It was great...
We started out with Borax, Washing Soda, Water, and a bar of Fels Naptha soap (but you can use homemade soaps, or Ivory)...and ended up with a big container of gel.
The recipe is all over the internet, and I even found a nice little video of a Mama making her own; so I won't bother to post the exact recipe.
Here's a photo!
It's gelling up really nicely. When we first put it in there, it looked like an egg soup type mixture. Just now, upon opening it for the picture, I was surprised to find such a thick gel. I've never been so excited to do laundry before!
Here is a video of making a similar soap - just using a bar of Ivory instead.
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I was inspired after reading several laundry soap recipes, and modified the ones I read to make a super-easy, powdered laundry soap.
One Part Washing Soda
One Part Borax
Shake together well in a mason jar.
Add a squirt of castille soap. (Currently we're using Dr. Bronner's Peppermint, though in the past I used lavender.) This is the tricky part. The soap will want to clump, so you have to shake the jar a lot to mix it up.
Use one jar lid full of soap per load. So far, it has worked GREAT. My clothes have never been softer.
(Caveat: I do keep conventional laundry soap on hand for spot treating or really greasy, nasty stained clothes. Not that I've needed to use it for that, but I do have it on hand. I have a feeling greasy, nasty stains may need something more than my homemade mix.)
I just edited my post to add the link to a video of a Mama making a similar laundry soap recipe.
Your dry soap sounds good - though I am not a big fan of Dr. B's peppermint soap.
Thanks for sharing that!
Cool, I like to see other mom's making their own laundry soap. I make mine all the time. I need to make some more today but keep doing other things. I will post my recipe on my blog. I love it for washing diapers and, well just about everything.
Frankly speaking your soap making instructions are very informative.Thank you! I am going to add a link to this page from my Natural Bath Products site.And if you do not mind, I will add your soap recipe to my collection of soap recipes here. thanks!
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