General Stain Removing
50g Borax
600 ml water
Mix together in spray bottle. Spray on stain. LEave to dry. Wash as normal.
Stains
Blood – Cold water and soap if the stain is fresh. Dried – soak in 1/2 cup of washing soda overnight
Chocolate – Soak in washing soda. Borax stain remover
Grass – Dab on glycerine or white vinegar.
Grease/Butter – Undiluted glycerine. Dabbed on stain. Soak in bucket of 1/2 c washing soda overnight
Ink – Half a lemon – dip in salt and rub on.
Mould and Mildew – Borax Stain remover
Perspiration – Washing soda soak or Borax stain remover. White vinegar may also work.
Wine. Washing soda soak. Baking soda and water mixed to a paste and spread on the stain.
Liquid Laundry Soap
This liquid laundry soap is biodegradable and front loader safe. It works out at 2￠ per washing load. (Liquid soap from a store is around 15￠ per load)
Requirements
For a 20 litre bucket:
- ½ cup Lux Flakes
- ½ cup Washing Soda Crystals
- 4 litres Boiling Water
- 11 litres Cold Water
- Essential Oils for fragrance (optional)
For a 15 litre bucket:
¼ cup Lux Flakes
¼ cup Washing Soda Crystals )
2 litres Boiling Water
5½ litres Cold Water
Essential Oils for fragrance (optional)
Instructions
Put Washing Soda Crystals and Lux into a bucket
Add boiling water and mix until dissolved
Add cold water
Optional: Add essential oil if you would like fragrance
Mix well
Let stand until the consistency of runny shampoo
Use
1 cup per load of washing
Soap Free Laundry Powder
I am not going to say this will work miracles – but I know from my experience that I have been itch free since I started making this and that Mr 8 no longer has huge swaths of eczema.
As a pre-soak this will remove anything from died bloody, curry stains, diesel and oil while keeping colours bright and whites white!
Ingredients:
1 cup Sodium Carbonate (Soda Ash)
¼ cup Sodium Per-Carbonate
A few drops of essential oil
Optional extras:
2 tablespoons Citric Acid (for extra fabric softening)
2 tablespoons Borax (extra cleaning/bleaching power)
Place the ingredients in a jar (I just use a jam jar). Sprinkle a couple of drops of oil in, Put the lid on the jar and give it good shake. Leave at least overnight for the oil to infuse.
This is highly concentrated: ONE tablespoon per load of washing is all you need. – I use a fairly small plastic spoon (see photo).
For fabric softening – ½ cup of white vinegar in your fabric softener dispenser (this has the added bonus of helping to dissolve any left over powder).