Stumble It!Soapnut Solution.
Soap Nut Juice
Pour approx 1 litre of water into a cooking pot; add about 50g cracked soap nut shells; cover and boil, then simmer for approximately 10 minutes. The boiling process extracts the saponin from the nut shells and combines with the water. Let the infusion cool and you can use it immediately, or let it steep overnight. The soap nut infusion is theoretically suitable for every kind of cleaning - even wash your car with it!
100 grams of soap nut shells will make approximately 2 litres of Soap Nut Juice.
Soap nut juice can be used for many purposes. Laundry (approx. 3 tablespoons full per laundry load); In your dishwasher (approx. same amount & you can use vinegar instead of rinse aid); Your floors ; Bathroom ; Instead of shampoo ; Use as window cleaner together with vinegar (2 tablespoons Soap Nut Juice to 3 tablespoons vinegar).
When you think you’ve extracted all the saponin, throw the Soap Nuts in the blender with a bit of water and you’ll have a wonderful ‘liquid’ soap for the hand basin. Leave the shells in to get the exfoliating effect after blending - add essential oils if you wish.
If you need or want to know more then please do ask a question in the comments and it’ll be answered as honestly as possible.
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June 28th, 2008 at 7:37 pm
Hi hon!
Just a quick question - when you use the soap for laundry - do you put it direct into the drum in a dosing ball on into the drawer dispenser?
Mrs g x
June 28th, 2008 at 8:24 pm
Great to see you over here Mrs Green!
I use shells in a bag myself but I know someone who uses a dosing ball for the solution and someone who adds it to the dispenser drawer.
The drawer option wouldn’t work with my machine as there’s no back to it to contain liquid.
Let us know how you get on?
Sarah