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Make your own Laundry Soap

8/19/2015

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Laundry soap recipe
Laundry Soap Recipe (High Efficiency safe)
                     Makes enough for 40-60 loads!!
2 1/2 cups bar soap, grated & sifted- see notes & photos below
1 cup washing soda
1 cup borax
1/2 cup baking soda
Essential Oils (optional)
Stir all ingredients together (add the essential oils last). Store in an airtight container, see notes &  top & bottom photo for ideas.
Notes:
1: We save all of the scraps from making soap & let them dry further- the dryer the better. You can use other bar soap, but we find that the dryer types make a finer powder. If you don't make soap learn how on our Soap Making DVD, barter with a friend who does or purchase a pure bar soap like Dr. Bronner's. 
2: You can hand grate the soap with a cheese grater or use a food processor, then sift through a fine mesh strainer or window screen- the finer particles of soap will dissolve quicker in the wash water.
3: To give & sell the Laundry Soap, we made up calico fabric drawstring bags (learn how to make the drawstring cord on The Art of Crafting DVD) & put 1 recipe of Laundry Soap in a gallon, zipper, plastic bag,  place it in the drawstring bag then add a tag with directions & ingredients.


Directions for using Soap Powder:
Use 1-2 tablespoons per load. If using cold water dissolve Laundry Soap in a cup of hot water before adding to wash water.
Make a Liquid Laundry Soap
You can make a liquid laundry soap by taking 2 cups of this Laundry Soap powder, put it in a 2 quart container, fill up 1/3 of the way with hot water & whisk until Laundry Soap Powder is dissolved, then fill with cooler water the rest of the way & whisk again. Use approximately 1/4-1/2 cup per load.

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  Grating the soap scraps over a window screen, sifting into a bowl underneath.

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          The Laundry Soap can be packaged in these pretty fabric bags
       or in a jar tied with a fabric bow (as in the photo at the top) 
                      & now it's ready to use, sell or gift.
                                
                               

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You should have seen us franticly searching through our friends metal barn, where all our worldly goods & supplies are being stored, trying to find the 4 wooden cheese crates full of our soap scraps! Thankfully we didn't stash them far & were able to make several bags of Laundry Soap, after we found & dug through our fabric boxes : ) for our booth at the Arts & Ag Tour. Crafting in a camper can be quite a challenge! We are looking forward to our new home & unpacking our supplies!! To read more & see updates:
youcaring.com/thewestladies

      Making your own Laundry Soap can be such a joy, it's quick, easy & very inexpensive. Knowing you are using pure ingredients & making a pure product, without sulfates, fragrances, phenols & petroleum, for the health of your family & creation is a true, homestead blessing!
                                      Enjoy-
                                          The West Ladies

7 Comments
Heritage Acres Homestead link
8/19/2015 07:35:46 am

Wonderful! I'll be making this very soon! Thank you!

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Vicki West link
9/10/2015 06:05:56 pm

Enjoy!!!
-Vicki

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Tania link
8/31/2015 10:56:09 pm

Thank you for this post. I am going to make some of this laundry soap up for Christmas gifts.

xTania

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Vicki West link
9/10/2015 06:27:49 pm

Hello Tina-
Great idea! Enjoy!
Blessings-
Vicki

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Robyn d link
9/1/2015 10:54:28 am

Thanks so much for the post and pics. I always have trouble with my dry soap. Now I see it really has to be grated to a fine powder, not just shredded. I will be trying this soon, as I just ran out of my homemade gel soap.

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Vicki West link
9/10/2015 06:31:18 pm

Hello Robyn-
Glad you liked this post!
Blessings-
Vicki

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Constitutionchic
10/30/2015 11:20:23 pm

I've lined dried my clothes for years (even in the winter up here in Chicago in my three season deck) and I put all shirts on hangers (pants and skirts on clip hangers too) and put up swing chain to put the hangers on. You don't have to worry about using clothes pins to hold the hangers in place and the chain lets you evenly space the clothes out. Bonus is that the clothes are ready to go right into the closets and I don't spend much time folding clothes.

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