How to use soda ash in everyday life?

Soda ash is the chemical name for sodium carbonate. Both soda ash and baking soda are alkali, only one weak, the other strong. Food can cope with small pollution, besides, it costs much more, and calcified can fight pollution of various degrees, and its price is much less.

In fact, soda ash is a unique product for everyday use, it softens water, has cleaning abilities, can remove fat and is even used for hygiene. In general, in everyday life you can not do without this universal tool. Moreover, its cost allows each housewife to have it at hand, especially if there is not enough finance for expensive cleaning, washing powders, dishwashing detergents and the like. This universal remedy can be found in any store, as a rule, it is located next to washing powders.

At home, soda ash can:

• use for hygiene purposes;
• wash the dishes;
• clean plumbing (bath, sink, toilet bowl);
• to clean kitchen surfaces;
• wash;
• boil and soak;
• mop floors;
• clean the washing machine from lime deposits;
• soften water.

Laundry assistant

In the modern world, you can wash in two ways: manually and using a machine. In both cases, sodium carbonate enhances the effect of the powder.

In a washing machine, just add 3 tablespoons of soda directly to the laundry. If you have hard water or very soiled clothes, put more. It is important to be careful with such washing, the temperature should be in the range from 50 to 100 degrees. But, of course, with some types of clothing should be extremely careful.

Soda can also be used for hand washing. You need to dilute 3 tablespoons in a bucket of water - to enhance the effect of a detergent. If the fabric needs a delicate wash, then sodium carbonate is better not to use, because it can damage delicate wool or thin fabric. If you need to soak things, then the same amount of soda should be diluted in 10 liters of warm, but not hot water. To soften the water at home, you need two tablespoons.

There is also an interesting recipe for washing gel, which includes soda ash. It can be prepared at home and used for both hand and machine washing. This product copes with stains and various kinds of impurities, and after washing, no conditioning is needed, because the gel has a pleasant aroma. The advantage of this gel is that its cost is ten times cheaper than laundry detergents on the shelves of hardware stores, moreover, it is considered environmentally friendly, so they can even wash the clothes of a newborn baby. To prepare it, you need to boil two liters of water, pour in the container of boiling water a soap pre-grated with fine chips. After its complete dissolution, add 150 grams of soda ash and boil for another three minutes over low heat. If desired, you can add 200 grams of green tea without additives - this is done in order to preserve the tenderness of the hands. And for a pleasant smell, after cooling completely, a few drops of aromatic oil are added to the gel. The use of such a gel will greatly facilitate the life of allergy sufferers, parents with young children and people with low financial income.

Cleaning and washing with soda ash

If you use sodium carbonate in everyday life to clean plumbing, you need to dilute 2-3 tablespoons of soda per liter of water, soak a washcloth in this solution and wipe it with a contaminated surface. After this, you should thoroughly wash the surface with clean water and wipe it with a dry cloth so that there are no stains.

You can also use this universal product for mopping. It is necessary to dilute three tablespoons of soda in 5 liters of hot water. Then wash the floor well, wipe again with clean water and try to wipe dry.

But there are a number of surfaces for which soda ash is strictly prohibited:

• aluminum;
• from a brick;
• wooden;
• laminate;
• varnished parquet;
• painted surfaces;
• lacquered furniture;
• fiberglass tile.

When using soda for washing dishes, you need to dilute 3 tablespoons of sodium carbonate in 1 liter of water. This solution is able to fight not only with dirt, but also with fat. In it, you need to wash the dishes, and then rinse well with clean water.

Soda can fight limescale not only in washing machines. Very often scum appears in teapots - both in ordinary and in electric ones. Therefore, so that your device for boiling water can last for a long time, you need to rinse it with soda ash from time to time or throw a few tablespoons into boiling water (after that, you should never use it).

Hygiene

If, for example, a person’s hair grows fat very quickly, you can add a small amount of soda to your regular shampoo. The result will be obvious: the hair will become softer, and they will need to be washed less often. An unforgettable volume will also appear.

Be careful!

Using soda ash, you must observe safety precautions, because it is a chemical preparation. For children, sodium carbonate should be completely inaccessible and kept as far away from food as possible. If your skin is too sensitive, you should avoid direct exposure to soda on parts of the body. Better to use gloves. If soda has got on the mucous membrane, you need to rinse the affected area well with plenty of water.