Laundry Soap Recipe

By

madalyn

Thanks for the recipe.

By

Beth

If you do a Thrifty Fun Search you will get about a thousand recipes. They are posted all the time!

By

JustPlainJo

Here are two recipes I've gleaned from this site:
1. Homemade Laundry Powder Mix
Ingredients:
1 bar Fels Naptha Laundry Soap - Grated
3 cups 20 Mule Team Borax
3 cups Arm & Hammer Washing Soda
Instructions:
Use 1/3 cup per wash load. (I, personallly use 6 Tablespoons.) Run water into washer. If washing colors, run some hot water first to dissolve the powder, then switch to cold or warm water. Then, add clothes.

2. Homemade Liquid Laundry Soap
Ingredients, Full Batch
2 gallons Water (hot)
1 bar Soap (grated)
2 cups Baking soda (yes baking soda not washing soda)

Ingredients, Half Batch
1 gallon water hot
&frac; bar soap grated
1 cup baking soda

Ingredients, Quarter Batch
&frac; gallon water hot
&frac; bar soap grated
&frac; cup baking soda

Instructions
* Melt grated soap in a saucepan with enough hot water to cover. Cook on medium-low heat, stirring frequently until soap is melted.
* In a large pail, pour hot water. Add melted soap, stir well.
* Then add the baking soda, stir well again.
* Use half cup per full load, 1 cup per very soiled load
Note: add &frac; to &frac; cup hydrogen peroxide per load for extra whiteness.

I did the adaption for the liquid laundry soap recipe for a friend with fibromyalgia because she can't lift anything heavy.

Hope this info helps!