Do-it-yourself laundry detergent balls for black clothes: an easy method to try
There are some garment that you just can't do without, and they are often black in color. From T-shirts, to jeans, to underwear and sports items, very often the clothes we wear are black (or at least one of the pieces of our daily outfits could be).
The more often we wear them and the more often we wash them, the color of these clothes will fade. To delay this phenomenon and to be able to wear your black clothes for a long time without them looking faded, you can make a special detergent. In addition to those that you can buy in a shop, there are recipes for preparing a detergent at home, as detailed in video on the Instagram account @mirinconesencial_.
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As shown in the video, this is a home remedy made with: sodium carbonate, sodium bicarbonate, laundry detergent (preferably concentrated, as recommended in the video), and enough hot water to dissolve powdered black laundry dye into it. To this, you need add 3 or 4 tablespoons of table salt, which should help fix the dye.
Sodium carbonate and sodium bicarbonate are to be used in equal quantities (for example, 300 grams of each), while the liquid detergent will be equal to half the amount of one of these (in our example, 150 grams).
The preparation is simple: you need to add the ingredients to a bowl, and mix by hand using gloves, until you can form balls. You can model and shape these by hand or use molds. The important thing is that they are balls (or similar) of around 20 or 30 grams each maximum.
The video also recommends using these balls with low-temperature washes (indeed, using cold water is recommended) and replacing the fabric softener with white vinegar.
Click here to find out the exact doses to make 14 tablets for use with your black clothes.
If this method works, you might consider replacing the black laundry dye with other colors if you happen to have a lot of clothes of the same color that you want to preserve (blue, for example). Also, you can replace the normal detergent with Marseille soap (in liquid or grated form).
Would you try this method to safeguard your black clothes?
