Saturday, March 15, 2008

Homemade Eco-friendly Laundry Soap

For the bar soaps required in the recipe, try Fels-Naptha, Ivory soap, Sunlight bar soap, Kirk’s Hardwater Castile, and Zote. Add essential oils for fragrance.

Washing Soda and Borax can normally be found in the laundry and cleaning aisles.
I had a hard time finding the Super Washing Soda.

Hot water
1/2 cup Arm and Hammer Super Washing Soda
1/2 cup Borax
1/3 bar Soap (grated)I used Fels-Naptha-grated it in my food processor(It's just soap)

In a large pot, heat 3 pints of water. Add the grated bar soap and stir until melted. Then add the washing soda and borax. Stir until powder is dissolved, then remove from heat.
In a 2 gallon clean pail, pour 1 quart of hot water and add the heated soap mixture. Top pail with cold water and stir well.
Use 1/2 cup per load, stirring soap before each use (will gel).
I used a blender stick to mix up the bucket and it worked fine.

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