tried it and works! I can't tell the difference between baking and washing soda visually, but I checked the pH of water with this "transformed soda" and it jumped up to 10! (pH of baking soda = 8, washing = 10). Thank you! :D
Been in Lagos for four months and the hard water is wreaking havoc on my skin and hair. Can't find sodium carbonate. Sodium bicarbonate only sold in the pharmacy...not the grocery store. Hoping this will help put a stop to my itchy skin!
Thanks for the reminder. I’m old enough to have actually had a REALLY chemistry set! And one of the experiments in the kit was exactly what you described. Heating Sodium Bicarbonate in a test tube and pouring the CO2 produced over a candle to extinguish the flame. I was looking for “washing soda” and came across both your videos, thanks for taking the time to explain the process.
THANK you! I wasn't sure if I was going to burn it or whatever because i had to leave it in my oven longer ^_^ I need washing soda for soap and NO ONE has it but everyone has baking soda ^_^
To make washing soda in the oven I spread a one pound box out evenly over a cookie sheet and bake it at 400 for thirty minutes. I noticed that once the washing soda has cooled from baking, if you put a little in your hand and add a little water to it you will notice a mild exothermic reaction. It's not hot enough to burn you but it does get hot. It reminds me of some of the face masks that used to be on the market that get hot when you add water. The cool thing is that you can use this as a test to make sure that your sodium bicarbonate has indeed been converted to sodium carbonate.
I know I'm way late to this... You can get bulk sodium carbonate aka soda ash at swimming pool supply houses. It's used to raise the Ph of pool water as well as the myriad other uses. It's also commonly called washing soda and soda crystals (in the UK). I use it to remove rust from tools and machine parts via electrolysis.
I use washing soda when I make my homemade laundry soap. That washing soda has been hard to find lately, and I don't want to order supplies from Amazon. Washing soda is still around, it's just not at the usual stores anymore. I'll probably use the oven should I ever need to make some washing soda. Thanks a bunch!
Not everyone lives in a place with a conventional oven/stove combo. If you live in a cabin, dorm, tiny home, off grid etc, you might only have a hotplate or burner tops. Or some people only have wood ovens which take hours to prepare -which is a huge inconvience if you're living off the grid. Or in my case, I'm cooking all day and don't have the spare time to use my oven for this.
@@AEON.i dont mean someone don't have oven. I just mean oven can be separate from top, in different place on kitchen. Its more comfortable to use, if oven not under top, but on countertop level
That's awesome! My girl insists I getting laundry detergent that costs more and contains 'some unknown amount' of sodium carbonate. Now we have been using baking soda in our wash quite frequently and liberally. I was wondering if we were paying more just for baking soda. Well now I know the difference and i certainly will be making my own! It is a very effective addition to plain laundry detergent. If you have a worrisome stain- try this. Take baking soda and hydrogen peroxide and make a runny paste mixture and put it on the stain. Scrub it around with a toothbrush and it's absolutely amazing. Often the stain will disappear before your very eyes! I haven't ever tried this with washing soda so I would recommend caution before mixing that with hydrogen peroxide, as it could be reactive in some way. I am going to look into it, although it's hardly necessary.
Peroxide is also a bleach so you might not want to do that with anything that isn't already white. The PH of washing soda is significantly higher than baking soda so I don't think I would try mixing the two without more of a chemistry background, but that's just me.
I was thinking that if you had a greenhouse with plants, that would be a good space in which to do this because the plants would probably like the extra CO2 and water vapor.
Thanks for this vid. I just want to point out that those "vapor geysers" release that fine powder in to the air and can and will get into your breathing holes. Also, it will get all over your counters and anything that is within a 6ft radius of the pot. Baking might be better, but as @Mentorcase said; the cost in heating the pot or oven for an hour might not be worth the effort. This method should only be used if you can't find Washing soda at all or if you need it that minute.
