Homestead Acres » make your own laundry soap http://homestead-acres.com Sun, 15 Jan 2012 02:16:40 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Homestead Series Make Your Own Laundry Soap http://homestead-acres.com/blog/homemaking/homestead-series-make-your-own-laundry-soap/ http://homestead-acres.com/blog/homemaking/homestead-series-make-your-own-laundry-soap/#comments Wed, 08 Jul 2009 19:18:02 +0000 Kim http://www.homestead-acres.com/blog/?p=80 [...]]]> I started making my own laundry soap 6 years ago. We love it and I hope this video helps you.

To Make Liquid Soap

1 bar ivory soap
2 cup borax
2 cup washing soda

Shred the ivory using a cheese grater, place in a pot with some water and melt over low heat.
Pour the borax and soda into a 5 gal bucket, add hot water and stir to dissolve.  Add melted soap mixture, stir and fill up the bucket the rest of the way.
I use 1 cup per wash load.

To Make Powdered Soap follow the same steps as above, but do not mix with water.  I use 2 tbs of powder in my top loader and 1 tbs in a front loader.  Adjust the amounts to suit your water type.


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