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Homemade LAundry Soap Tutorial

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Recipe:
3 Pints Water
1/3 bar (1/2 C) grated Laundry Soap Bar
1/2 C Washing Soda
1/2 C Borax
Hot Water to 2 gallons

Supplies Needed:
Pot
Spoon for Stirring
2 Gallon Bucket
Empty Laundry Soap Containers
Funnel


Directions:
Mix Grated Soap in a pot with 3 Pints of water. Heat on low until the soap is dissolved. Turn heat off and add the Washing Soda and Borax. Stir to mix well. Pour into 2 gallon bucket and add water to fill. Mix well and let the mixture sit for 24 hours. It will be gloppy and will thicken. Use 1/2 c of soap per load.








Fels Naptha is difficult to find in a store. I had to order mine online. Other suitable Laundry Bar Soap can be found at the 99 cent Store or at Vallarta.






Ideally a food processor that is designated just for soap making would be best, I grated my soap by hand, YIKES!


Dissolve the Grated Bar soap over low heat



Washing Soda is not to be mistaken for Baking Soda. Two different things. You can purchase it online of buy it under the name of Soda Ash at a Pool supply store.



Turn off heat and add Borax and Washing Soda


The finished product


If you don't have a 2 gallon bucket, you can add water and mark the line on a utility bucket.


























































Comments

  1. DeniseJune 14, 2010 at 5:41 AM

    Hi Wendy,

    I am going to try the Homemade Laundry Soap. I wanted to tell you that I found the Zote soap at Food 4 Less for $0.88 but my mom sends me the Fels-Naptha from back east very common there (I remember my grandma using it & we always had a bar by the laundry tub to scrub stains). The Super Washing soda I found for $3.79 at Ace Hardware in Studio City on Ventura Blvd. (just past Coldwater Canyon). I also found a 5 gallon bucket $5.39 & a lid for $2.79. The rest of the ingredients I already have so I'm set.

    Thanks,

    Denise

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