This is so cool. I'm just now starting to admire Chemistry after almost burning my front gums from trying some stuff I read online. I thought my teeth were just going to come out (mixing baking soda with Rubbing Alcohol, instead of Hydrogen Peroxide, to put on my teeth), lol, but 2 weeks later, here I am, learning about turning Baking Soda to Washing Soda. Saving $$$. Thanks
Thanks for the tip about how baking soda clings to the spoon but when the baking soda is sufficiently cooked, the product will not cling to the spoon. Review: baking soda will cling to a spoon when stirring it, whereas washing soda will NOT cling to the spoon. I tried baking but couldn't tell. I was told it will look grainy, both looked the same to me. At first, the baking soda looked gray, but after a while, I thought it it was my imagination. The spoon is the best way to tell the difference!
Absolutely, This isn't frugal, but more of a just in case idea - its something I think is cool and wanted to share, but not something I do all the time,
In many places it absolutely is frugal and you're tips have helped us a lot! People don't realize that prices aren't the same in over countries or regions so thank you! Where we live, a 500g box of Washing Soda is $7.99, but I can get a 2kg (4x the size) box of Baking Soda for about $12. So it's definstely a good tip for our family! We appreciate it, thank you and God Bless!
This is a conversion that turns sodium bicarbonate into sodium carbonate. The bubbles you see during the end process is the result of the baking soda releasing CO2 gas. Nilered taught me this, so Shout-out to Nilered.
Wanted Washing Soda, but can't go to the stores now, so checked out on TH-cam and your video showed up. Thank you.. Will make this now. I need WS for some house old chores. God bless🌸
This was great, thanks, been searching for "what is the best homemade cleaner?" for a while now, and I think this has helped. You ever tried - Sayoothan Telepathic Sovereignty - (Have a quick look on google cant remember the place now )? It is a great one of a kind product for discovering how to wash your clothes without toxic detergents minus the headache. Ive heard some decent things about it and my cousin got great results with it.
I wondered if it would burn if on heat too long (everything else we cook does, right? lol). Now I know it's something even I can't mess up! Thank you so much for posting this.
Very interesting. A girlfriend was just telling me about this on FB and I had no idea. Being kind of in the rural area we tend to have washing soda but even just in the last year or so I haven't seen it as often in some of the stores I shop at (but can still see it in some of the other stores that specialize maybe more in the stuff you need for DIY projects.). I notice the Sam's Clubs and probably CostCo and places like that, it's easy to find 10 pound bags of baking soda, which I usually use in the bathtub or to make a simple shampoo for my hair. The automatic captioning kinda makes a mess of some of the things you say, so it would be cool if some day you can caption it the way you are actually saying and not some random words that could be offensive... Thanks!!
Sorry about the captioning, it is a youtube thing - creators have no control over it unless they upload their own CC files, and frankly it takes too much time. You hit on the reason for this video - it is harder to buy washing soap in "normal" stores.
KSMSDRPEPPER tell me about the shampoo you make from it and how and when do you choose to use it. Seems like it would be a deep cleanser needed only occasionally ? So very curious. Thanks, can’t wait😊
This (2:45) is what happens when you throw baking soda on a fire (the heat turns it into a heavier than air gas, CO2, which, on a fire, immediately displaces the oxygen from the burning fuel), so keep it in mind.
Very useful vid! Little tips (heat on hi and stir until "geysers" stop) were really useful! Grainer and won't stick.....thank u. This is really helpful. Using this for film developing and "Washing Soda" is hard to find! CHEERS, m8!
New Subbed! Thanks so much for this upload! I have search from organic soap making to vegan soap making, for how to make soap naturally with edible food ingredients! I already uses sodium bicarbonate for washing my hair and body for about a year now and needed to find a way to refine or solidify it...and seeing this has help loads.
Thanks for the video. A hunting buddy told me to wash my clothes in baking soda as opposed to going out and buying some expensive detergent made by scent killer.
