Monday, March 2, 2009

Natural Cleaning Product Review: Soap from Trees?


This is an independent review of Soap Nuts are one of the Earth's sustainable natural soaps. They are a sustainable harvest, often harvested by village co-ops from trees in the wild, benefiting local economies.

Actually, a fruit not a nut of the genus sapindus, soap nuts contain saponins, a natural soap-like substance, are harvested from trees found in India and South East Asia. Soap Nuts have been used for thousands of years for laundering and washing.

When searching for the ideal biodegradable, chemical-free, gentle, natural cleaning product—look no further than the humble Soap Nut. They can be purchased on-line from buysoapnuts.com and other websites.

Soap Nuts might look a little funny, but let's not judge the "package from the outside". They pack a powerful, all-natural option to the chemical, manufactured detergents polluting our bodies and water.

Use in Laundry

For laundry place 3-4 soap nuts into a small, drawstring, cotton bag; available at buysoapnuts.com . Tie and toss into the washer, add clothes and water. This method is exceptionally easy!

Each of these bags of soap nuts can be reused for 4-5 loads. Add a 1/2-1 cup of borax or baking soda to the wash cycle to boost cleansing power and add white vinegar to the rinse cycle for greater germ-killing power.

The soap nuts do not need to be used with any fabric softener. Soap nuts are naturally softening and non-irritating; a wonderful perk for those with sensitive skin. They are exceptionally very gentle on even the most delicate of fabrics.

You can also make homemade liquid soap nuts laundry detergent if you prefer.

Soap Nuts and Yuk

Soap nuts work well cleaning heavily soiled items like dirty cloth diapers or yukky athletic socks. They have natural odor-fighting power, but to disinfect and whiten you will need to add your choice of ½ cup of borax, hydrogen peroxide, or oxy-clean. As a bonus, the natural saponins in soap nuts worked to strip the old detergent residue from the cloth diapers so that the diapers become more absorbent.

Soap Nuts Cleaners, Shampoos, Facial Soaps

Soap nuts are very versatile as a natural cleaning product, since it is an all-natural, non-chemcial soap, they can be used on the body and for general cleaning. Zamuta Soapnuts sells a great soap nuts powder that is very versatile to use in multiple cleaning jobs from the shower to all-purpose cleaning and pet care. Wow!

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