Soda
from HEITMANN pure

Soda has a long history as a cleaning agent. The ancient Egyptians valued the mineral and created salt evaporation pools to obtain it from soda lakes. As a naturally occurring mineral, soda—also known by its chemical name sodium carbonate—is environmentally friendly. When mixed with water, Pure Soda forms a strongly alkaline solution, making it ideal for removing grease and dirt. To do this, the soda breaks down grease into fatty acids and glycerine. The result—believe it or not—is soap. Due to its water-softening properties, soda lowers the hardness of water, reducing the amount of detergent and cleaning product needed while still boosting their effect.

Sodium carbonate owes its nickname washing soda to these positive properties.

But be careful: Pure Soda is great for lots of tasks, but it’s not suitable for human consumption. Never forget that, please!

Soda’s list of accomplishments is really long. It’s very effective at removing grease, dirt, stains, and odours. It also ensures hygienic, food-safe cleanliness. That’s what makes it a real all-rounder, suitable for use everywhere—from drains to fences. You can’t ask for much more from a cleaning agent!

You can use soda for many household and laundry tasks, and around the house and garden. Let’s look at the most important areas of application.

Sodium carbonate, or soda, is ideal for cleaning. Since soda removes grease, dirt, and odours, it’s very well suited to help with washing up and cleaning. It makes sure that wooden chopping boards, milk jugs, and thermal mugs look (and smell) like new after they’ve been treated.

But there’s even more to soda’s success story. Greasy and encrusted items such as baking trays and pans can be cleaned easily and thoroughly using Pure Soda from HEITMAN. Or maybe you’d like to clean your tiles with soda because they’ve lost their lustre? No problem! The household remedy dissolves grease and dirt from backsplashes and floor tiles.

#HEITMANN Soda can also help tackle dirt, soap residue, and unpleasant odours in and around drains. It works best if you flush out the “problem areas” with a hot soda solution.

Sodium carbonate is arguably the best-known traditional household remedy for laundry care. That’s why—as we mentioned above—it’s often referred to as washing soda. You can use it to pretreat heavily soiled laundry. To do this, soak work clothing, socks, table linen, or bed linen overnight and wash them as usual the next day.

HEITMANN pure Soda Crystals are also great for giving detergent a boost. Simply add some to the detergent compartment and it will help your detergent perform better and even allow you to use less.

You can also benefit from sodium carbonate’s cleaning properties to help you care for your home and garden. When suitably pretreated with HEITMANN Pure Soda, unsightly, slimy moss and algae are easily brushed off, leaving garden furniture and fences looking as good as new. Stone slabs and brickwork can also be cleaned with soda, as can walls and doors. The same goes for flower pots and terracotta: removing moss, algae, and limescale deposits is effortless after they’ve been dipped in solution.

HEITMANN offers the multi-purpose household remedy sodium carbonate in three handy forms. Soda powder is a classic. Even our grandmothers’ grandmothers used soda powder to help with their housework and laundry. Predissolved Liquid Soda is popular and convenient. It dissolves immediately in cleaning water and can be used undiluted in cases of heavy soiling. Soda Crystals are especially powerful. They rarely form clumps or dust, making the product very user-friendly. Thanks to their good flow properties, Soda Crystals are ideal for use as a washing power booster and can be added to the machine directly via the detergent compartment.

Here, we’d like to give you the answers to some frequently asked questions about HEITMANN Pure Soda.

Yes. There’s even a technical term for this process: lime softening. The softening process takes one to two hours in cold water, but it’s much quicker (around two minutes) in hot water.

One reason is that sodium carbonate softens water. Plus, soda breaks down grease and forms soap, which makes it an excellent cleaning product.

Yes. Soda is food-safe and leaves items hygienically clean, so you can confidently store food in dishes or containers that have been cleaned with soda. It’s even recommended for cleaning preserving jars. Soda leaves them hygienically clean; and the preserves themselves even stay fresh for longer.

Make one of the most effective and time-tested household remedies your own! Pure Soda from HEITMANN is here to help you do your cleaning and laundry in a very thorough and highly sustainable way. Try it for yourself and become a soda expert—in just one mouse click!