So, can you use this transformed soda when using "The Speedy Plate"? The Speedy Plates calls for 4 tbsp of the washing soda per quart of boiling hot water? So after seeing this video, it's basically putting the water back into the washing soda (sodium carbonate) and making it back into regular baking soda? Is that right? The washing soda powder when wet feels like a silky feel to it as if there is a softener added. Has anyone used this conversion with the Speedy Plate to clean their silver??
You can buy sodium carbonate, if not in the stores, you can buy it on the Internet. Home Depot sells it in a very expensive spray bottle. But you can make your own water solution of sodium carbonate which is the best and safest mold spray that exists.
This might seem a silly question, but here goes, anyway. So, to turn baking soda to washing soda we heat it to get rid of the C02; we're now all aware of this. HOWEVER, when it gets wet for washing, oxygen and water is added back into the soda, doesn't it? So, what keeps it from turning BACK into regular old baking soda? I guess my *real* question is, does it make a difference that you switch baking soda to washing soda? (FWIW, I've been doing this for quite a while; it's just something I'm always wondering!)
he is adding heat to the process , I guess if you put washing soda into washing machine, it doesn't have enough heat and time to turn back to bicarb, but that is just what I think, no science proof whatsoever!
Hi Jen,Here is the chemical equation: 2NaHCO3 + Heat -> Na2CO3 + CO2 +H20Tossing washing soda into water will not reverse the reaction back to regular old baking soda. Why? In order for this to happen, it would require a source of carbon dioxide gas to bubble into the mixture. In theory, if you really want to turn it back into sodium bicarbonate just simply grab a straw and blow bubbles into the dissolved sodium carbonate solution. Finally, washing soda is a better cleaner than baking soda. Hope this helps.
I liked your answer and you seem to know enough to answer this. When I use my home made washing soda for hand washing, not only to I feel it heating up (really odd), but it all clumps up into little hard rocks! Which is also what happened in the little tub of the washing machine, where I found it just sitting there all hardened up. Is this normal or perhaps I did something wrong? Thanks for any input.
Don't worry, the "gas" (carbon dioxixe) ageing released is in no way flammable or explosive. Carbon dioxide is the same thing we exhale when we breathe. I've done this on my gas stove many times and never once had a worry. I'm more worried about cooking or frying anything with oil my my gas stove lol
Diane Edwards That's my same problem. We live in Oaxaca. I've been all over town asking folks for "sosa" or "soda de lavado" or "carbonato de sodio" (three of the different Spanish names for washing soda), but no one here in Mexico has ever heard of it. They always want to sell me baking soda.
Hello, Can you let me know if i can heat the baking soda in a non stick pot , if so for how long should it be done? am planning to make it today , any help appreciated.Thanks
The ideal would be if you asked for "Sodium Carbonate" and had people immediately get the correct idea of what you need, without the need to ask for either "Washing soda" or "Soda ash" depending on the place. I once needed some Kerosene (the C10-C16 hydrocarbon mixture, basically jet fuel) for my bike chain. I went asking for it in a small home improvement store. They had no clue of what it was. I then asked for "Lamp oil" and they immediately gave me what i needed.
LindieLee warning: use mask/gloves when mixing or using as powder residues may and or will cause irritation to lungs and skin as all powders and such may. 😊
No fear, there’s no label reading citronella ingredients contained, but if you have problems with that certain product, you should know what to do. Good luck. 👍
I use sodium carbonate for soaking my freshly bought t-shirts prior to tie dyeing them and this video hopefully has fixed my problem. I don’t want to pay shipping on the Company recommended soda ash, as by the pound it gets very expensive, if I can just get this process figured out, I’m going to help a lot of folks. Been searching before attempting off and on 2 months, then results faded. Ordered professional dyes instead of local hobby store, but couldn’t get my PH right for soda ash soak. Found this vid, finally and soda ash was not cooked properly. So we see. It’s now cooking more and higher level heat. Will update. Thank you so much for these instructions and replies. Also going to try the wash soap while I’m at it. But not breathe real deep while I’m stirring it lol. Had to.
