Gel for washing with your hands - how to prepare an effective product at home?

Despite the variety and relative availability of detergents, modern housewivesdo not hurry to abandon home analogues. Today, many have learned how to make a gel for washing with their own hands and successfully use it to combat persistent dirt and mold marks on linen. It is quite easy to prepare an effective remedy, most often for the creation of a base they use crumb of economic, child or antibacterial soap.

Folk craftsmen even developed a recipe for homemade rinse, which is not only absolutely safe for things, but also positively affects the condition of the washing machine. Folk remedies have many additional positive properties. True, there is a certain specificity of the approach, which should not be forgotten.

Advantages and disadvantages of homemade gelatin

You do not need to be an experienced chemist to understand the principle of the action of detergents. With the advantages of homemade compounds in comparison with industrial analogues, it's also easy to determine:

1. All detergents contain surfactants, they are responsible for the quality of dirt removal. These components contained in the finished mixtures are so aggressive that they wash off the protective layer from the hands during manual washing. The use of soap-based products usually does not carry such a risk.
2. The composition of washing powders often includes phosphates - drugs that provide removal of very persistent stains, but at the same time adversely affect the skin condition, immunity and nervous system of a person. By creating your own tool, you can not add them.
3. Unlike ready-made liquid powders, soap-based gels can work not only at low temperatures, but also at high temperatures.
4. Do not forget that homemade products are low in cost, easy to prepare and do not produce sharp unpleasant odors.
5. The components used to create such products have been tested many times by the hostesses and are absolutely safe for humans, provided that the recipe is complied with.

Before preparing a self-washing gel, you should also familiarize yourself with the shortcomings of the formulations:

1. Homemade soap-based preparation is poorly soluble in cold water. The temperature of the liquid when washing should be at least 40 ° C.
2. Calcined soda is more effective, but leads to a fading color of the products. To handle bright things, it is recommended to prepare gels based on baking soda, however, the quality of the result will decrease slightly.
3. Frequent use of gel based on technical soda can provoke a rapid wear of the thing, so this tool should be added only if there are strong contaminants.

To get the maximum effect from the home-made preparation, it is necessary to pre-soak the laundry beforehand. The gel itself is best loaded directly into the drum, otherwise a significant amount of dense composition will remain on the walls of the tray. On average, two kilograms of laundry should take a tablespoon of the product.

Tip: If you add a teaspoon of finely salt in the gel just before washing( regardless of the volume of the products), the chances of keeping the bright color of things noticeably increase.

Soap and strong soda ash soda

This product actively fights stains, does not settle between the fibers and leaves no streaks after rinsing. It can be safely used to restore products from any materials, except for natural wool and silk. Capricious tissues better choose a more delicate option of care.

To make an effective self-washing gel, you need to perform the following manipulations:

• For 200 g of soap we need the same amount of soda ash and about 2.5 liters of water. Soap can be any, but the maximum cleaning effect is the drug based on the economic.
• To prepare the product, we will need a medium capacity, in which you can cook on the stove. It should be noted that after this operation, the dishes can no longer be used for cooking.
• A bar of soap is rubbed on the smallest grater, pour 1.5 liters of water, mix and set to medium heat. Heat the mass, constantly stirring, reduce the fire to a minimum, boil the agent should not.
• When the soap is completely dissolved and the product becomes homogeneous, add 1 liter of water, stir and add the soda. After adding this component, the mass continues to interfere, preventing the formation of foam. Soda should be completely dissolved, otherwise the products will appear white stains.
• Remove ready mixture from the plate and cool it in natural conditions. We give the product a day to stand, then pour it on suitable containers with a wide throat.

If already in the cooling process the mass is too thick, then it is allowed to introduce an additional portion of water and reheat the product. In the end, the remedy should look like sour cream of medium fat content.

Homemade soap gel with borax and soda, with disinfecting properties

Such a tool not only copes qualitatively with impurities, but also eliminates such an unpleasant phenomenon as mold. Thanks to the combination of household soap and borax, a pronounced disinfecting effect is achieved. If desired, the above products are allowed to add essential oils. This step will allow you to get a fragrant composition, a pleasant smell that will persist on things even after rinsing.

• For 5 liters of water you need to take 300 grams of household, tar or antibacterial soap, baking soda and dry borax.
• Soap is rubbed on a fine grater. Pour half a liter of water into a saucepan and cover with soap. We put the composition on the fire, slowly warmed up, stirring constantly. It is absolutely forbidden to fill soap with boiling water!
• After the product has become homogeneous, slowly fall asleep the remaining components, without stopping stirring the composition. Lastly, we introduce the rest of the water in a thin trickle.
• Then the mass is reheated, but not until hot, but evenly warm. Ready gel is removed in a dry place for a day and only after that we pour over the cooked containers.

The resulting product acts much softer than the previous one, so its amount for one wash can be increased to three tablespoons. Replacing baking soda technical is not recommended, the mass will turn out to be too aggressive. This composition has practically no effect on the state of the fibers and can be used for the processing of things, including delicate ones, regularly.

Home conditioner for linen based on vinegar

Homemade soap-based products are perfectly cleaned, but they do not contain components that soften the fabric. But here it is quite possible to do without industrial preparations. It is enough to prepare a specialized air conditioner, again based on natural ingredients.

The procedure is very simple and does not even imply cooking or heating:

• We need two glasses of white vinegar, baking soda and water, a few drops of essential oil without a pungent odor.
• First in water we dissolve soda, sprinkling powder with a thin trickle. Having achieved the dissolution, pour in the vinegar, without stopping to interfere with the composition. Change the sequence of the introduction of components is strictly prohibited, this can lead to violent chemical reactions!

Tip: For preparing the air conditioner, it is recommended to take a large capacity, The process of mixing the drugs will be accompanied by the release of a significant amount of foam.

• When all the violent reactions are over, add to the workpiece no more than 10 drops of essential oil, and then thoroughly shaken the resulting air conditioner.
• Liquid composition is dispensed on plastic or glass bottles and used as needed. Keep it in a dry and warm place, otherwise the product may thicken.

The ready conditioner is used both for machine and for manual washing. It is introduced at the stage of rinsing products in an amount of 2-3 table spoons. The composition not only allows you to get rid of the remains of soap between the fibers, but also removes static electricity from the fabric, softens matter, gives the products a pleasant but unobtrusive smell.

According to experts, correctly prepared home-made detergents are ideal for families with children, allergies and asthmatics. They reduce the need for contact with chemistry, their use is not accompanied by an abundance of dust, after washing from the laundry there is no compulsive smell or a whole mixture of aromas. This approach has a positive impact on the family budget, the finished product is consumed very slowly, but does not lose its long-term storage properties. You just need to monitor the integrity of the packaging.