Friday, September 27, 2013

Easy Homemade Laundry Soap - One Year Supply for less than $20!

Of course the “one year supply”  will depend on how many loads you do a year.   We used to do the liquid laundry soap recipe, but since we found this one at Being Creative, we think is a better idea.  This makes much more to last and there is no hot water handling or stirring and it is done instantly.
You will need:
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  • Container or bucket to hold about 2 gallons which is how much this mixture adds up to.
  • A box and a large plastic bag for mixing
  • 1 4 lb 12 oz box Borax
  • 1 4 lb box Arm & Hammer Baking Soda
  • 1  box Arm & Hammer Super Washing Soda (3 lb 7 oz)
  • 3 bars of Fels-Naptha soap or 2 bars of Zote from the Mexican store
  • 2 small containers of Oxy Clean or one that’s about 3 lbs. (optional but highly recommended if you have children like mine)
  • 1 TBS of essential oil, lavender or lemon (optional).  You can also add it as you are doing your load.
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1. Line the box with the bag and mix all ingredients in it.  Grate the soap or you can process it into powder in a food processor or dry blade vita mix.
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2. Add the oxy clean.
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3.  Add the Borax.
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4.  Add Washing Soda and Baking Soda.
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5. Using the plastic bag, mix them all together in the box.
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6.  Make a nice label for it, “Laundry Soap” and on the other side of the container, you can tape the recipe for next year’s supply :)
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**Use 1-2 Tablespoons per load.
Try it and let us know how it works out for you!

2 comments:

Holly said...

My 5 year old and me just made this--can it really work with 1 Tablespoon? We'll find out.. we have 5 children in the house!!!

Blessed Homestead said...

I have been using about two TBSPS for medium load and 3 for a large load. About twice a year, I need to collect the whites or dirt stained clothes and soak them in oxyclean to whiten the whites or bright colors.