With the price of just about everything on its’ way up, I have found a way for some thing to go down. This recipe for liquid laundry soap is easy to make and will give you approximately 10 gallons for about 4 cents a load.
This soap smells great, but don’t expect to see soap suds. Trust me, your laundry will get clean without them!
1 bar Fels Naptha, grated
1 cup Arm and Hammer Super Washing Soda
1/2 cup borax
In a large sauce pan add 4 cups hot water to grated soap. Stir over medium/low heat until melted and dissolved.
Fill a 5 gallon bucket half full of hot water. Add melted soap mixture super washing soda and borax. Stir to dissolve. Top off with hot water. Cool overnight. Mixture will have thickened/jelled. Stir to break up. Fill empty soap bottle half way with the mixture and add hot water to fill. Use 5/8 cup for top loading machine and 1/4 cup for a front loader.
Just give the bottle a shake before each use.
I found all the ingredients at Wal-Mart.
I have been using this for a while and really like the way it cleans. You just have to get passed the no suds thing. All those little bubbles don’t really do anything anyway.
Homemade Fabric Softener
1 cup baking soda
2 cups hot water
Stir until well mixed, it will not fully dissolve.
Add:
1 cup white vinegar
The mixture will bubble and fizz. Stir well.
That is it. You have now made homemade fabric softener for pennies on the dollar.
Add ¼ cup to your rinse cycle. You can even put it in a Downy ball if you’re like me and never remember to add anything to the rinse cycle. It’s more than the line for the Downy ball, though – so until you learn how much it is, go ahead and measure the ¼ cup.
Store in an empty fabric softener bottle, shake well before using.
