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A thickening agent that can be used at home to thicken detergent is vegetable glycerin and Borax. Mixing Borax into the vegetable glycerin, and then into your detergent will greatly thicken it up.
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Why are detergents used for washing greasy clothes?
Detergents are used for washing dirty clothes because they can break up the grease and get it out. This is also true for many other stains.
Is detergent similar to soap and can be used in hard water?
Detergents are also called soap less soaps becoz though they act likea soap in having the cleansing properties, they do not contain the usual soaps like sodium starate. detergents are better cleansing agents than soaps because they donot form insoulble calcium and magnesium salts with hard water, and hance can be used for washing even with hard water.
Can you use soaps and synthetic detergents to check the hardness of water?
Soaps get precipitated as insoluble calcium and magnesium soaps in hard water but detergents do not. Therefore, soaps but not synthetic detergents can be used to check the hardness of water.
What alcohol is used for washing clothing?
Alcohol is not used for clothes washing; soaps and detergents are.
What mineral is used for making laundry detergents and glass?
boron (borax)
What thickening agents are commonly used to thicken soups?
File powder. Flour. Cornstarch. Okra.
What does Thickening mean in cooking?
A thickening is a substance used to thicken foods such as sauces, gravies soups and stews. This can be a roux made of oil and flour, cornstarch, etc. Instant potato flakes can be used to thicken some foods. There are several ways to thicken foods.
Is sea weed used to thicken ice cream?
A seaweed extract called Carrageenan is used to help thicken ice cream. Agar is also a product from seaweed that is also used as a thickening agent.
Can you thicken soup with baking powder if you don't have flour?
Nope, by doing that it just makes it have powder in it. Flour is the best bet. Its at any grocery store. Other thickening agents used in soups include: arrowroot powder, corn starch, okra, and pureed potatoes.
What is the general use for phosphorus?
Phosphorus compounds are also widely used in explosives, nerve agents, friction matches, fireworks, pesticides, toothpaste and detergents.
What sauces are thickened?
Arrow root can be used or corn flour but corn flower makes it go milky.
What seeds can be used to thicken soup?
Chia seeds can be used to thicken soup.
How does instant pudding work?
There is a chemical called tetrasodium pyrophosphate which reacts with the milk to thicken. As soy or other plant based "milk" do not contain the key dairy ingredients instant pudding will not gel when they are used. This chemical is also used in soaps and detergents.
Why are most laundry products detergents instead of soaps?
They are the same thing, just with differing names. Soaps are detergents and detergents are soaps. The names have become associated with their different uses. Soaps are now primarily used to refer to soaps/detergents used on the body, while detergents have comes to mean soaps/detergents used for things other than cleansing the body, such as dish detergents.
Is Lauric acid put in detergents?
Lauric acid is used to make detergents
What do you do when making pear chutney and it will not thicken?
More sugar and onions should do it. but boil them up separatly then add to your cold mixture and boil through. The thickening is part of the chemical reaction. make sure you used distilled vinegar and not regular vinegar also.
What is an anti-foaming agent?
simethecone and other non-foaming detergents are good anti-foaming agents.