No hablo Español pero yo tengo Google Translate : Ponga bicarbonato de sodio en una olla en la estufa y caliéntelo hasta que TODO el vapor haya salido del bicarbonato de sodio. debería parecerse más a cristales que a polvo. guárdelo en un frasco hermético
(3:45)If you have plants around, the plants, in its photosynthesis of sugars, will take in the carbon dioxide and release oxygen as a waste product. In other words as long as you have plants in the room, the plants will convert the carbon dioxide to oxygen and you won't suffocate from too much carbon dioxide.
Just made my first batch on the stove top it was fun watching the little steam pits come then disappear, thanks it was also fun to do
tried it and works! I can't tell the difference between baking and washing soda visually, but I checked the pH of water with this "transformed soda" and it jumped up to 10! (pH of baking soda = 8, washing = 10). Thank you! :D
Been in Lagos for four months and the hard water is wreaking havoc on my skin and hair. Can't find sodium carbonate. Sodium bicarbonate only sold in the pharmacy...not the grocery store. Hoping this will help put a stop to my itchy skin!
Thanks for the reminder. I’m old enough to have actually had a REALLY chemistry set! And one of the experiments in the kit was exactly what you described. Heating Sodium Bicarbonate in a test tube and pouring the CO2 produced over a candle to extinguish the flame.
I was looking for “washing soda” and came across both your videos, thanks for taking the time to explain the process.
I like this better than doing it in the oven thanks for the tutorial
THANK you! I wasn't sure if I was going to burn it or whatever because i had to leave it in my oven longer ^_^ I need washing soda for soap and NO ONE has it but everyone has baking soda ^_^
I didn’t know you can make soap with just washing soda. I thought we needed Lye?
To make washing soda in the oven I spread a one pound box out evenly over a cookie sheet and bake it at 400 for thirty minutes. I noticed that once the washing soda has cooled from baking, if you put a little in your hand and add a little water to it you will notice a mild exothermic reaction. It's not hot enough to burn you but it does get hot. It reminds me of some of the face masks that used to be on the market that get hot when you add water. The cool thing is that you can use this as a test to make sure that your sodium bicarbonate has indeed been converted to sodium carbonate.
Heather Page Nail Designs solid! Interesting that it does what lye does also.
400F may be too hot and convert some of the sodium carbonate to sodium hydroxide which is indeed exothermic and will crack glass vessels
I know I'm way late to this... You can get bulk sodium carbonate aka soda ash at swimming pool supply houses. It's used to raise the Ph of pool water as well as the myriad other uses. It's also commonly called washing soda and soda crystals (in the UK). I use it to remove rust from tools and machine parts via electrolysis.
I use washing soda when I make my homemade laundry soap. That washing soda has been hard to find lately, and I don't want to order supplies from Amazon. Washing soda is still around, it's just not at the usual stores anymore. I'll probably use the oven should I ever need to make some washing soda. Thanks a bunch!
Thank you for doing it on a stove top! I don't have an oven so I was really frustrated as all guides I read online mentioned baking it.
Same!
Not everyone lives in a place with a conventional oven/stove combo. If you live in a cabin, dorm, tiny home, off grid etc, you might only have a hotplate or burner tops. Or some people only have wood ovens which take hours to prepare -which is a huge inconvience if you're living off the grid.
Or in my case, I'm cooking all day and don't have the spare time to use my oven for this.
@@AEON. its can be in different part of kitchen lol
@@AEON.i dont mean someone don't have oven. I just mean oven can be separate from top, in different place on kitchen. Its more comfortable to use, if oven not under top, but on countertop level
I am having the opposite issue do you have any links? Lol (Not kidding)
Thank you. I don't get washing soda here in Taiwan that easily. You just saved me from spending money buying it over the internet haha
Omg! I have never seen a powder boil before. Crazy
Just buy Washing Soda... Same thing and almost same price! About 50 cents more = NO WORK!
