Cleaning your home with Washing Soda (Soda Crystals or Sodium Carbonate)
/Washing soda / soda crystals / Sodium Carbonate is an eco-friendly heavy-duty cleaner for surfaces and floors throughout the home. Soluble in water, it cleans, removes odours, saponifies grease and neutralises acids.
Especially effective at removing grease, cleaning heavily soiled surfaces & floors, and clearing blocked pipes. Its softening property intensifies the efficiency of cleaning agents in laundry detergents and washing up liquids.
Buying soda crystals plastic free means you can avoid chemical heavy cleaners that are sold in single use plastic packaging.
Here are some of the ways it can be used around the house:
Clean kitchen surfaces, hobs, extractors, bins, ovens and inside fridges : Dissolve 200g of soda crystals in 1 pint (500 ml) of water. Spray or wipe the solution onto surfaces. Leave stubborn marks to soak for a minute or two, then wipe them down with a clean cloth. Do not use soda crystals on aluminium surfaces.
Greasy pans : Mix 200g of soda crystals with every pint (500 ml) of water. Soak greasy pans in the solution of soda crystals and hot water. Leave for a few hours and wipe clean.
Cleaning washing machines : Run a hot wash with nothing but 500g – 750g of soda crystals added to the detergent dispenser.
Boost Laundry detergent : Add two tablespoons of soda crystals to your detergent dispenser to soften water and aid cleaning.
Cleaning toilets : Neutralise odours and clear limescale by pouring 300g of soda crystals down and around the bowl. Leave overnight before flushing away.
Blocked Pipes : Pour a mug of crystals down the plughole. Flush through with hot water.
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Info from: Ecoliving and Nancy Birtwhistle Clean & Green.
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