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Soap Nuts – a Truly Green, 100% Natural Detergent and Cleanser? They Sound Too Good to be True!

Friday, April 30th, 2010

for a good green, chemical free, environment, high-efficiency detergents for the new U disk, or just something more for the environment, that old Maytag, washing nuts are in search of a try. Hands down, the best “real” natural cleaners out there. NaturOli recently received “the detergent more environmentally friendly” recommendation of the examiner. com.

Why I emphasize “real”? As the level of greenwashing in this industry is amazing. Study the labels – and I know that there are thousands of ways to escape the legal truth. Tags are hard-working and ability to sell to you. That is their only goal. The fact that it looks and / or states, green, natural, no chemicals, etc. means nothing. You have to drill deeper to find the truth.

I write this with the premise that at least some knowledge of soap nuts. Does not take much. But due to the large number soon, I can not explain every concept. Is this fair?

soap nuts are simple gifts that Mother Nature has given us. You are going to change our way of thinking – and how to clean (or at least what we mean by cleaning). Soap nuts (or better yet, saponin – the active ingredient) brings a new world of washing and cleaning in general. 100% natural, safe, soft, anti-microbial, anti-fungal, hypoallergenic, fragrance free, biodegradable and actually works! Geesh. . . Sounds too good to be true, right? Well, it’s true. Believe it.

Okay, I ask, “Where is the proverbial dead body in the basement?” Where’s the catch? Need skeptical. I was sure. Let’s see what we can find in this cabinet:

Unlike the unorthodox method of soap nut traditional customs, is simply not an inconvenience – not economically, if used correctly were. NaturOli Curiously, it is amazing things for all the benefits of soap nuts – without even changing only the way to keep laundry or clean the house first. No concern for convenience is very, very soon. PLUS the purity and integrity of soap nuts “is not in danger or decreases in any way.

The strangest story of how the villagers can use soap nuts to stun the fish – which are then consumed, I might add. Well, if you know much about fish, a strong dose of simple everything is to kill the rule. Have you ever had an aquarium? Interestingly, this story, at best, incomplete. One thing I can write with absolute certainty is that official NaturOli MSDS patented extraction of our use of U.S. states, the extract (purified saponin) to be safe and harmless. Note: Not for consumption, mind you. There is food.

; Let’s try another angle:

sustainability. Absolutely no problem. In fact, the tree is a very fertile producer Mukorossi soap. It grows about 60 feet tall and produce an abundant harvest of up to ninety years. While most soap nuts designed wild are sapindus tree plantations emerging in India and Nepal. As the tree grows well on poor soils, otherwise done some unproductive land productive. In fact, this is a nice little addition to natural resources and economic incentive for these countries.

How about fair trade? these little gems actually “blood diamonds” are: No. In fact, exporters are working feverishly to obtain official certification of fair trade, I’m not thinking about the certainty that there is a plantation owners say there somewhere out. That would be very naive. However, there are no records to find inhuman treatment. We know that many poor villagers living through the harvest of wild, fallen fruit and sun-dried for sale to the exporter or the wages of cooperatives. There is nothing to say.

A paradigm shift is necessary in order to accept in full soap nuts, but that’s just a matter of time. It is difficult to overcome a lifetime of programming by the marketing departments of some of the largest companies in the world. Is not it interesting that recently Soapnut U.S. shores washed? (Pun intended). Well, that’s a topic for another article. But now we just have to use your head to maximize their potential. Personally, I have a 90% Real Green cleaning regime in my country. And do not call for green products, I see everywhere. It is because of the soap nuts.

Indeed, in this green “call” Note: I see Seventh Generation products everywhere. He is marketing hype at its best. Each formula I have found that do not come close to nature and green, because their marketing has been portrayed so well.

