pH of the wash water is probably neutral to somewhat acidic. Soap is alkaline so it's going to make the wash water alkaline as well, this is especially true if you also include washing soda in the wash water to maintain the cleaning effectiveness of the soap.
You could try adding borax or washing soda along with synthetic detergent -- that might do the trick. It's worth a try anyways.
I want to stress I'm just guessing here -- I don't have time to do the research this morning to give you a definite answer.
I think you are correct. People make a lot of claims to sell their products. Not every claim is truthful!
There is no problem concerning quality. The problem I talked about is connected with quantity.I have been using the homemade fabric soap for years. No problems. Maybe in my little part of the world is different.
There is no problem concerning quality. The problem I talked about is connected with quantity.
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