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Washing Soda

Washing Soda

Washing Soda gives laundry, dishwashing and heavy-duty cleaning recipes the cleaning power they need to work properly. Sodium carbonate is a key ingredient in many commercial cleaning products, but here you get it pure and natural.

Regular price $8.50
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*Refills arrive in a home compostable Earth Bag. The jar comes full, buy it once and refill from then on.

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Cuts through grease, softens hard water and helps soap work more effectively, giving you stronger results from fewer ingredients.

What is it & does


Washing Soda is sodium carbonate, a naturally occurring mineral salt and one of the most widely used alkaline ingredients in cleaning.

At around pH 11 in solution, it is considerably stronger than Bicarb and Borax. That alkalinity helps loosen fats and grease, lift dirt from surfaces and deal with the calcium and magnesium in hard water that can interfere with soap.

It is why you will find sodium carbonate in everything from laundry powders to dishwasher products and heavy-duty cleaners

Important Info

✅ Suitable for
• Most washable fabrics
• Ceramic and porcelain surfaces
• Grout and tiles
• Stainless steel
• Many hard household surfaces

❎ Avoid using on
• Delicate items like wool, silk and leather
• Non dishwasher safe items and aluminium
• Waxed or polished surfaces

🫙 Storage
Store sealed in a cool, dry place to keep moisture out.

📦 Packaging
Available in home compostable Earth Bags or reusable glass Apothecary Jars (750ml size). The earth bags are plastic free way to get the goods to you but not ideal long term storage.

⚠️ Safety
Like all cleaning products, you need to keep stored well away from children and pets. This is not for food or any form of consumption, can be dangerous if consumed.

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Old-school cleaner. Still earning its place.

Washing Soda has been used for generations for good reason. This simple mineral-based ingredient is affordable, versatile and seriously useful around the home, with benefits that extend from stronger cleaning and lower costs to fewer products, less packaging and a simpler cleaning cupboard.

Melts grease at a molecular level

Dissolved fats, oils, and grease into water-soluble 'soap'. Save time scrubbing as the dirt simply wipes or rinses away.
Melts grease at a molecular level
Dissolved fats, oils, and grease into water-soluble 'soap'. Save time scrubbing as the dirt simply wipes or rinses away.

Spend less on specialised cleaners.

One ingredient can tackle laundry, kitchen and bathroom cleaning jobs.
Spend less on specialised cleaners.
One ingredient can tackle laundry, kitchen and bathroom cleaning jobs.

Fewer unnecessary ingredients at home.

One clearly labelled ingredient with no added fragrance, fillers or complicated cleaning blends.
Fewer unnecessary ingredients at home.
One clearly labelled ingredient with no added fragrance, fillers or complicated cleaning blends.

Longer-Lasting, Fresher Clothes

Neutralise the acidic compounds behind odours in fabrics by removing the source of the smell rather than masking it.
Longer-Lasting, Fresher Clothes
Neutralise the acidic compounds behind odours in fabrics by removing the source of the smell rather than masking it.

Refill without the plastic pile-up.

Refill your reusable jar from a home-compostable Earth Bag instead of buying another plastic cleaning container.
Refill without the plastic pile-up.
Refill your reusable jar from a home-compostable Earth Bag instead of buying another plastic cleaning container.

One powder. Plenty of jobs.

Keep one hard-working ingredient on hand instead of cupboards full of separate single-purpose products.
One powder. Plenty of jobs.
Keep one hard-working ingredient on hand instead of cupboards full of separate single-purpose products.
A clear bowl with a handmade white cleaning paste that looks and feels like whipped buttercream. Its next to a clear jar for storing it
Sodium Percarbonate and Washing Soda in bags with ice cube tray and bowl showing how to make your own dishwasher tablets
Washing Soda (sodium carbonate) being poured into sink for drain cleaner
washing soda (sodium carbonate) powder in a bowl

Ways you'll use it...

From laundry to baked-on kitchen grease, Washing Soda is the strong alkaline ingredient you’ll reach for when everyday cleaning needs more muscle.

Multi-Purpose Cleaning Paste

Adds strength to your paste for jobs like grout, sinks, stovetops and other durable surfaces where mild cleaners are not enough
Multi-Purpose Cleaning Paste
Adds strength to your paste for jobs like grout, sinks, stovetops and other durable surfaces where mild cleaners are not enough

In the Laundry

Forms the alkaline backbone of your DIY Laundry Powder, helping loosen dirt and grease while softening hard water so soap can work more effectively
In the Laundry
Forms the alkaline backbone of your DIY Laundry Powder, helping loosen dirt and grease while softening hard water so soap can work more effectively

Dishwashing

Provides the alkalinity needed to tackle greasy food residue while helping manage the hard-water minerals that can interfere with cleaning
Dishwashing
Provides the alkalinity needed to tackle greasy food residue while helping manage the hard-water minerals that can interfere with cleaning

Hard-Water Cleaning Booster

Use it where calcium and magnesium in hard water are getting in the way of soap and detergent performance
Hard-Water Cleaning Booster
Use it where calcium and magnesium in hard water are getting in the way of soap and detergent performance

Understand why this works

Washing Soda works because of its high alkalinity. It helps loosen fats and greasy grime, softens hard water and creates better conditions for soap and other cleaning ingredients to do their job. Understanding that chemistry makes it easier to know when Washing Soda is the right choice, and when a gentler or acidic ingredient will work better.

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Pauline (Australia)
Washing Soda

I use washing soda to create green, chemical free cleaning products such as laundry powder, dishwashing powder and cleaning paste. Its invaluable in creating chemical free cleaning products and really does work. Support this small business in Australia who provides economical products to help us all reduce the chemicals in our environment.

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Shane G.
nice to try more natural

nice to try more natural products

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Jill G.
Great products!,

Great products!,

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Megan W.
Good packaging, quick postage and

Good packaging, quick postage and what I needed for DIY clothes washing recipe

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Jo A.D.
:star2::star2::star2:

I’m a repeat customer with this business and I give it a triple :star2:rating for customer service and products , I will definitely buy from them again and again

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Nick L.
great product

great product

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Karen H.
Amazing

Service and quality of all products excellent,have bought many different products all Amazing.