Friday, October 2, 2009

Homemade Laundry Soap

I've been using this recipe for about 9 months now and LOVE it! Costs about $1.75 per 10 gallons. Save your old clean milk jugs to save you pennies even more and store your prepared laundry soap in them.


LAUNDRY SOAP


You can use Fels-Naptha bar soap in the homemade soap recipes, or you can use Ivory, Sunlight, or Zote bars. Don't use heavily perfumed soaps. Washing Soda and Borax can be found on the laundry or cleaning aisle. Recipe cost approx. $2 or less, depending on the cost of the Fels-Naptha.

Homemade Liquid Laundry Soap- Front or top load machine

4 Cups hot tap water
1 Fels-Naptha soap bar
1 Cup Washing Soda
½ Cup Borax

- Grate bar of soap and add to saucepan with water. Stir continually over medium-low heat until soap dissolves and is melted.

-Fill a 5 gallon bucket half full of hot tap water. Add melted soap, washing soda and Borax. Stir well until all powder is dissolved. Fill bucket to top with more hot water. Stir, cover and let sit overnight to thicken. Consistency will be mucous like.

-Stir and fill a used, clean, laundry soap dispenser half full with soap and then fill rest of way with water. Shake before each use as it will gel.

-Optional: You can add 10-15 drops of essential oil per 2 gallons. Add once soap has cooled. Ideas: lavender, rosemary, tea tree oil.

-Yield: Liquid soap recipe makes 10 gallons.

-Top Load Machine- 5/8 Cup per load (Approx. 180 loads)

-Front Load Machines- ¼ Cup per load (Approx. 640 loads)

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