DIY Washing Soda: Is It Worth It?
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- Опубликовано: 17 июл 2017
- Sarah is turning baking soda into washing soda. It's just a matter of baking it in the oven until the change is complete. Will it be worth all of the trouble to save less than $2.00? Watch to find out!**Some of our MOST FAVORITE homestead products**
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Sarah, take a look at Rain Country Homestead, Heidi makes all their hygiene, cleaning etc., products from all natural ingredients and even has hairspray and mascara recipes, she's incredibly knowledgeable and I bet she'd be happy to help you. I think the sides were too high, you should have used a Baking or Cookie Sheet the heat could have directly touched the crystals then. Factoring the cost of the Propane on top of the Baking Soda wouldn't it have been cheaper to buy the Washing Soda?
This process reduces water softening capacity by 50%. You save 0 because you’d need to use twice as much washing soda, instead of just using the baking soda you started with, to achieve equivalent water softening capacity.
Frank Gutowski Exactly! And let's not forget the cost of 1 1/2 hour of electricity.
@@paradisoperduto4900 I was thinking about that, just logic right there. 🤷♀️
I think in the long run it would cost you more money to make it,using your stove and the electricity you might as well just buy the box🧚♂️🧚♂️
The F haha, that was my first thought as well. But it’s good to know you could make it yourself if you had to.
yea and they're buying the expensive baking soda. In the pool section at walmart you can get 15lbs for $7... it's the same arm&hammer stuff, just straight sodium bicarbonate. That should last a year for most 2-3 person households
In the RUclips video I watched prior to yours, she went a little bit into the science of it. She did it on the stove so the conversion was visible as it happened. She did have a couple of ways to "test" or verify that it was converted. 1 of the things she said was once it was converted into washing soda it wouldn't adhere to the stirring utensil like baking soda does. She did say that it's important to not inhale washing soda, and that a dust mask should be worn if available.
My own 2 cents in regards as to whether it's worth the time and money to make it......... If something were to happen and you had to get assistance from the government, SNAP aka food stamps, you could use your benefits to buy baking soda, but not washing soda. Also, if you were to be stuck at home, due to weather, an ill family member, etc and needed laundry soap, you could convert it and be on your way. Knowing this. I'm now going to stock up on baking soda, and add it to my food storage.
Thanks for the video, and channel.
I love watching your RUclips channel. Found you recently, so catching up on your older work as can. I love that you posted this honest DIY. Your summary of the processes from a layman's point of view and the pros and cons from a real persons point of view is invaluable... furthermore I just love that you're willing to try new things.
A cookie sheet lined w/parchment paper WILL yield Washing Soda 400°F for 1 hour... 😊
In case anyone is a Costco member, they have huge 13.5 lbs bags of baking soda for $7 or $8. Well, that was the price the last time I bought some (a couple of years ago)
Thanks for taking us along. I love making laundry soap & yes a good skilled learned is a good skill for life.
Since I live off grid I cook mine outside on an open fire. You know it done when it quits having steam geysers
Thanks for the tip. I have had a hard time finding washing soda here.
@@ameliakat9982 If you have a walmart, buy baking soda in the pool section. It's $7 for 15lbs, WAY cheaper than the stuff in the youtube vid (and same company/product)
Thanks for sharing this great video adventure with us, it was a great learning experience for me too.
Have a great day
I mix baking soda with my laundry detergent. Get a big bucket and mix 4 cups of baking soda to 1 cup laundry detergent. You only need to use as much as you would normally use in your wash. I also use 2 tablespoons of vinegar as my fabric softener. Makes for really cheap laundry detergent and works really well.
I watched a video where she took a bar of washing soap, granted it or blitz it in a food processor, then dried it in the sun, then added it to the other ingredients you listed.
Thank you for sharing, even if the outcome wasn't as great as you had hoped.
+Jenny Betten Thanks, Jenny!
Yes this works! BBBUUUTTT, I would have bought the washing soda bc your running a 200 amp appliance and spending the money PLUS in summer your running for air conditioning to cool the house! I only do it if super washing soda can not be found. I had this during the pandemic. The difference in how it cleans is awesome a simple process to create a awesome affordable cleaner.
Love your videos so helpful
Love all of your videos. I have been watch a couple of months. Thank you for sharing your journey.
You have certainly made me more aware. Especially having a very sensitive skin issue. I thought I had elliminated as much chemicals from touching my body, but obviously, I can do more. I will wait for my next Specialist appointment before taking things to another level. Thanks.
