10.28.2010

Laundry

Saturday night Mandy and I decided to make home made laundry soap. I've been wanting to do this for awhile and I had all the ingredients to make it. So on Saturday we finally made it! It is so easy to make all you need to make it is Borax, Washing Soda, and Fels Naptha.
{you can only get Fels Naptha at Frys}








Ingredients:

1 Fels Naptha soap bar, grated
1 cup washing soda
1/2 cup borax

Instructions:

Grate the soap bar into a small saucepan. Cover with hot water. Cook over medium-low heat, stirring continually, until the soap completely dissolves.

Put washing soda and borax in a 5-gallon bucket. Pour in the hot, melted soap mixture. Stir well, until all the powder is dissolved. Fill the bucket to the top with more hot tap water. Stir, cover securely, and let set overnight. The next morning, stir the mixture. Mix equal amounts of soap concentrate and water in a smaller laundry-detergent dispenser or container. Shake before using.

For top-loading machines: Use 1 cup of the soap mixture per load.

For front-loading machines: Use 1/2 cup per load.

2 comments:

  1. Hey I just saw that on a blog I was looking at! I want to try it but am afraid it's gonna make Maverick break out? I love this idea though because laundry detergent is too dang expensive.

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  2. Thought we were gonna make this together?...glad it was easy

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