2 NaHCO3(s) → Na2CO3(s) + CO2(g) + H2O(g) ...... produces water, silly
Jordan Bronson did you even listen to the beginning of the video lol he said it’s hard to find in stores. None of the stores around me carry it
That's awesome! My girl insists I getting laundry detergent that costs more and contains 'some unknown amount' of sodium carbonate. Now we have been using baking soda in our wash quite frequently and liberally. I was wondering if we were paying more just for baking soda.
Well now I know the difference and i certainly will be making my own! It is a very effective addition to plain laundry detergent.
If you have a worrisome stain- try this. Take baking soda and hydrogen peroxide and make a runny paste mixture and put it on the stain. Scrub it around with a toothbrush and it's absolutely amazing. Often the stain will disappear before your very eyes! I haven't ever tried this with washing soda so I would recommend caution before mixing that with hydrogen peroxide, as it could be reactive in some way. I am going to look into it, although it's hardly necessary.
Peroxide is also a bleach so you might not want to do that with anything that isn't already white. The PH of washing soda is significantly higher than baking soda so I don't think I would try mixing the two without more of a chemistry background, but that's just me.
VERY NICE! and baking soda is so much cheaper than washing soda! I have two 12 lbs bags, going to do that this weekend! thank you! G
I was thinking that if you had a greenhouse with plants, that would be a good space in which to do this because the plants would probably like the extra CO2 and water vapor.
Thanks for this vid.
I just want to point out that those "vapor geysers" release that fine powder in to the air and can and will get into your breathing holes. Also, it will get all over your counters and anything that is within a 6ft radius of the pot. Baking might be better, but as @Mentorcase said; the cost in heating the pot or oven for an hour might not be worth the effort. This method should only be used if you can't find Washing soda at all or if you need it that minute.
This is so cool.
I'm just now starting to admire Chemistry after almost burning my front gums from trying some stuff I read online.
I thought my teeth were just going to come out (mixing baking soda with Rubbing Alcohol, instead of Hydrogen Peroxide, to put on my teeth), lol, but 2 weeks later, here I am, learning about turning Baking Soda to Washing Soda. Saving $$$. Thanks
Thanks for sharing your knowledge Dave's Homestead. This is so very helpful to me. God Bless.
Thanks for the tip about how baking soda clings to the spoon but when the baking soda is sufficiently cooked, the product will not cling to the spoon. Review: baking soda will cling to a spoon when stirring it, whereas washing soda will NOT cling to the spoon. I tried baking but couldn't tell. I was told it will look grainy, both looked the same to me. At first, the baking soda looked gray, but after a while, I thought it it was my imagination. The spoon is the best way to tell the difference!
Absolutely, This isn't frugal, but more of a just in case idea - its something I think is cool and wanted to share, but not something I do all the time,
In many places it absolutely is frugal and you're tips have helped us a lot! People don't realize that prices aren't the same in over countries or regions so thank you!
Where we live, a 500g box of Washing Soda is $7.99, but I can get a 2kg (4x the size) box of Baking Soda for about $12. So it's definstely a good tip for our family! We appreciate it, thank you and God Bless!
it seems pretty frugal?
Can I wash my body with it in the shower?
This is a conversion that turns sodium bicarbonate into sodium carbonate. The bubbles you see during the end process is the result of the baking soda releasing CO2 gas.
Nilered taught me this, so Shout-out to Nilered.
Wanted Washing Soda, but can't go to the stores now, so checked out on TH-cam and your video showed up. Thank you.. Will make this now. I need WS for some house old chores. God bless🌸
thanks for this its hard to fined washing soda here in the UK I will be doing this outside as I have to young kids :)
I thought it was supposed to be baked in the oven really. How long do you cook this for? Thanks for sharing. Learn something new everyday.
This is awesome! Thanks a bunch
Thanks. I am going to do this today so I can make some homemade washing detergent.
This was great, thanks, been searching for "what is the best homemade cleaner?" for a while now, and I think this has helped. You ever tried - Sayoothan Telepathic Sovereignty - (Have a quick look on google cant remember the place now )?
