Natural Cleaning Recipes

Project Notes:

• The Natural Fairy: Green Recipes

• Natural Homemade Cleaners and Chemical Replacements

• Borax Uses - Pre-Wash, Stains, Hard Water, Baby Cloths, Diapers, Hand Washables

• Nature's Way with Alan Hayes - The Northern Rivers Echo www.echonews.com

• Environmnetally friendly household cleaning products

• Bicarbonate of Soda - Baking Soda (Water softener), Borax Skin softener

• Sodium hydrogen carbonate (bicarbonate of soda, baking soda)

• Aromantic and Findhorn Nature Care

Make your own toothpaste !!!

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What is Saponin?

"Saponin" (also known as 'soap plant') is a phyto-chemical; a natural surfactant (foaming agent) or detergent.  Saponin is found in most plants, and more abundant in the desert plants Yucca and Quillaja.

Saponins have been identified in:

Chlorophytum	Sapindaceae	Buckeyes
Conkers/horse chestnuts	Digitalis	Grape skin
Panax	Quillaja	Soybeans
Aloe	Quinoa	Bacopa monnieri
Chlorogalum	Cucurbit	Yucca
Soapwort	Olives
NOTES: The saponin QS21 is being investigated for possible beneficial effects on the immune system Sapotoxin (Any markedly toxic saponin) such as Soapberry-- a poisonous sapotoxin, if eaten. Source: Saponin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Borax

Borax, also known as Sodium Borate, is a naturally occurring mineral compound.  It is a mild alkali found in Death Valley, California.  Borax is an alternative to harmful detergents and is sold in natural food stores.   Borax is also used as a natural water softener and conditioner.

What is pH?

What is Hard Water?

"Hard water" means it is high in dissolved minerals, specifically calcium and magnesium.  Hard water causes mineral buildup in water pipes and hinders soap performance.  Normally, hard water is drawn from household wells opposed to city water systems.

Rainwater does not contain minerals and is a very soft water.  City water systems have conditioners to soften the water.  However, city water systems also add chlorine and fluoride, which are toxic.

Hard water can cause bathing & washing problems.  The minerals in the water can prevent soap to rinse leaving a soap scum on the clothes, skin and hair.  There are solutions to hard water problems, both natural and mechanical.  Natural water softeners include Borax (sodium borate), a natural occurring mineral, and Baking Soda (sodium bicarbonate.)

• Home Water Treatment Systems Information

• Water Pollution Forum :: Index

History of Soap

• Lye

• Milled soaps

• Triple-milled soaps

• Rebathching

• Cold process

• Hot process

Project Notes

• AquaLink Columns

• The Bottled Water Web

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