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After picking the old loofah
How to make loofah sponges
Many people know that loofah can be used to wash dishes
Natural Fiber Sponge
But it's in a life
It's not only for dishwashing
There are many other convenient and simple uses
Today, I will share 6 ways of loofah sponges
A simple usage and use in the life and planting
Without further ado, we shall begin now
Luffa last year, I specially left a few
Has been hanging on the vine ready to make loofah sponges
That's what we call a luffa sponges
To make loofah sponges, you have use old loofah, the older the better
It's best if the skin is yellow and hard and dry
This batch of loofah stays relatively late
Because the first couple of butchers ate it by me
So until it got cold and the vine died
A lot of melons on this are not ripe yet
But it's a bit old
So these melons are harvested until the seedlings are pulled together
I think I have friends here
Ask how the loofah is planted
In fact, I have the release of loofah planting aspects
Including germination, seedling raising, fertilization and branch pressing
Harvest and so on
It's all in that video
The video link can be found in the description
Now I'm going to share the old loofah harvested
How to peel it off
Take out the loofah tendon and finally make it into the loofah sponges
Just in case it‘s not easy to peel
I'll start with a knife and I'll cut the skin
Note that the force of this line is not too deep
Before it gets to the loofah
The skin is then broken up with a hammer
Down the split skin or the line you just cut
You can peel the skin off like this
The fresh-picked towel gourd is very soft
The sweet smell of loofah makes it slippery to the touch
It feels good
The juice that can be squeezed out of this
It's a very good skin care ingredient
So the skin on the hands is super tender
Clean the loofah with clean water several times
Look at the foam in the water
It's very slippery to the touch
All the juice in the loofah
Luffa water is all natural
Beauty water is used in the beauty industry
So don't wear gloves when you wish loofah sponge
While you wash the loofah
You can give the hand a beauty spa
Looks like I can use loofah water next year
Make cosmetic water test
It'll be done after two or three times
And then you can put the wished loofah sponges
to open air to dry
It is recommended to hang and dry
It's dry fast
Normally, if the weather is fine
It's almost dry in a day
This is what a dried loofah sponges is like
Loofah
nature has given us a pure natural treasure
Not only can it be eaten, but for a variety of purposes
So now
I'm going to make it out of these dried loofah sponges
6 kinds of daily necessities for different purposes in life
These loofah sponges now have some
seeds，let's pour them out
Many of the seeds in my loofah have not turned black
That is, they are not fully mature
This is because my loofah does not
Fully ripened on the vine
But does not affect the use of Luffah sponges
It's just that these seeds can't be planted
If you want to collect seeds to plant them
Be sure to remember to harvest the first batch fully ripe
The kind of loofah that's completely ripened and dried
All right
First, let's do one of the most common and commonly used methods
It's a dishwashing sponge
Make a dishwashing sponge
It doesn't have to be thick, just a medium one
Then I'll use this one first
So this one can cut it into two or three segments
Now put it like this
It's thin, so you can cut it with scissors
And we can tie it to a rope
And then they can hang it up
When tie the rope
I prefer to use this thicker one
The part with the ribs in the middle
It'll make it stronger
And then we'll do one more, um
Cup Brush There are two ways to make a cup brush
Type 1
Look for a smaller one first
We just made it three
One of the passages is more detailed
Because a lot of longer glasses have thinner mouths
So it's too thick to reach in
Then we can find a pair of chopsticks
It can be taken from the thinner end
It's in the middle of it
So then tie it tight with a twine
And then I'm going to stick it up a little bit harder
Trim it a little
A little more perfect
A cup brush like this that brushes cups
Or a bottle brush
There's another way to make a cup brush
Now let's do the second cup brush
Take another piece and it'll be about 8 centimeters
To a width of about 10 centimeters
Then I'll cut it open
Cut it lengthwise like this
Then put the chopsticks in like this
With ROPE
Entangle
This one can not only brush the cup
You can also use it to wash dishes
Next, let's make two kinds of bath sponges with soap
The bath sponge can usually be a little longer
Or if you use it as a soap, narrow it
A little bit longer when used as a sponge
So let's see what you want to do with it
I'll start with a longer one
This part does the dishes
Can make this kind of cup brush
OK, the thicker section in the middle
It looks better
We can use it as bath soap
So I have this bath soap
I usually have a simple way of doing it
There is also a slightly more cumbersome approach
Let's start with the first
Take the leftover bits and pieces of home - used soap
Reuse
This is a beauty soap. it's been a long time
So we can cut it into pieces
Then put it in the middle of the loofah sponge
It's broken
And then you can stuff it in there
So
The loofah sponge is the equivalent of a soap bubble net
It will bubble up easily
Second approach
We can make it into a nice loofah soap
This can be done
You can use a soap base if you have one
Like I used to make handmade soap
With all kinds of
A very healthy vegetable oils
Sodium hydroxide is added so that the pure natural
handmade soaps are the best
But that method is more troublesome
And with strong base, some people will be more afraid
Plus, it takes a long time
It usually takes a few months
Just like we do compost
So today I'm going to show you a simple way
We bought a bar of soap from the market
Or we could just use this
The used fish fillet will do
I don't have enough leftover fish today
So I used a whole bar of soap
We'll cut it up with half a bar of soap
It feels
It's like chopping vegetables
The more comfortable it is to cut smaller pieces
The sooner it melts
Then take a container, porcelain or plastic
Glass is better than metal
Because we're going to put it in the microwave
So you can't put metal in a microwave
We take these
Chopped Soap
Put it in a container. yeah
I won't add these different colors
Because the colors are different
It won't look good when it's done
Then we look for a thicker plastic bag
The hot one
And then use this one
Wrap it in plastic paper
Seal the bottom
Of course, if you had this
A silicone mold about the same size is the best
We're going to put this bowl of soap
Heat it in a microwave oven
Maximum power 30 seconds
It's melted
And then I'll
Pour liquid soap into
Along this hole
Let's let it cool down first
When it cools, it solidifies, and then
When we press to feel it until it's very hard
You can take the mold off
We can also make a coaster out of loofah sponge
You can cut out the dark part
And then you can make your own
Trying to figure out what shape to cut into
I cut it into a circle
There are so many uses for loofah
There is also its unique use in planting
When you plant it in a flower pot
Usually at the bottom of the flowerpot
put some Gravel or sand or something
having air permeability and water permeability
Some flowerpots have a hole
Many people will put a piece of wood or stone
Some flowerpots do not have holes
Flowerpots without holes are not well drained
So it's usually need this breathable stuff
After we've made the above
There are some leftover small loofah sponge pieces
And then we can use the small pieces
Cut it up
Then spread it under the flowerpot
Cut off the scraps like this
Crushing
Spread it under the flowerpot like this
Thickness 1 / 3 to 1 / 4
Then add and plant with the normal soil
Will play the role of porous permeability and water
And the loofah itself is fibrous
So it breaks down very slowly, after a long time
When it breaks down, it also adds nutrients to the soil
It does no harm to the soil or the plants
Or you can cut the loofah into pieces like a coaster
And put it on this hole
Put more soil on it
Play a certain role in preventing soil from coming out of the hole
soil loss by leakage
In addition to that above use
We can also use it as a decoration now
I'm going to decorate the flowerpots for these two little flowers
Cut it open
Remove the core in the middle
Then tie it with a twine
Get up
These two pots are tulips
They'll be more beautiful when they open up
A feeling of pure nature and simplicity
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