Laundry Soap Inexpensive

Total Time: 35 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup washing soda
• 1/2 cup borax
• 2 ounces fels-naptha bath soap (or zote)
• 1 teaspoon essential oil, of you choice
• 4 cups water
• 1 gallon water
• 3 quarts water

Recipe

• 1 grate soap in food processor or use a cheese grater.
• 2 melt soap in 4 cups of water on the stove on medium heat.do not boil.
• 3 add borax and washing soda.
• 4 stir until dissolved.
• 5 add fragrance.
• 6 pour mixture into a 3-5 gallon bucket or big anamel pot and add the rest of the water. stir.
• 7 let it set overnight and it will gel.
• 8 pour into empty detergent bottles or store in covered bucket.
• 9 shake or stir before using. use 1/4 cup per normal load of laundry. use 1/2-1 cup for mens work clothes or socks.
• 10 once you have the ingredients, one box of borax will make about 38 gallons of laundry soap, each bar of zote will make 14 gallons, and a 4 lb bottle of sodium carbonate makes 32 gallons. it cost me $14.72 to begin with [including 5 bars of zote]. because of the amount that each ingredient is sold in, i can make atleast 32 gallons of laundry soap which means 2048 loads of laundry for $14.72. thats about 4 years worth for my family of 5 people.