Home made laundry soap

YOU WILL NEED:

A 5 gallon bucket

A bar of Fels Naptha Soap

Borax

Washing Soda

Baking Soda

Optional essential oils

Optional Rosemary extract 

 

I thought sure I had posted this before! Oh we'll, Better late than never! 

  We used to have a front loader machine that this recipe worked great in. Now we have a top loader again and the only difference is that I now use more soap per load. No problem! So here are the ingredients:

1 bar Fels Naptha grated into a pot

4 cups of hot water added to melt the soap slowly.

Then stir in 1 cup borax and

2 cups of washing soda, and

1 cup of baking soda

Add more water if needed to melt it together. Now add 3 gallons of hot water to a five gallon bucket. Add your soap mixture and stir well. 

I actually use a drywall stirring tool that attaches to the end of a drill to mix mine but that is not necessary!

Once this is mixed you let it set, and gel overnight with a lid on it. ( always be careful with 5 gallon buckets of liquid and toddlers around!!!)

  I kept my old laundry soap containers to put our laundry soap in so I add it to these jugs in the morning after it has set, leaving a bit of headspace for shaking. I also opt to add essential oils to each jug. 

  I put in 5 drops of tea tree oil, it kills germs- 4 drops of peppermint and 3-4 of lavender. This is totally optional but we love the scent. 

  Also if you don't go through your bottles as quickly as I do, I advise adding a dropper full of Rosemary extract as a preservative. I have never had any spoil but any natural product can! That's what makes it so good!! Let me know how you like it!!