how to prepare detergents?

Answer 1

If using powder detergent for laundry, use the warmest water recommended for the items being washed. Fill the tub with the detergent and other additives and let them agitate so that it all is dissolved, ONLY THEN add the clothes/etc. that you're washing. It's safest to stop the agitation when adding laundry, but you can load it CAREFULLY while the agitator is operating. This will help keep the detergent from accidentally bleaching spots in your laundry.

An easier way to do laundry (the way I have since accidentally bleaching clothes with dry detergent) is to follow the above directions with LIQUID detergent.

Answer 2

Homemade detergent
In the good old days people used to manufacture detergents at home. In fact in rural areas, even today homemade detergent is popularly used. It would be worth noting that there is a small-scale industry of homemade detergent even in the urban areas of India, as well as other countries.


In case you wish to try out a basic homemade one-time-use detergent, here is a recipe that you could try to prepare. Who knows you would rather spend your holiday preparing detergents, rather than idling away your time.
You require: 1-cup water, 1 cup grated naphtha soap, ½ washing soda and 4 tablespoons glycerin

The process: Just mix these contents together add it to the warm water in which you intend washing clothes. Voila – your homemade detergent!

Usually the homemade detergent is used for baby clothes, as they say that the grandmother’s recipe is always child-friendly. These detergents are better options for those who wash their clothes and utensils manually. Another aspect is that there is minimal use of synthetic ingredients, with all of it being natural.

Answer 3

Detergent: Product the formulation of which is specially devised to promote the development of detergency. Note: A detergent is a formulation comprising essential constituents (surface active agents) and subsidiary constituents (builders, boosters, fillers and auxiliaries).

Surface Active Agent: Chemical compound which, when dissolved or dispersed in a liquid is preferentially absorbed at an interface, giving rise to a number of physico-chemical or chemical properties of practical interest. The molecule of the compound includes at least one group with an affinity for markedly polar surfaces, ensuring in most cases solubilization in water, and a group which has little affinity for water. Note: Compositions in general are usually mixtures of such compounds.

Amphiphilic Product: Product comprising in its molecule, at the same time one or more hydrophilic groups and one or more hydrophobic groups. Note: surface active agents are amphiphilic products.