Homeade Laundry Soap

I saw this lady on Good Things Utah one day and she was making window cleaner. Her website has lots of different recipes and ideas to save money.

http://onecheapgal.com/

Homeade Laundry Soap
4 cups hot tap water
1 Fels-Naptha soap bar
1 cup washing soda
½ cup Borax
5 gal bucket with lid

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

Fill a five-gallon bucket half full of hot tap water. Add melted soap, washing soda and Borax. Stir well until all powder is dissolved. I read that washing soda will irritate skin if it contacts your skin before it's dissolved in the mix. Fill bucket to top with more hot water. Stir, cover and let sit overnight to thicken.

Stir well, (it'll look like you mixed set jell-o with a fork) This is your 5 gallon bucket of concentrate. Fill a used, clean, laundry soap dispenser. Shake before each use.

Optional: You can add 10-15 drops of essential oil per two gallons. Add once soap has cooled. Ideas: lavender, rosemary, tea tree oil. ( I've actually never tried adding essential oils, I like the "soap" smell)

Yield: Liquid soap recipe makes 10 gallons. Top-load machine: 3/4-1 cup/load (approximately 180 loads). HE machines can probably use 1/2 this amount.


**You can purchase Fels-Naptha bars and Arm and Hammer washing soda (NOT baking soda) at grocery stores. West Jordan Wal-Mart does not carry them, but Smith's and Albertsons do. However, the best price for Borax is 3.00 at Wal-Mart (will make 16 batches).

This is great for people who do lots of laundry but also great to keep ingredients on hand in case of emergency- it takes very little space to put up a box of borax, washing soda and a couple of bars of laundry soap.