How to Make Washing Soda
Turn baking soda into washing soda in your oven — one ingredient, 30 minutes.
Equipment
- baking soda
Ingredients
- 1 shallow metal pan not aluminum as it reacts to baking soda and washing soda
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400°F (200°C)
- Place baking soda on the pan and spread it across in a flat layer.
- Bake the baking soda in the oven for about 30 minutes, stirring it up every 10 minutes to ensure it bakes evenly.
- You'll know it's done when it starts to change composition: it will look more dull, grainy, and won't clump at all.
Notes
Once you know the differences between the 2 sodas, you’ll be able to tell in no time. Baking soda is powdery, crystallized, and clumps together. Washing soda is more grainy, dull, and it doesn’t clump as easily. You can see the difference above: baking soda on the left, and washing soda on the right. See how the baking soda likes to clump together, and the washing soda is more flat and spread out?
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