Nellie's Laundry Soda - ingredients?

[RockinLou]

What's in this stuff? They don't list ingredients on their site- that kinda bugs me, they spend a lot more time saying what isnt in it than what is!

can anyone tell me? also, do you use it successfully with cloth?

[umajo]

I haven't used it, but here's what I found:

Nellie's Laundry Soda
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Q.
What's in the Laundry Soda?
A.

SODA ASH - (SODIUM CARBONATE) also known as washing soda. In domestic use, it's used as a water softener during laundry.

SODIUM METASILICATE - A major use is as a builder (a material that enhances or maintains the cleaning efficiency of a surfactant, principally by inactivating water hardness) in soaps and detergents

SODIUM CHLORIDE - Sodium chloride, also known as common salt, table salt, or halite. As well as the familiar uses of salt in cooking, salt is used in many applications, from manufacturing pulp and paper to setting dyes in textiles and fabric, to producing soaps and detergents.

CITRIC ACID - This is a weak organic acid. It serves as an environmentally benign cleaning agent and acts as an antioxidant.

The Detergent is a coconut based (LAURYL) Ethoxylated fatty alcohol. Coconut oil on its own will wash nothing. It is therefore chemically modified so that it becomes surface active and thus performs like a detergent. This commodity is widely used by many detergent manufacturers because it is readily biodegradable, non toxic and mild and efficient. It is also NOT Petroleum based.


http://www.nelliesallnatural.com/sho...?main_page=faq

[babymamma]

I use it with cloth and I find it works fine for me. I've also used it with regular clothing loads.

[Lagoon Baby]

I also use nellies and it has been great. Question for other nellies users: how much do u use per load of 20 diapers?

[babymamma]

Originally Posted by Nat1111 I also use nellies and it has been great. Question for other nellies users: how much do u use per load of 20 diapers?

I use one scoop for about a dozen dipes. How much do you use?