It is a great one of a kind product for discovering how to wash your clothes without toxic detergents minus the headache. Ive heard some decent things about it and my cousin got great results with it.
I’m doing it as I’m watching
Make sure you don't use the washing soda in food by mistake.
Don Fraysier yeah but I love the flavor.
Can be used for noodles
That's what's used to make ramen
I wondered if it would burn if on heat too long (everything else we cook does, right? lol). Now I know it's something even I can't mess up! Thank you so much for posting this.
Can the washing soda be used with olive oil to make soap?
no but it may absorb moisture. the idea is that baking soda is cheaper and easier to buy in bulk, and its easy to process into washing soda as needed.
Well I’ll be. Never knew this. Ty
2 moles NaHCO3 with Heat= Na2CO3 +H2O +CO2 Great chemistry experiment for junior or senior high chemistry students!
Thank you very much for such an informative video!
Very interesting. A girlfriend was just telling me about this on FB and I had no idea. Being kind of in the rural area we tend to have washing soda but even just in the last year or so I haven't seen it as often in some of the stores I shop at (but can still see it in some of the other stores that specialize maybe more in the stuff you need for DIY projects.). I notice the Sam's Clubs and probably CostCo and places like that, it's easy to find 10 pound bags of baking soda, which I usually use in the bathtub or to make a simple shampoo for my hair.
The automatic captioning kinda makes a mess of some of the things you say, so it would be cool if some day you can caption it the way you are actually saying and not some random words that could be offensive... Thanks!!
Sorry about the captioning, it is a youtube thing - creators have no control over it unless they upload their own CC files, and frankly it takes too much time.
You hit on the reason for this video - it is harder to buy washing soap in "normal" stores.
KSMSDRPEPPER tell me about the shampoo you make from it and how and when do you choose to use it. Seems like it would be a deep cleanser needed only occasionally ? So very curious. Thanks, can’t wait😊
The reason I am going to get good marks at handicraft just because of you 😀
Very interesting! It will decrease the number of things I need to buy. I'm also thinking that baking soda is cheaper. win win.
thanks
easy clear instructions, many thanks
This (2:45) is what happens when you throw baking soda on a fire (the heat turns it into a heavier than air gas, CO2, which, on a fire, immediately displaces the oxygen from the burning fuel), so keep it in mind.
Very useful vid! Little tips (heat on hi and stir until "geysers" stop) were really useful! Grainer and won't stick.....thank u. This is really helpful. Using this for film developing and "Washing Soda" is hard to find! CHEERS, m8!
هذا ماكنت ابحث عنة منذو أسبوعين
thank you very mutch
I did it in a large fry pan. In thinner layer. Contact area is bigger, so mine was done in 15 minutes or so.
Best explanation on tjis, thanks!
New Subbed! Thanks so much for this upload! I have search from organic soap making to vegan soap making, for how to make soap naturally with edible food ingredients! I already uses sodium bicarbonate for washing my hair and body for about a year now and needed to find a way to refine or solidify it...and seeing this has help loads.
does it sound like there is a persistent background whine (ringing) in this video?
Have been trying to tell my family for years about the many uses of this inexpensive multi purpose cleaning agent
It is useful isn't it.
Magadi
Very interesting - thanks for sharing! I want to use that as "kansui" for ramen making....
Thank you so much
40 minutes?! Just throw that in the oven for an hour or so and forget it.
Jessica Because when i did it it took less than that, way less. could depend on temp of stove moisture in the air
Diann Hazelton
I tried this and youre right. Also my oven is fairly old.
Jessica Because I'm glad you tried it. I'm about to use it to make some powdered laundry soap then some laundry tabs.
Thank you for your timely video
Very cool and very useful to know. thanks for the vid
Good instruction piece, thanks.
Thanks for the video. A hunting buddy told me to wash my clothes in baking soda as opposed to going out and buying some expensive detergent made by scent killer.
"Don't accidentally suffocate yourself."
Very sound advice.
Indeed. I hate when that happens.
This narrator gives me life hahhaa
Eco Goddess Sorry, what do you mean ?
