Are soap nuts good for laundry?

Are soap nuts good for laundry?

Soapnuts are totally organic and as stated earlier, a mild insecticide. It is safe, even beneficial to put your greay waste water from your washing machine on your garden. The residual soap/saponin in the grey water will ward of any insects.

Are soap nuts bad for washing machine?

The website's review of soap nuts, which can be found here, scored them an overall score of 42%. So, the consensus of science is that they don't do anything and if clothes are getting cleaner when they are used, plain water and machine agitation are cleaning the clothes, not the soap nuts.

How many times can I use soap nuts?

When washing in hot water you only need two soap nuts per load and they'll release all of their saponin in about one wash. When washing with cold water, up to 4 nuts and reuse them up to 6 times. You'll know the saponin in Soap Nuts is used up when the nuts no longer feel squeaky clean or sudsy when you rub them.

Do you really save money using cloth diapers?

Kaeding estimates that disposable diapers are 25 to 30 cents each, while her cloth diaper inserts run about 7 cents a diaper. Using about seven diapers a day, that is a savings of about $1.50 to $2 a day using cloth diapers.