Has anyone bothered to read and study the ingredients? />
If not, the connection to the complete list of ingredients in its liquid “Baby Laundry” detergent (provided you have the safest and most benign):
< br /> Aqua (water), sodium laureth sulfate and coceth-7 (cleaning products of vegetable origin), sodium gluconate (soil dispersant), oleic acid (plant-derived anti-foaming agent), sodium hydroxide (constructor alkalinity), sodium borate (alkalinity builder and soil dispersant), sodium chloride (thickener), amylase and protease (non-animal derived enzymes), calcium chloride (cleaning enhancer), hexahydro-1, 3,5 – tris (2-hydroxyethyl)-s-triazine (preservative, less than 0. 05%. trace materials commonly present in cleaning product ingredients.

This soup chemistry. I was shocked! try smart triazine, a rating of 9 (10 is covered, the worst possible health risks) in database Skin Deep ingredients. Let’s see … this is Allergy-related cancer, immune system toxicity, skin, eye irritation and lung cancer, organ system toxicity, ecotoxicology. .. I to do? go Amazing that SLS is the second ingredient after water. Well, Unless rates of only 4 (moderate risk). Too bad that there is much in it. It’s good to know that it is of plant origin (as many are toxic).

Is there awareness on this computer? Cute babies and children, mothers care, green leaves, blue sky – like images of their products Blankets and place. It is so misleading. Their mission: “In all our deliberations we must consider the impact of our decisions in the next seven generations. “Well, now I at least know where the name came from. I guess seven generations should be long enough to make us sick or even worse.

That is enough. I apologize for the long term. It is worrying that way.

Back to soap nuts: If you are unfamiliar with them that will be soon . It is a rapidly growing movement worldwide, recognition of the true potential of these marvels unremarkable. There are more vendors, developed more advertising, more products based on saponin laboratories, to be seen. The most important thing is your awareness grow .

Mother Nature had the wisdom and generosity to make soap nuts available to us. Now It’s for us – and all who do the development, marketing and sale of – right things.

Such interesting feature of Mother Nature. As usual, only indicates the direction. I feel in this case, went a step further and actually represents a way for us. Are we to follow the common sense?

I hope so.


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Soap Nuts Natural Laundry Detergent – How to Use Soap Nuts Properly for Best Results

Thursday, April 29th, 2010

Typical applications

washers and laundry detergent are:
strong It’s time to unravel many mysteries about the soap nut (also known as soap nut, soap berries , nuts, laundering, etc.) as applied in particular parking area. The first thing we noted that no washing of any kind on the market at that time the use of soap nuts either in their design manuals or owner addresses. (At least I could find.) Just as I know, Electrolux has a washer soap nuts in your drawing board. Soap nuts (saponin) detergents are designed to be used in a manner similar to typical commercial detergent (supposedly natural or not). This is the path of least resistance in selling the average consumer.
For the traditional method of oil soap nuts in a sack />

and soap nut saponins – Simply Better, greener approach:
soap nuts are – by a wide margin – a superior solution for many problems, issues that affect our individual lives, homes and the world, but you may still come to relatively esoteric and quite dark for a while. Why? There are two very simple – big / strong> – reasons:

1) Money. The revenue generated by the tide alone dwarf the revenue generated by all Rohseife berries in the world. We remain a minority Soapnut users for some time. Thank God for the Internet. It’s a grassroots movement that has brought you here – no major dollars advertisers. If it were not for the Internet, you probably never would have learned of the list a mile long of the benefits of soap nuts and saponin, or to see this article.

(Interestingly, the founding father of the introduction of soap nuts in the U.S., an elderly gentleman named Edward Mouli was. As reported in 1921 by Scientific American magazine: “These nuts are extraordinary.” If an Internet in 1921, it is likely that most of us use soap nuts today.)