You’re intro was so sweet! Subscribed! I made this yesterday since needed dishwasher detergent and had a box of baking soda. I only heated for 45 mins in convection oven and had on stove vent ( I think another video said it releases carbon monoxide when heating) and it along with a little epsom salt cleaned my dishes ! Great to use in a pinch.
Prepsteader did a video. One small box on a cookie sheet, spread thin, 400 degrees for one hour, stir every 15 minutes.
I think I’d have spent the $1.50 difference for the washing soda.
My thoughts exactly.
I don't even bother with washing soda or borax any more. I simply use grated laundry bar soap with plain baking soda and maybe a little epsom salts if I have it to condition the water. I have found it is just as effective and it does not strip the color out of my towels. Love your videos. Thanks for sharing your world with us!
Wow. Great input. Can you give us the exact recipe?
Thank you
Debbie Rinehart yes a recipe would be great if you wouldn’t mind 😄
Debbie Rinehart
Ridiculous. Epsom salt is magnesium sulfate. Magnesium hardens water, creates soap scum and reacts with water softeners. Good comment, though, because other clueless housewives make the same mistake! Baking soda is not a water softener. It reacts too slowly with hard water contaminants to be useful. You don’t know what you’re doing.
G Vas
Ha. She’s adding magnesium to soapy water to ‘condition it’. What a joke!
Farmers an thier wives are hard working people,fixers,inventors...love your videos an your girls are lucky to have you an kevin..parents with knowledge an great drive to get things done,self discipline
making some homemade soap tmrw! thanks to your videos.
Sarah you are so sweet to share!!!!
Next time perhaps use cookie sheets and spread it out evenly. Mix it up every 15-20 minutes for the hour. It won't take so long then
Hello Sarah. Times have changed. Was glad to see this video. Here in Canada Manitoulin Island to be exact, I cannot find washing soda. Have tried all the grocery store, Costco, etc. Amazon no help as the price is exorbitant on the Canadian site I am restricted to. For zote soap, 1 buck you guys pay here on Amazon is 12.00 So to find out how to make washing soda was extremely helpful. Have enjoyed your channel. Keep safe.
Thanks for keeping it real. Showing exactly what happened. See you tomorrow friends.
+Tom Wells Thanks so much, Tom!
After reading all the comments I think you did the best with what you could have done !!! It was all scientific stuff that all No Worries !!! Take care !!!
I used to make my own laundry soap in an effort to save money, be more self sufficient and I have a son with skin allergies too. In the long run, it was hard on the fabrics and I didn’t feel it got things as clean as I wanted. I live in the Phoenix area so have the convenience of just buying the free and clear varieties of detergent. It’s not perfect but that’s what I do. But hey, if I had to make it, like you said, I could.
Sarah what kind of washing soda do you use when making your laundry?
Thank you for the tip. In Puerto Rico we can not find washing soda👍
Interesting. I like watching science experiments. :)
Another thing you can check is if your oven runs true to temperature. If indeed that may have been the case.
+Rocks Corner I haven't tested it, but in general my oven runs a little on the hot side. I normally bake things 25 degrees cooler than the recipes call for. Not in this case, however. Thanks for watching!
In Canada is really hard to find washing soda. And sometimes I found the price for washing soda is 10 times of baking soda here.
Yes I was going to say this! On amazing it’s like $23!!!
How does it compare to tide to get grease ,grass,an stubborn dirt an stains out.
at 11:58...
during corona times. Can't find washing soda... Thank you!
Seems like a second use for the boxes of baking soda you use as a deodorizer? You know the ones for the fridge ? I always keep a box in the fridge I generally use the baking soda for my cleaning after I use it for that.. may want to try this today as I want to make a little bit of laundry soap.
Yeh don't buy new reduce reuse and recycle.. don't want to turn into washing soda. Use for cleaning.. or save up and use to make washing soda.. why by new?
Maybe should have used a cookie sheet or jelly roll pan instead of the casserole pan
maybe do on a flat pan like a baking cookie sheet.
😂 love it!
3 years later. Thank you for this video. Subscribed. You sure your not psychic? Lol
Thanks, I was wondering if it would work. Too much trouble.
Interesting
Do you have your recipe for your soap on your channel as well?
Well, in July of 2020, the world kind of has gone to hell in a hand basket, so this is good to know!
(On with my Living Traditions marathon”...)
Maybe should use metal pans
plus it wont tear up your clothing like store bought detergent
⚘Can you put it in the microwave?
Maybe put the baking soda in a cookie sheet? Put less b soda?
My kids suffer from eczema. My daughter used to get marks on her like she had been burned. And I think from the cold, my son has been crying about his skin. He’s only two so it’s very upsetting. I also have sensitive skin. I really wanna change things .😞
If you taste a tiny bit on the tip of your tongue you’ll know right away that it’s changed because your tongue will start burning
I would just buy the washing soda.
