Saves money and cleans great!
I have tried different recipes, but this is my favorite:
Here's what you need:
- 1 large soup pot
- 1 wooden spoon
- 1 bar of Fels Naptha
- 1 cup of Super Washing Soda
- 1 cup of Borax
- ¼ cup Baking soda
- 1- 5 gallon painter’s bucket – or equivalent container.
Here's what you do:
- Fill your large soup pot with water - about ½ inch from the top of pot.
- Bring to a boil.
- Lower heat.
- Shred the bar of soap into the water.
- Measure other ingredients and add to the pot.
- With your wooden spoon mix until all ingredients are dissolved.
- Turn stove of; allow contents to sit for about 5 minutes.
- Pour the contents of the pot into the 5 gallon painter’s bucket.
- Fill soup pot with cool water and ad to 5 gallon bucket, continue to fill bucket until you reach about 1-2 inches from the top.
- Place lid onto bucket and allow laundry soap to cool.
Once your laundry soap is cooled it will become a solid jell like substance. As it sits it will separate and you can use as is or stir the laundry soap to create a mixture which will look a bit like jelly. I stir mine.
I use 1 cup of laundry soap per load, that’s 80 cups of laundry soap, I also ad a smidging of fabric softener to each load, or you can add a drop of your favorite essential oil for a light scent.
Break down the Savings: per batch/per load:
- Borax (76 0z. box) - average cost $3.60 - spending $0.40 per batch
- Super Washing Soda (55 oz. box)- average cost $3.89- spending $ 0.64 per batch
- Fels Naptha- average cost $1.59 using the entire bar
- Baking Soda (76 oz. box) -$2.89 spending $0.18
Total cost per batch $ 2.81, may average usage from 1 batch is 80 loads, so I am spending about $.03 per load of laundry! Winner!
