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The most popular laundry detergents are still powders. In order to wash clothes well without spending too much detergent, users try to accurately measure the dose indicated by the manufacturer. We will find out how many grams of the powder are in a spoon – the simplest measuring device that is available in every home.
Why measure the powder?
Why you need to accurately measure SMS (synthetic detergent):
- Saving. Using concentrated means, it is easy to make a big mistake. If you put a lot of powder, washing will be more expensive.
- Wash quality. If, due to the underweight of the product, the pollution cannot be removed the first time, you will have to run the SMA again, again wasting water and electricity.
Manufacturers of powders and gels can add measuring spoons or cups to the kit with the product, but only some SMS are equipped with them. If the dosage is indicated on the package in grams, you have to measure the required amount. You can use scales, but not every kitchen has them and not everyone wants to mess with them. It’s easier to measurePersil” or “Tide” with a spoon – because it is always at hand.
In cooking and folk medicine, a spoon – a teaspoon and a tablespoon – is a favorite measure of weight and volume, indicated in recipes. It is easy to find tables on the Internet that indicate the weight of various substances measured with spoons – salt, soda, pepper, etc. And we will learn how to measure the right amount of SMS with them.
How much laundry detergent is in a tablespoon?
In 1 tablespoon of powder – 25 grams. It is most convenient for her to scoop the powder if the dose is 50 or 100 grams. Then it will be necessary to put 2 or 4 tbsp. l. respectively.
Other cutlery is also used for measuring:
- In a teaspoon – 5 grams.
- In the dessert – 10 grams.
It is convenient to use these measuring devices – with their help it is easy to measure a round number.
How many spoons of powder to pour into the washing machine?
To calculate the number of spoons – tea, dessert or tablespoons, you need to know three data:
- how many grams in one spoon – we have already figured out this question;
- dosage specified by the manufacturer;
- drum volume.
If you read the instructions of the detergent, you can find an indication – how many grams to put in 10 liters of water. Given that different amounts of water are used for washing, a small calculation has to be made. Modern SMAs provide for automatic measurement of everything – water and powder, according to the weight of the loaded laundry. If you have to measure SMS yourself, the easiest way is to listen to the advice of experts, they recommend:
- For a 6 kg load put 40 grams. It is most convenient to use the dessert version – you will need to measure 4 pieces. This volume also corresponds to 8 tsp.
- For 1 kg of laundry, pour 1 tbsp. l. without a slide. If the water is hard, increase the dosage by 20 grams.
Why is SMS overdose not beneficial?
If you read what is written on the package, it is easy to get confused and make a mistake. There is an opinion that manufacturers deliberately overestimate the doses – so that consumers quickly use up a pack. In this simple way, the manufacturer increases revenues by about 10%.
It is not advisable to exceed the dose, things are better not washed off, but the negative consequences of an overdose will be:
- Rinsing dry matter is always a difficult task, and if it is put in excess, it becomes much more complicated. And if you do not turn on the extra rinse – and this is again an extra consumption of water and electricity, then white stains will appear on the fabric – traces of an overdose.
- Inside the drum, the chemical “ambre” will “start up”. It remains for a long time, being transferred to the linen during subsequent washes.
- The tray is clogged.
FAQ
Users who do not understand weights and measures often encounter problems when measuring detergents. They have questions:
- Often users are interested in – 10, 30 or 50 mg – how many teaspoons? Remember how many milligrams are in 1 gram. One gram contains 1000 mg, therefore, to measure this amount of the product, you will most likely need a knife. 50 mg u0,05d 1 g, this is a hundredth of XNUMX tsp. This amount is usually measured “on the tip of a knife.”
- 30 grams of powder is how many spoons? The answer is – depending on what. If tea, then 6, if dessert – 3. It is more difficult with canteens – you need to measure one incomplete, without 5 g.
Washing parameters and dosage
The amount of detergent required for high-quality washing of dirt is influenced by such factors:
- Temperature. Hotter water means less SMS consumption.
- Degree of pollution. Dirty laundry – more dose.
- Hardness of water. Hard water – high doses.
- Number of laundry. More loading – more SMS for washing.
- Water consumption per cycle. The consumption of water is growing – the consumption of SMS is increasing.
- Wash program and type of fabric. Selected individually. Wool and silk are recommended to be washed with special compositions.
It is always useful to know how much of a particular substance is contained in the most popular cutlery. A simple spoon can come in handy in a variety of situations. When placing SMS in a cuvette, try not only to measure the dose correctly, but also take into account as many factors as possible that affect washing.