Making Homemade Laundry Soap Viscous and Foamy

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RE: Making Homemade Laundry Soap Viscous and Foamy

Hello there! Where can you buy borax in Manila?

Post By hine (Guest Post)

RE: Making Homemade Laundry Soap Viscous and Foamy

Actually they say that the bubbles is what ruin your washing machine. The downy stuff is what causes house fires. If you take your lint filter out, run water over it, what are the chances that it will go over your lint trap? I know it don't over mine, it should go right through yours. not over it.
So if it does, you need to get some dishwashing soap and a toothbrush and clean it. I use vinegar as my rinse, if ya "have" to have your downy smell, I use 1/2 - 1 cup in 2 gal. of vinegar. works great!

Post By medo (Guest Post)

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Pls I make liquid soap too, but my customers are complaining that it doesn't foam much. What do I add to make it foam more since that is what my customers want?

Post By thonia (Guest Post)

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u can get borax from Hi-Q commercial in manila.

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kai

e me if you do, i need some too and I am in Camiguin.
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Post By kai (Guest Post)

RE: Making Homemade Laundry Soap Viscous and Foamy

recently read at:
http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2007 ... aundry-detergent-and-save-big-money/
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"I've been experimenting with making lots of cleaning supplies at home, but this one is by far the craziest - and the most successful. Basically, I made a giant bucket of slime that works incredibly well as laundry detergent at a cost of about three cents a load. For comparison's sake, a jumbo container of Tide at Amazon.com costs $28.99 for 96 loads, or a cost of $0.30 a load. Thus, with each load of this stuff, I'm saving more than a quarter. Even better - I got to make a giant bucket of slime in the kitchen and my wife approved of it.

Here's what you need:
- 1 bar of soap (whatever kind you like; I used Lever 2000 because we have tons of bars of it from a case we bought a while back)
- 1 box of washing soda (look for it in the laundry detergent aisle at your local department store - it comes in an Arm & Hammer box and will contain enough for six batches of this stuff)
- 1 box of borax (this is not necessary, but I've found it really kicks the cleaning up a notch - one box of borax will contain more than enough for tons of batches of this homemade detergent - if you decide to use this, be careful)
- A five gallon bucket with a lid (or a bucket that will hold more than 15 liters - ask around - these aren't too tough to acquire)
- Three gallons of tap water
- A big spoon to stir the mixture with
- A measuring cup
- A knife

Step One: Put about four cups of water into a pan on your stove and turn the heat up on high until it's almost boiling. While you're waiting, whip out a knife and start shaving strips off of the bar of soap into the water, whittling it down. Keep the heat below a boil and keep shaving the soap. Eventually, you'll shave up the whole bar, then stir the hot water until the soap is dissolved and you have some highly soapy water.

Step Two: Put three gallons of hot water (11 liters or so) into the five gallon bucket - the easiest way is to fill up three gallon milk jugs worth of it. Then mix in the hot soapy water from step one, stir it for a while, then add a cup of the washing soda. Keep stirring it for another minute or two, then add a half cup of borax if you are using borax. Stir for another couple of minutes, then let the stuff sit overnight to cool.

And you're done. When you wake up in the morning, you'll have a bucket of gelatinous slime that's a paler shade of the soap that you used (in our case, it's a very pale greenish blue). One measuring cup full of this slime will be roughly what you need to do a load of laundry - and the ingredients are basically the same as laundry detergent. Thus, out of three gallons, you'll get about 48 loads of laundry. If you do this six times, you'll have used six bars of soap ($0.99 each), one box of washing soda ($2.49 at our store), and about half a box of borax ($2.49 at our store, so $1.25) and make 388 loads of laundry. This comes up to a cost of right around three cents a gallon, or a savings of $105.""

Post By Prince of Thrift (Guest Post)

RE: Making Homemade Laundry Soap Viscous and Foamy

You might have hard water. That would account for the soap not making bubbles.

Editor's Note: Most homemade laundry soap does not foam up but that does not affect how well it works.

Post By Shelly, Alabama (Guest Post)

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'Scuse my ignorance but where does one find BORAX in manila? i only read that it's supposed to be laundry booster of some sort and can be had at the laundry supply aisles of most groceries. So far I haven't encountered it

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In every bubble bath recipe I found, there is glycerin and sugar.
Maybe it's the solution.
For 1/2 cup liquid soap they add 1/4 cup glycerin and 1 teaspoon sugar.

Post By Francine (Guest Post)

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Don't look for bubbles when you do laundry, but rather "feel" the water after adding your soap. If the water feels slippery, it has enough soap in it to clean - you've essentially broken the surface tension of the water - that's how you get clean clothes!

Post By Enter your name. (Guest Post)

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Look up the ingredients on laundry soap from the store. Now go to an online MSDS (Material Safety Data Sheet) for each chemical. The MSDS will list the most common uses for each chemical it has. It also lists hazards of the chemical, how flammable it is, how caustic to the skin, etc.

Try www.msds.com. Free searches. Registration required.

Post by bulrush

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I am new to this siite, what are you talking about when you say homemade laundry soap? How does the regular person make their own soap? Judith1951 at judyajudy @ yahoo.com (remove spaces)

Post by Judith1951

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I am actually a chemical engineer and yep, I believe that the bubbles ain't the one that cleans clothes. Unfortunately, lay people don't know that and they ALWAYS insisted that the bubbles formed is the indication that the soap is working. Of course, if I want to sell my liquid detergent, I have to conform with what the customers wanted. As of the moment, I somehow think I got the secret method in making my liquid detergent foam... Now, my biggest problem is how do I make it thick? Is Sodium laureth sulfate the right ingredient to solve this problem? I did my research on this and just want to make sure. Thank you very much!

Post by lilabytes

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What is your recipe for homemade soap? I am very interested!

Post By Enter your name. (Guest Post)

RE: Making Homemade Laundry Soap Viscous and Foamy

i just wanted to let you know that bubbles are not what clean your clothes. itsthe soap itself. if you use this soap for gifts, just explain that there will be no bubbles and your clothes will be cleaner and the washer will last longer. I worked at a laundromat and the inspector told us our machines were in excellent shape. we only sell soap with no bubbles. just thought you would like to know

Post By dtmiddle1 (Guest Post)

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Yes, perhaps. But I am planning on selling my detergent and unfortunately people think that if your liquid detergent does not foam, it doesn't work. What should I do? What shall I add? And how do I make my liquid detergent thick enough? It looks like milk to me. Thanks a lot!

Post by lilabytes

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I started using the homemade laundry soap 2 years ago and love the way it cleans. On my yearly check up for my washer the service man was impressed by how clean my machine was and said it was because I didn't have bubbles in my laundry soap. He told me to keep using it and my machine will last years longer.

Love & Prayers,
Linda

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