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I thought I’d share a fun story about me in High School. I had only been 16 maybe a couple of weeks when I went on a trip to Nicaragua with Bridges to Community. This was shortly after Hurricane Mitch hit and half the town we went to had been wiped out by a mudslide. [...]

I got the idea to do a science of laundry series on the blog when I was at the RDIA (Real Diaper Industry Association) meeting. We had a Laundry Science presentation which I thought was very interesting; and judging by all the non-laundry normal people that also thought it was interesting, I decided I’d do [...]

Surfactant: (pronounced Surf-Fact-Ent: Surf as in Surf’s up baby! Fact as in “Just the facts, Ma’am,” and Ent as in those giant trees walking around in Lord of the Rings) It means “surface active agent” and is the scientific word for soap at its most basic. Surfactant = Soap Surfactants change the surface tension of [...]

There are good reasons to use cold water and good reasons to wash on hot so let’s explore why temperature is important in certain situations and clear some myths and misconceptions about washing on cold and hot water. The cost/energy savings of washing in cold is obvious. I won’t argue with that for a second. [...]

We’re proud to announce our recent Parent Tested Parent Approved award! The PTPA Media Awards celebrate product excellence as rated by its members. Products are evaluated by over 40,000 volunteer parent testers. In fact here are a few things the parent evaluators had to say about us! “I was very skeptical about Eco Nuts™ at [...]

Eco Nuts soap nut liquid detergent and Eco Nuts Powder will actually work on many tough stains, but it’s best to treat stains immediately. If you don’t have any on hand or have a tricky stain, then you can try these other natural stain fighters: GENERAL RULES Always give the product time to work – [...]

How to Use for Camping: Place 5 Eco Nuts™ in provided wash bag. Leave the bag to soak in a bucket of water in the sun until water is warm, then agitate thoroughly. Alternately, if a hose is available, simply spray the bag with the hose under pressure in the bucket. Remove Bag, hang to [...]

How to Make Liquid Detergent from your Soap Nuts A NATURAL, ALL-PURPOSE HOMEBREW CLEANER Eco Nuts™ Soap Nuts Liquid is easy to fix and use around your home. It’s strong enough for dishes and clothes, and gentle enough for you. Use it for bathing people and pets; cleaning fresh fruits and vegetables; washing linens and [...]

Have you made your own batch of Eco Nuts™ Liquid Detergent? Now that you’ve got the liquid – here’s what you can do with it! Laundry: Use 3 tablespoons Eco Nuts™ homemade liquid detergent for a large load of laundry in your machine. You can also freeze the liquid in ice cube trays and use [...]