Autumn is just around the corner.
The cold season not only brings with it rising energy prices, the chestnut season has also opened and can help with savings.
Do you like collecting chestnuts in autumn to put them up as decoration or even to eat them?
Many people like to make funny little animals out of chestnuts with their children in autumn to place them on the windowsill as autumn decorations.
Chestnuts are also not unpopular as a snack.
You can also use chestnuts to drive away spiders.
But did you know that you can also wash clothes with chestnuts?
Read below how this works.
Natural detergent: can you wash clothes with chestnuts?
Chestnuts are great for washing dirty laundry.
This saves you money, at least as far as detergent is concerned, and you can make a small contribution to counteracting rising energy costs.
Electricity can also be saved when washing with the washing machine with the right washing program.
The white flesh of chestnuts contains large amounts of saponins, so-called soap substances.
The washing-active natural surfactants foam up when they come into contact with water and soften the liquid.
So dirt and grease can be removed from your dirty laundry with chestnuts as a detergent.
Chestnuts can naturally do exactly what conventional detergents do.
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Many children and some adults like to collect chestnuts in autumn.
Did you know that it can be used to make a natural and sustainable detergent?
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How can you make a natural and sustainable detergent from chestnuts yourself?
It is not difficult at all to make your own natural and sustainable detergent from chestnuts.
To get rid of the dirt from your dirty laundry inexpensively with a detergent made from chestnuts, you will need approximately:
5-10 fresh chestnuts
1 liter of lukewarm water
a jar with a screw cap
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How you can wash laundry naturally, sustainably and inexpensively using chestnuts as a detergent:
Collect enough chestnuts that you want to use for the homemade laundry detergent.
Wash the chestnuts thoroughly and then chop them.
The white pulp, which you need for the detergent, is well protected by the hard shell.
That's why you need a hammer, meat mallet or something similar to break open the chestnuts.
To avoid chaos when crushing the chestnuts for your detergent, you can put the chestnuts in a cloth bag and then hammer them.
The smaller the chestnut pieces, the easier it is for the soap substances to dissolve.
Fill the jar with the chestnut crumbs, pour in the lukewarm water and screw on the lid.
Shake the jar to create the soap foam.
Leave the homemade detergent made from chestnuts and water for a few hours until the soapy water is ready.
Before putting it in the washing machine, strain the liquid through a sieve.
You can use the chestnut detergent for washes between 30 and 60 degrees Celsius.
Please note, however, that stains and heavy soiling must be pre-treated before washing in the washing machine.
If you do not want to make the chestnut detergent before each wash, you can also stock up.
However, since the liquid detergent does not keep for more than three days in the refrigerator, you should let the crumbled chestnuts air dry and store them in a dry place.
Only when it is foreseeable when you can use up the chestnut detergent should you mix the chestnuts with water to form a foamy soapy solution.
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