I simmered
a cup of soap nuts in about 4 cups of water, mashing the nuts by hand to release the saponins.
Not exact matches
My son also makes a fabulous shampoo out
of 1/3
cup Dr. Bronners liquid
soap, 1/4 c. coconut milk, and 1 tsp
nut oil (he uses walnut).
I've read some different ways
of making the tea but, for me, my laundry room (really, it's a closet) is upstairs so I just walk over to the bathroom, run the hot water in the sink, put my
soap nut bag in a coffee
cup that is always sitting on my dyer and fill my
cup.
If you are using a cold cycle, steep the bag
of soap nuts in a
cups of hot water for 5 - 10 minutes to release saponins before tossing it in with your laundry.
To make a liquid
soap nut concentrate, add 2
cups of water and 10
soap nuts to a pot and bring it to a boil.
Now these 97 berries from the 1/2 pound bag
of soap nuts would yield 20
cups of liquid concentrate.