Gel for washing baby clothes

The gel for washing children's underwear takes a leading position in the list of detergents chosen by parents to take care of the things of their beloved ones. It is this consistency that gives a number of advantages, which we will discuss in this article.

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Than to erase children's things

From a variety of beautiful packages on the shelves of the store, eyes flap, mass advertising has nowhere to go, and advice from friends is generally a separate conversation. What is the means to erase children's things so that they are clean, do not lose their shape and color, and most importantly - were safe for babies?

Soap

Many housewives believe that laundry soap is an environmentally friendly and harmless detergent. Therefore, it is often used to clean children's underwear.

We hasten to warn you that this opinion is erroneous, because such a product has a high acidity, which harms the delicate skin of the baby. Soap clogged in the space between the fibers of the tissue, poorly rinsed. As a result, air almost does not penetrate through the matter, the skin becomes drier, itching and irritation may appear.

Important! Allergy to laundry soap is just as common as allergy to laundry detergent.

Another option for detergent washing is baby soap. But it is ineffective for bringing out serious blemishes, such as children's clothes are so rich. Therefore, even if this tool is safe, it is not in high demand among parents.

Soap nuts

In Asia and America, soap nuts are widely used to wash children's and adult things from various fabrics. They are effective enough to remove contaminants, do not spoil the fibers of matter, do not wash out the color of the product. Things after washing have no smell, they become soft.

This tool is absolutely safe, so the mothers of our country began to search hard for them in pharmacies and stores.

Important! Regarding consumption, a half-kilogram of soapwood fruit is calculated for approximately 80 washes.

To use them is quite simple:

1. Several nuts are thrown directly into the drum of the washing machine. In cooperation with warm water, they begin to emit a soap solution.
2. If the tissues need washing in cold water, the fruits are pre-poured with boiling water, after which the water is decanted and used as a detergent in a typewriter.

Soap root

Another ecological detergent for washing is a soap plant. You can buy it at the pharmacy. To prepare a soapy detergent for washing:

1. Pour 100 grams of root with a liter of boiling water.
2. During the day, defend the infusion.

After - use to the destination.

Important! Best of all, this product is suitable for things made of wool.

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Powders and gels for washing baby clothes - composition

Powder is a more common form of household washing chemistry. Gels for washing children's underwear and adults appeared on the shelves of our stores relatively recently, so cause less confidence in the owners.

Why are so many popular household chemicals often leading to irreparable health problems? Because regardless of the form of release of funds on sale, they can have in their composition a large number of harmful components.

Important! To avoid adverse consequences, first of all, pay attention to the composition of the product, and not to the beautiful packaging, advertising or advice of girlfriends. The main danger to human health are surface-active substances( surfactants) and phosphates.

Surfactant hazard

Almost any detergent has a certain percentage of surfactants in its composition. They are added to the product for better washing. It is these components that destroy the connection between spot and matter.

Important! Surface-active substances significantly reduce the surface tension of water, which facilitates the process of removing contaminants. There are two types: anionic and non-ionic.

The hazard of these substances has been proved by constant research and experiments. They, penetrating the body through the skin, destroy the protective shell of living cells and have a destructive effect on them.

Most often, anionic surfactants are used to make detergents, which are the most aggressive. Therefore, choosing a detergent for children's things, take the trouble to find one that contains non-ionic surfactants.

Important! The concentration of surfactants in children's detergents should not exceed 15%.

Visual check for the presence of surfactants in powder or gel

Note the amount of foam during washing. If its amount is abundant, then the detergent has a large percentage of surfactants in its composition. This remedy is dangerous for your child's health.

Phosphates

These components of household washing chemistry cause dermatitis in children and adults. Also they:

• negatively affect the human immune system;
• cause diseases of varying complexity of organs such as the kidneys and liver;
• cause metabolic problems.

Important! Add them to powders and other types of detergents, including gels for washing children's underwear, to reduce water hardness.

On some packages you can find the names phosphonates and phosphorites. These are less aggressive modifications of phosphates, which, however, under certain conditions can turn into phosphates. Therefore, these components are also undesirable in the composition of children's detergents and gels.

