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i've
been meaning to do this for a long time but today is the day. we're
mixing up a 4 gallon batch of laundry soap at home and folks it's easy
as pie. you can do it and save some serious laundry bucks. all you need
is water, a bar or two of fels-naptha
soap, though some folks use ivory soap, washing soda and borax. most
everything is easily procured at the grocery. the toughest item to find
might be the fels-naptha but you can find it if you ask around or you can try ivory soap for now. here's what you're looking for:
and
here's the procedure. it's easy, give it a shot. note the recipe offers
two options a 2 gallon or a 5 gallon. i used a single bar of fels-naptha, so i'm
just doubling the 2 gallon recipe. the bar of soap will need to be
chopped up quite fine in order to dissolve completely in the water. i
chopped up the fels-naptha bar and then ground it up in my food processor. some folks grate the soap like you would grate cheese, your choice.
here is the fels-naptha dissolving in the water on the stove.
here
is the borax and washing powder measured out. don't add this to your
mixture until the soap bar is completely dissolved and you have taken
the soap water mixture off of the heat. once off the heat, add your
extra warm water and stir well. then add the powder and borax, you'll
notice the mixture thicken. that's when you add the additional cold
water, stir and let it sit.
my laundry soap is currently in the sitting stage. tomorrow it should be ready for storage. i have saved some of my old laundry detergent bottles of which i'll reuse to store the home made stuffs.
cool! you can do this, it's cake.
actually it's soap.
he he he
so dry...
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What did you think of the final product? I just finished up my first batch.
Posted by Meg on March 11, 2009 at 08:30 PM CDT #
I've been using the stuff for over a year now. i often have to shake it up over time but it works just fine for cleaning.
Posted by 64.122.231.70 on March 11, 2009 at 09:19 PM CDT #
I live approximately one hour south and west of you in a smaller town in Texas and would like to know if you found Fels Naptha bar soap anywhere in your area? I too am interested in making the home made laundry soap, but have not been able to find it.
Thank You,
Wanda
Smiley, Texas32
Posted by Wanda Guerrero on March 17, 2009 at 12:32 PM CDT #