I seemed that it will very difficult for preparing,,, though it takes a lots of time but it is easy to prepare
Amazing powder boiling
So, can you use this transformed soda when using "The Speedy Plate"? The Speedy Plates calls for 4 tbsp of the washing soda per quart of boiling hot water? So after seeing this video, it's basically putting the water back into the washing soda (sodium carbonate) and making it back into regular baking soda? Is that right? The washing soda powder when wet feels like a silky feel to it as if there is a softener added. Has anyone used this conversion with the Speedy Plate to clean their silver??
You can buy sodium carbonate, if not in the stores, you can buy it on the Internet. Home Depot sells it in a very expensive spray bottle. But you can make your own water solution of sodium carbonate which is the best and safest mold spray that exists.
Which one is more beneficial for washing clothes,either washing soda or baking soda?? Please reply me.
you can buy washing soda in the laundry section at the store I make my own laundry soap for pennies five gallons at a time
How much electricity is used during 1 hr with the burner in high? I guess the conversion is not price wise.
I'm checking out this site to make sodium carbonate to use as Forge wielding Flux! Wonderful stuff!! Oh,, it cleans cloths too! lol
THANK YOU this is great!!!
still watching in 2020... thanks
This is more viable than baking soda as the catalyst for making soap, but less efficient than caustic soda (or caustic potash).
Does it matter what kind of metal pan used?
Thanks , i need washing soda now to make dishwasher ddetergent
amazing. hail science!
Powder boiling...I haz seen it happen now.
🤣
Thanks so much!
awesome thank you so much :)
NICE
This might seem a silly question, but here goes, anyway. So, to turn baking soda to washing soda we heat it to get rid of the C02; we're now all aware of this. HOWEVER, when it gets wet for washing, oxygen and water is added back into the soda, doesn't it? So, what keeps it from turning BACK into regular old baking soda? I guess my *real* question is, does it make a difference that you switch baking soda to washing soda? (FWIW, I've been doing this for quite a while; it's just something I'm always wondering!)
he is adding heat to the process , I guess if you put washing soda into washing machine, it doesn't have enough heat and time to turn back to bicarb, but that is just what I think, no science proof whatsoever!
Hi Jen,Here is the chemical equation: 2NaHCO3 + Heat -> Na2CO3 + CO2 +H20Tossing washing soda into water will not reverse the reaction back to regular old baking soda. Why? In order for this to happen, it would require a source of carbon dioxide gas to bubble into the mixture. In theory, if you really want to turn it back into sodium bicarbonate just simply grab a straw and blow bubbles into the dissolved sodium carbonate solution. Finally, washing soda is a better cleaner than baking soda. Hope this helps.
Jennifer W you take out the carbon and it is replaced by oxygen. the PH also increases so it becomes slightly caustic.
sodium carbonate is a stable molecule. simply adding water isn't going to cause it to react.
I liked your answer and you seem to know enough to answer this. When I use my home made washing soda for hand washing, not only to I feel it heating up (really odd), but it all clumps up into little hard rocks! Which is also what happened in the little tub of the washing machine, where I found it just sitting there all hardened up. Is this normal or perhaps I did something wrong? Thanks for any input.
Bonjour on fait bouillir pour combien de minutes s'il vous plaît ?
I'm too scared to actually try this. I have a gas stove.
Just buy Washing Soda... Same thing and almost same price! About 50 cents more = NO WORK!
Don't worry, the "gas" (carbon dioxixe) ageing released is in no way flammable or explosive. Carbon dioxide is the same thing we exhale when we breathe. I've done this on my gas stove many times and never once had a worry.
I'm more worried about cooking or frying anything with oil my my gas stove lol
How long did it take you in the stove ?
😺cool, thx!
i could do these outside??
thank you what has stopped me from making my soap was not being able to get washing soda. I live in mexico and can not find it in my area.
