Homemade Laundry Soap

Homemade Laundry Soap Ingredients:

The soap: Fels Naptha bar soap found in your laundry aisle. You can also use Ivory soap if you don’t like Fels Naptha.

Washing soda: Not Baking Soda!! Arm & Hammer Washing Soda from the laundry aisle.

Borax: 20 Mule Team, laundry aisle, whitener and deodorizer.

The Recipe:

You Will Need: 

• 1/2 bar Fels Naptha or other soap
• 1/2 cup washing soda
• 1/2 cup borax powder
• A 2 gallon sized bucket

Grate the soap and put in a saucepan. Add 6 cups of water and heat until the soap melts. Add the washing soda and borax and stir until it is dissolved. Remove from heat. Pour 4 cups of hot water into the bucket. Now add your soap mixture and stir. Add 1 gallon plus 6 cups of cold water and stir. Let soap sit for about 24 hours for it to gel.

**You use ½ cup per load. It may take less for a HE front loader. If you have heavily soiled clothing it is suggested that you add some Oxyclean.**

This soap will not be solid; it is more like the consistency of egg noodle soup, a watery gel. This soap is low sudsing; the suds are not what clean.

If you want scented soap, add about ½ to 1 oz. of your favorite essential or fragrance oil.

**It works out to about .01 cent per load!**