Laundry Time :D

Laundry soap is so expensive! Thanks to pinterest I found this blogger who does a wonderful home made laundry soap! I didn't think I would need pictures of the process, so next time I make some soap I will have to do pictures and post a new blog. Good news and bad news, the soap makes five gallons so I wont need soap for about another year LD bad news that means it wll be a while before I do the new post with pictures. But here is what you need. (Dont worry I will give credit where credit is due and post the link I got this from at the end) What you need: 1 bar grated Fels Naptha soap 1 cup washing soda (I used Arm and Hammer) 1 cup 20 Mule Team Borax 5 gallon bucket 4 1/2 gallons water *hint-boil a pan of water to help mix ingredients when you add to the bucket.* - Grate the bar of soap into a saucepan and cover with water (yes it is a pain to grate, but well worth it) cover with water and put it on low heat to dissolve the soap. Stir occasionally. -Are you boiling water? Good. - With regular tap water as hot as you can get it, fill your bucket half way. - Now add your dissolved soap and mix well. - Add your cup of washing soda, and borax MIX WELL - Add your boiling water (this really helps with the borax and washing soda to mix.) - Now fill your bucket up with hot water from the tap and of course mix well. This soap will thicken, but dont get frustrated cause it does take a while to cool down. You may need to mix it ever so often when you use it. It wont smell as strong as store bought laundry soap, but you will have a clean smell and in my opinion the bar of soap smells good and thats all you need :D as an added bonus boiling the soap on your stove makes your house smell wonderful for a few days so enjoy. It only takes half a cup of liquid to do your laundry with. And I have an HE washer and haven't had any issues with this soap. The start up coast is about 12 dollars, but you cant even get a gallon of laundry soap for under 15. The plus side is you can re use your bucket and you have left over borax and washing soda for when you need to remake a batch so you are only doing your laundry for about 5 cents a load. I put some of my soap in an empty laundry soap container, but you can use anything, old milk jugs, orange juice contains, ect. So enjoy your laundry soap :D Original link(has pictures): http://www.therachelberryblog.com/2010/03/homemade-laundry-soap.html and I found the link on pinterest through: http://www.onegoodthingbyjillee.com/2011/07/brand-name-laundry-detergents-last.html