2) the resilience of consumers. We have been taught how to think primarily in terms of cleanliness. untold billions have been spent generations of consumers in order to achieve this goal. Lateral thinking is very, very difficult for the consumer. Most of us already well known that changing one of the hardest things we can do is. If you change this with something as basic and fundamental as our clothes and dry cleaning, changes in the extremely difficult. Change, therefore, have to do things differently than our mothers taught us, and their mothers taught them. What we need is to recognize that has been taught? To clarify this, our mothers did not get to taught at all – were user and sold said , which leads to. Do This is the true power of marketing.

Knowledge is the door. Thought is the key: /> soap nut applications date back to antiquity, but modern manufacturers know little or nothing about them. So do not expect to find a machine with a compartment for soap nuts for a while. So where is there with us? The answer is very simple: use common sense pure and simple. All you need is a basic understanding of work as both your washer and nuts Washin. Armed with this knowledge, you are all replies never have to find strong>. During a recent trip />
of new washing machines and dryers shot, I must admit that appear to be quite complex, but the order unless it is known that the basics are the same as the 20 – year old Maytag. There are more than just bells and whistles, and are a little scary (cold-designer). Sure there are some additional features and cycles available, and some of them can be very useful. Also, remember that we just think a little different, and adjustments to accommodate as necessary for the proper use of soap nuts. Experimentation is always useful. No matter how well everything is full, everyone is different and do things a little differently. Find our best way is a feature of such experiments.

different ways to use soap nuts:
Soapnuts in liquid or powder form is added to raw (right tree). Liquids and powders can be at home or individual formulations can be manufactured, purchased by a handful of developers. That’s certainly much more similar to the use and much easier. Note, however, that the manufacturer of the equipment bought on the basis of written instructions typical “store” wash and additives (they are chemical or natural, or somewhere in between) – but certainly not soap nuts test. For example, the fabric softener compartment. It does not take any more. (This is for many companies make it very unhappy.) Some other useful work. (More on this later.)

liquids and powders:
We will address this first because it seems more to what everyone is accustomed to using. The variables here (except for use of amounts) are mainly the concentration of liquid and / or fineness and strength of gunpowder. When you make your own fluid, then the power of saponin in the liquid depending on how you modify it. You just have to experiment. Make sure you have your very liquid stock obstruction of something (a coffee filter effort would be a good idea to avoid).

If you are using powder poured directly with clothes like you, so fine as you can get (preferred, such as dust). You can not get enough of saponin milling statement for a load of clothes and a short course of washing. In this scenario, the best is a fine powder, or place it in a toilet bag, or similar institution for multiple loads, but be sure to soak first. So the soil is naturally Soapnut time to be right. About half an ounce of very, very fine quality soap nut powder (directly with clothing) only has a course load of wash. The powder is poured in the wash and then drain. A course in a bag tied grooming routine for various loads in order. When you add the salt, water softeners and other cleaning soap, which is quite thin (half the fun when you experiment with, too). From the ground until soap nuts as a household detergent is not recommended to resolve issues are useless. Depending on how the machine, dust does not receive an adequate supply of water, and can cause constipation.

If you are a highly concentrated liquid soap nuts is diluted to the set of solutions to your machine to use (usually it is a few ounces of liquid). Do not rack your brains trying to be exact. So if concentrated soap nuts proposes a teaspoon per load, simply mix one teaspoon of water until the desired amount of the solution you want to use, have achieved. If you plan to do many loads do not hesitate to make the solution well in advance. High quality concentrates can be diluted without loss of life. Most

Soapnut liquids are very similar to cleaning agents, provided that the proposed amount for each charge, but are concentrated soap nut extracts, literally “out of success . This is just common sense again: A Soapnut formulator is by nature a more “green.” It is logical that these companies try to reduce the carbon footprint of their formulas. That’s what green really do.

(By the way, these companies should be commended for their contributions on foot. The truly green way is not simply and easily with the least resistance. There are many obstacles that are usually found in. Innovation is the opposite of “current”.)

No machine is designed to use highly concentrated detergent for this, so if the detergent compartment (s ) simply diluted as described above. Very, very simple, right? With front loader you normally use the compartments. With top-loading washing machine, simply pour the concentrated extract directly into the pool and filling it after dilution is not necessary.

