Home-made liquid laundry soap
I took this recipe from the Duggar Family website.
4 Cups - hot tap water
1 Fels-Naptha soap bar
1 Cup - Arm & Hammer Super Washing Soda*
½ Cup Borax
*Arm & Hammer "Super Washing Soda" - in some stores or may
be purchased online here (at Meijer.com).
Baking Soda will not work, nor will Arm & Hammer Detergent - It must be sodium carbonate!!
-Yield: Liquid soap recipe makes 10 gallons.
-Top Load Machine- 5/8 Cup per load (Approx. 180 loads)
-Front Load Machines- ¼ Cup per load (Approx. 640 loads)
4 Cups - hot tap water
1 Fels-Naptha soap bar
1 Cup - Arm & Hammer Super Washing Soda*
½ Cup Borax
*Arm & Hammer "Super Washing Soda" - in some stores or may
be purchased online here (at Meijer.com).
Baking Soda will not work, nor will Arm & Hammer Detergent - It must be sodium carbonate!!
-Yield: Liquid soap recipe makes 10 gallons.
-Top Load Machine- 5/8 Cup per load (Approx. 180 loads)
-Front Load Machines- ¼ Cup per load (Approx. 640 loads)
- Grate bar of soap and add to saucepan with water. Stir continually over
medium-low heat until soap dissolves and is
melted.
medium-low heat until soap dissolves and is
melted.
-Fill a 5 gallon bucket half full of hot tap water.
Add melted
soap, washing soda and Borax. Stir well until all powder is
dissolved.
soap, washing soda and Borax. Stir well until all powder is
dissolved.
Fill
bucket to top with more hot water. Stir, cover and let sit overnight
to
thicken.
bucket to top with more hot water. Stir, cover and let sit overnight
to
thicken.
-Stir and fill a used, clean, laundry soap dispenser half
full with soap and then fill rest of way with water. Shake before each use.
(will gel)
-Optional: You can add 10-15 drops
of essential oil per 2 gallons. Add once soap has cooled. Ideas: lavender,
rosemary, tea tree oil.