Important! A worthy substitute for phosphates is sesquicarbonate, which is the safest raw material for washing chemistry.

Flavors, bleaches and dyes

To add a pleasant aroma to things after washing, fragrances are added to the products. To make the powder or gel for washing children's underwear look more beautiful, a dye is used in its manufacture. And that washed goods had excellent whiteness and preserved the original colors, it is added to the composition of optical or oxygen bleaches.

Important! Gel for washing children's underwear should not have a sharp smell, which is felt even through a sealed package. The most optimal option is considered to be powders and gels without fragrances.

As a bleach, some manufacturers add chlorine to their products. It is very dangerous for health, especially for a child's body. Optical brighteners are not much better than chlorine. They stay on things even after washing.

Important! The optimal variant of the whitening component is oxygen bleach, which should be part of the detergent for children's underwear.

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Baby wash gel or powder?

What kind of detergent should I choose for washing children's underwear? A children's gel for washing or a liquid product is suitable for this purpose better. They have a number of advantages over powders:

• Gently wash fabrics.
• Do not dust like powders, because this action often causes an allergic reaction even in adults.
• Convenient and easy to dispense, providing a cost-effective means.
• More convenient to store: do not crumble and not exposed to moisture.
• Faster and more completely dissolved in water.
• Easy to rinse out.
• Convenient for direct application of the product to the stain.
• Versatile with regard to the kind of fabric.

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Children's gel for washing - how to choose?

Now the children's gel for washing does not cause such a surprise, as, for example, ten years ago. Moreover, the choice of manufacturer and brands has greatly expanded. People find it difficult to choose a safe and quality product among a wide range of products. How to determine which tool is better and safer for washing children's things?

Packing and marking

The first thing the buyer pays attention to is the packaging of the goods. That is why manufacturers of household chemicals are constantly paying great attention to the design of their packages, containers, give them an original luring form and unusual colors. All exclusively to attract the attention of a potential consumer.

Do not choose a gel for washing children's underwear on the external beauty of the bottle - this is the main rule that you must remember and follow. In addition, pay attention to such recommendations:

• Presence of instructions and clear recommendations in it on the application of the tool. The full composition of the product, the storage conditions and the expiration date in an understandable form, clearly, in the language of your country, must be indicated. Also, there should be information such as the coordinates of the producers or representative offices of those in our country.
• Baby laundry gels are available in either transparent or opaque plastic bottles of different volumes, or in removable plastic bags. Packing of the first type, as a rule, has a handle for comfortable socks. The gel pack is always cheaper and buy it if you already have a bottle into which it can be poured for hermetic storage.
• The cap on the bottle acts in most of them as a dispenser. In this case, the instructions indicate doses not only in milliliters, but also caps. Most manufacturers of the cap make a double - with an internal drain. Thanks to this, when the bottle is twisted, the gel remains drains inward, rather than spreading over the outer walls of the bottle.

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Test of liquid laundry detergents

Testing the most popular and affordable children's washing gels for most consumers, the following results were announced.

Important! The test involved brands:

• Burty Baby( 1.5 liters);
• Dalli med( 1.5 L);
• Luxus professional - a liquid detergent for washing children's underwear( 1 l);
• Domal Baby fashion( 1.5 l).

External indicators:

• All products are packed in a bottle with a handle made of opaque plastic.
• The cap, in addition to its direct function, also serves as a measuring cup in all samples.
• On the labels dosage of gels is indicated not only in milliliters, but also in the caps.
• The most obvious and understandable information is provided on the package of Domal, which shows the number of caps required for washing. On other means, the information is submitted in such a way that some mathematical actions should be taken to obtain the number of gel caps necessary for washing.
• It is also worth noting that in all samples passing the test the cap is made double.
• The most complete safety information is listed on the Domal tool. There are no precautions on the Burti product package, which is a drawback of this gel.