I dont know if 2 hours worth of work and gas for the oven is worth saving $1.50..
Oh lol. You ended up saying the same thing
Not an Einstein but ....
Its not worth an hour of electricity @450° ....
That's crazy ...
Suggestion: Next time you try it, have a small amount of washing soda on hand to compare the finished product. Or, I wonder if you used a kitchen scale and weighed your casserole dish with the baking soda in it first before you bake, and then weigh again after you think its done to see if there is a difference? If the baking soda loses its hydrogen while baking, I bet it will weigh less in the end. Or, you could weigh a cup of actual washing soda and compare it to the weight of your finished soda and see if they are similar.
Baking soda goes through the same process when you use it to make lamen noodles. It looses about 1/3 of it's weight after baking for 1 hour and it will be around 13 in the pH scale (it's around 8, I think, before baking but I'm not sure)
Mike Przybylski
It loses water and carbon dioxide, not just hydrogen.
Your test will be much better if you look at pH. Because VERY few ovens are set to the perfect 400 degree temperature and because different brands and different packages of sodium bicarbonate (for instance, a box that was stocked yesterday or a box that was put on the shelves of a gas station six years ago) will have different chemical makeups to begin with, you are better off investigating something other than temperature change. However, too many variables are different in this DIY to warrant a perfect chemical conversion method for checking your work. If you wanna see that you indeed DO have washing soda in front of you, I would say that would be a good use of your time. Otherwise, in this case I would recommend you leave that experimental stuff to us scientists. :)
Did you spend the money you saved on the electricity?
This process reduces baking soda’s water softening capacity by 50%. So you’d be using twice as much washing soda as baking soda to equivalently soften water. No savings. Waste of time and energy.
I've done it once. it took longer than what said.
+1919 farmhouse Homestead It was frustrating. I think I will just buy it from now on.
When it cools you could add some lavender or orange essential oil to it. I get the giant bag at Walmart for like 6 bucks. I never heard of heating it. I would just mix them together with an essential oil and be done. I doubt the heating did much.
I'll gladly give someone $1.50 to not have to do all that, lol ;-) Oh, also if the SHTF to that degree, I think enhancing your laundry detergent would be the least of your concerns, ha.
Did you ever hear of ‘washing magnets’ ? Time for their revival :)
It would be find to this if you had a roast or something else in the oven at the same time....
Vivian wouldn’t the washing soda then smell like roast beef instead of fresh laundry? 😊
I think this let's off toxic fumes as it gets rid of the stuff that makes it baking soda and turns it into washing soda. So maybe not the best idea lol
just lv you girl.
Sarah after watching your video I want to mention this info or question. I made my own washing detergent. The 2nd time I went to make it and I saw a new label on the Zote flakes box. Having a new washer & dryer set I decided not to use Zote any longer. If I am correct it said "zote wasn't good for your washing machine." Please don't take my advise before you read the zote flakes box. I still make my washing detergent but instead of zote flakes I use a commercial detergent and then add my other ingredients. I have nothing bad to say about Zote Soap I just didn't want to take a chance in damaging my washer. Again please make your choice with using Zote or any other soap. Sarah check out the soap flakes box and respond to this information. Thanks
It's supposed to be around 250°F for 2-3 hrs.
Kevin doesn’t have skin sensitivity. Kevin’s skin get pissed off when it touches poison. Seams quite a normal reaction.
When I sleep in certain hotels and lately in a friend’s house, if they used toxic laundry detergents my legs start jerking. Same if the sheets have a % of synthetic.
My body warns me every time AS IT SHOULD that something is toxic. .... the people that have a problem are the ones that do not notice. Probably because when the body made them aware of the poison they took drugs to silence it. The body learned the lesson to shut up or else.
If you really think about it. Baking baking soda in the oven at 400 degrees just to save 1.50? you're not really saving money because that money will roll over to your electric or propaine bill.
Taking into account the cost of electricity, you are better to just get the washing soda.
Don’t think that was cheaper since you had to cook it so long all that electric wasted
Ha. It also reduces water softening capacity of your staring material by 50%. You save nothing.
Perhaps you were putting too much baking soda in the pan you were using?
Washing and deodorizing soda is gritty
your layers of baking soda are way too thick. If you cut what you have in half, the baking soda would have had just enough heat to convert to washing soda. I cant imagine you would yeild much out of what you put there.
I think it is not worth it… the electricity and the effort you put in is too much. Just grab and buy washing soda instead… thank you for doing this for the benefit of your viewers…😊
Buy natural baking soda not lab made