Diane Edwards That's my same problem. We live in Oaxaca. I've been all over town asking folks for "sosa" or "soda de lavado" or "carbonato de sodio" (three of the different Spanish names for washing soda), but no one here in Mexico has ever heard of it. They always want to sell me baking soda.
Bicarbonato de soda es.
So what do you do after you make the washing soda? Do you use it straight for laundry detergent?
high heat, midium or low?
thank you
Thanks so much for thid. I was wondering if this could be made any other way besides the oven. What about the microwave? Any experience in that area?
Hello, Can you let me know if i can heat the baking soda in a non stick pot , if so for how long should it be done? am planning to make it today , any help appreciated.Thanks
I like it, your video
Thanks
remember, if you can't get washing soda just look for soda ash (for pools) - same stuff.
The ideal would be if you asked for "Sodium Carbonate" and had people immediately get the correct idea of what you need, without the need to ask for either "Washing soda" or "Soda ash" depending on the place. I once needed some Kerosene (the C10-C16 hydrocarbon mixture, basically jet fuel) for my bike chain. I went asking for it in a small home improvement store. They had no clue of what it was. I then asked for "Lamp oil" and they immediately gave me what i needed.
I want to make Baking ash bc there wasca receipt thst calls for baking ash.
I've been making soap for years and I have never heard of using sodium carbonate do you have any recipes?
Natural Soaps use Sodium Carbonate
Good. You can save money like that too.
What's the rest of story, I wonder? Is this used directly in the laundry water? How much per load? Does it lather up? Interesting video - thanks.
Search homemade laundry soap or homemade laundry soap on TH-cam.
All of those contain Naptha or Zote. I made a bunch and had full blowing asthmatic attack. I think it's citronella in these products.
LindieLee warning: use mask/gloves when mixing or using as powder residues may and or will cause irritation to lungs and skin as all powders and such may. 😊
No fear, there’s no label reading citronella ingredients contained, but if you have problems with that certain product, you should know what to do. Good luck. 👍
I use sodium carbonate for soaking my freshly bought t-shirts prior to tie dyeing them and this video hopefully has fixed my problem. I don’t want to pay shipping on the Company recommended soda ash, as by the pound it gets very expensive, if I can just get this process figured out, I’m going to help a lot of folks. Been searching before attempting off and on 2 months, then results faded. Ordered professional dyes instead of local hobby store, but couldn’t get my PH right for soda ash soak. Found this vid, finally and soda ash was not cooked properly. So we see. It’s now cooking more and higher level heat. Will update. Thank you so much for these instructions and replies. Also going to try the wash soap while I’m at it.
But not breathe real deep while I’m stirring it lol. Had to.
favor de hacer un vídeo de esto en español
No hablo Español pero yo tengo Google Translate :
Ponga bicarbonato de sodio en una olla en la estufa y caliéntelo hasta que TODO el vapor haya salido del bicarbonato de sodio. debería parecerse más a cristales que a polvo. guárdelo en un frasco hermético
(3:45)If you have plants around, the plants, in its photosynthesis of sugars, will take in the carbon dioxide and release oxygen as a waste product. In other words as long as you have plants in the room, the plants will convert the carbon dioxide to oxygen and you won't suffocate from too much carbon dioxide.
How long does it take that way ? Whatever is faster
Wont it burn? My burned and got black
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Yes very interesting indeed, thank you for sharing, so how long do I need to cook it?
Not simple to answer a set time because it depends on a bunch of factors. But when it stops steam boiling, it is probably done.
I made the mistake of not turning sodium bicarbonate to sodium carbonate before adding water and olive oil. Now its just a mess. Any way to fix it?
Does he add water??
Sodium Carbonate (~1%) is the active ingredient in anti-fungal treatment for walls etc.
baking soda solution will turn to washing soda at 60C. You just need a lot of water to disolve soda
Captain Geronimo use warm water and agitate or/in container/mixer to dissolve properly as it tends to want to lump and clump otherwise.
Is washing soda the same as lye?
I don't think so. Lye is sodium hydroxide. That's the main active ingredient in liquid draino.