Laundry Soap

Homemade Laundry Soap

1/3 bar Fels Naptha
½ cup washing soda
½ cup borax powder

(I used Serenity EO from doTerra. Only about 20 drops and my laundry smells delicious!)


~You will also need a small bucket, about 2 gallon size~
Grate the soap and put it in a sauce pan. Add 6 cups water and heat it until the soap melts. Add the washing soda and the borax and stir until it is dissolved. Remove from heat.
Pour 4 cups hot water into the bucket. Now add your soap mixture and stir. Now add 1 gallon plus 6 cups of water and stir.

Finally, add your favorite essential oil, (would probably add 30-60 drops of oil. you may choose more or less) Some favorites are Lemon, Citrus Bliss and Purify. You can obviously use whatever scent you want. The EO will make the soap a more effective cleanser, make the soap more effective at getting rid of bacteria
and microbes, and will of coarse make your laundry smell incredible.

Let the soap sit for about 24 hours and it will gel. You use ½ cup per load.

**A few things to note about the soap**

~The finished soap will not be a solid gel. It will be more of a watery gel that has been accurately described as an "egg noodle soup" look.
~The soap is a low sudsing soap. So if you don’t see suds, that is ok. Suds are not what does the cleaning, it is the ingredients in the soap.
~If you have an old liquid laundry soap bottle, it is easy to put your homemade soap in it to take advantage of what is usually an easy dispenser.
~Because this recipe includes far less chemical than other laundry soaps, ie, cleaners, dyes, fragrance, you will find it to be great for allergies, and I feel better about it not being carcinogenic.

{The cost of making this recipe of laundry soap was .71 cents for 2 gallons! With this 2 gallon size recipe you will have enough to do 64 loads of laundry. That translates to about .01 cent a load. (and then plenty of ingredients left over for MORE 2 gal. recipes)}

{{I got this recipe off of everythingdoterra.com}}