Composition:

• Domal, Burti and Dalli have anionic and non-ionic surfactants.
• All tested gels do not have dyes in their composition, which is very important for children's detergents.
• Dalli and Luxus gels lack enzymes - these are the components that are responsible for removing specific stains from the tissue, such as blood, grass, fats, milk. Enzymes are absolutely not suitable for washing delicate fabrics - silk and wool. However, there is no such indication on the Burti package, and on the label Domal it is indicated that it is possible to wash absolutely any fabrics.

Dosage:

Manufacturers of Luxus, Dalli and Domal declare that their product is a concentrated product. But comparing the dosages of all tested samples, it turned out that less concentrated Burti gel should be used than some other concentrated products.

Dosage of gels for washing very soiled laundry in water with a high level of rigidity

• Dalli: 113 ml.
• Burti: 125 ml.
• Domal: 148 ml.
• Luxus: 200 ml.

Cost-effectiveness of the

Parents on children never save. But choosing a gel for washing children's underwear, it would be nice to know which of them requires less expenditure. The price of each sample can vary in different stores. The calculation was made based on the maximum expenditure of the gel.

Cost samples by rating from the cheapest to the most expensive:

• Luxus professional Liquid detergent for washing children's underwear( 1 liter).
• Burti Baby( 1.5 L).
• Domal Baby fashion( 1.5 l).
• Dalli med( 1.5 L).

The cost of a wash in hard water with a consumption:

• Burti.
• Luxus.
• Dalli.
• Domal.

Shelf life

The longest shelf life of the Burti gel is 60 months. The rest of the children's gels for washing are suitable for 3 years from the date of manufacture.

Important! All manufacturers, except for Dalli, indicated the presence of preservatives in the composition. These components extend the life of the product, preventing the formation of pathogenic microflora. But, as you can see, the shelf life of Dalli is the same as that of other gels with preservatives, from which it can be concluded that the composition is not fully specified.

Practical qualities of

According to the results of washing it was found out that all the products are suitable for slightly soiled things, since the more difficult spots none of the washing gel for children's laundry completely washed.

Important! Means, during testing, had to cope with such stains on different types of tissue, such as: grass, tea, fruit baby food, blood, ketchup, cherry juice, chocolate, vegetable oil and a felt-tip pen. With a spot from tea, no remedy at all.

Testing conclusions

Summing up the results of testing, considering the cost-effectiveness of means for washing children's clothes, the best baby gel for washing is recognized by Burti Baby. It coped with a large number of spots compared to competitors, and the cost of a wash is the lowest.

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Recommendations for washing children's underwear

To ensure that things are always neat, you need not only buy a quality gel for washing baby clothes, but also know a few simple rules:

• Wash children's clothes separately from adults. Often, adult clothing has a different fabric composition than the children's, so the washing regimes must be different.
• Sort the white and colored items and wash them separately.
• The best mode of washing children's clothes in a washing machine is washing cotton cloth.
• The means for washing children's underwear must first of all be safe. Look for phosphate-free gels marked "hypoallergenic".Use products that are based on a soap solution.
• The water temperature depends on the type of things you wash. Diapers and bed linens can be washed at a temperature of more than 90 degrees. Such a regime will kill microbes and replace boiling. Clothes of the kid wash at more gentle temperatures of water - from 40 degrees.
• Be sure to use additional rinsing cycles - this will allow you to be more relaxed regarding the presence of residues of the laundry detergent in the fabric fibers.

Important! It is desirable that the temperature of the rinse water is not lower than 50 degrees .

• Try to wash children's things at a time when the child is not at home.
• Do not use air conditioners when rinsing baby things. They can also have harmful substances in their composition. Protect children from additional risk.
• Newborn items must be heat treated. Therefore, after washing and drying, they should be ironed on both sides.
• All new children's things, regardless of the child's age, should always be washed before the first sock, because you do not know how many children they were trying on and what kind of hands they touched.
• It is recommended not to wear clean and ironed things for 3 days. The concentration of harmful substances on the tissues, if any, decreases during this time.

Taking care of the things of the child, you care about him. Do not rely on friends' advice, advertising and case matter. Acquire funds, based only on their composition. Be wise parents, because they have healthy and strong children.