Is not that simple? Plain old common sense, again, is not it? No rocket science here. Good results are what we want. You can choose a few loads of the best results, but you’ll soon be just “know” what to do. If you use a pre-washed and washed, and the owner’s manual suggests.

traditional soap nut consumption “:
Finally, we come to the ancient customs, traditional soap nuts . The crude is washed with soap nuts in a sack. It is very simple, but more difficult to wrap your brain. With traditional customs, in the forgotten chambers of the machine. That should put the right clothes bag . Period. No matter if the device is standard, SE front load, top load or whatever. All you want to achieve what, it, get the bag of laundry to be washed right along with the rest of his clothing. NOTE: The traditional method is to use the most economical method as it is used properly. (Much more important in another article).

Background: < ; / strong>
Certain things are needed to understand how to use traditional soap nuts and optimize results. First, some basics:
1) The raw material of nuts soap that is saturated with water. The hard nut is a bit softer than the release of saponin in the quantity you want.
2) The heat is a catalyst that can be used effectively to facilitate the release of saponin faster.
3) The water flow in and around the soap nuts in addition to the agitation is the key to an effective continuous release of saponin in wash cycles.
4) The cold water reduces the degree to which the saponin is released.

Front loaders are actually better on the propaganda goes, because the nuts fall hectic better than typical top-loading agitator. Heat and hot water will lead to better results, but you can take steps to cold water washes just as effective to make. Also Heat is simply a catalyst that helps to release the saponin Soapnut start faster. When the temperature drops the rate, is released with saponin. Therefore, there is no need to remove in the cold to wash normally. Please note that the saponin is not like a regular detergent. A bit in the wash, not a negative effect. The typical method for cold water wash with soap nuts are traditionally used is easy to invent a soap nut tea. That’s, like a cup of hot tea. If you are a top-loader, then pour the tea bag in the basin. If you have a front loader, pull the laundry bag and pour the tea into the fluid compartment (s ). This should work well, and only takes a few minutes to make tea.

Please see other items for more information and details. is more to learn about the fruits soap and dry days in each individual saponin. The list of benefits offered by soap us and our environment is more all the time.


NaturOli , a highly respected formulator of natural products for skin care, soaps, detergents and cleaning products and soap dispensers nuts. Corporate Mission: the new setup and now more stringent standards.
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Choosing Laundry Washers

Wednesday, April 28th, 2010

If you get a machine that will always be one of the devices in your home longer. The type of washing machine has a big impact on your energy costs. So choose carefully the washing machine to wash, how often your clothes, what kind of clothes and do what they want to buy your base space limitations. Consider the following tips to help you choose the right washer for your needs.

First Would you consider a front loading compared to a top-loader. Each disk has specific properties that take into account when deciding which of your washer needs work.

A front loader washing machine, your computer can be stacked to save space. A front loader spins faster, so it is easier to remove in order to save water, money and energy, as it can dry clothes faster. A front loader washing machine is gentler on your clothes. However, front-loading machines require special detergent that cost a little more and can be a little hard to find in stores. Front loading washing also about thirty to forty percent more expensive than top loaders. Although front-loader washing machines use less water because it can save money on electricity bills too.
With a top-loading washer />


First, you want to take into account the capacity. Always use the cubic foot measurement of capacity, since all the “extra large” can compare different slices. For those who live in apartments with limited space, can be considered a good idea, stackable units. Be sure to match the capacity of your washer and dryer.

Next, consider the courses offered by the unit. Most models include permanent press, delicate and extra soak or extra rinse. You should choose a model that the cycles needed to properly care for your clothes. to consider />
Another thing is the noise level. This is important if the device is in the living room of their home are. Along with this, we want to determine the safety of the device. Most models come with a locking feature prevents the doors to open while the unit is operating.


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