Economical Homemade Liquid Laundry Soap Food

SUE'S HOMEMADE LAUNDRY DETERGENT

Steps:

• The first 4 ingredients are what you need to buy. The next 5 are to make the actual recipe.
• Dissolve soaps and detergent in 5 gallon bucket with 4 cups of boiling water.( I used the paint stirrer and drill for this the 2nd time I made it, it dissolved the ingredients much better than by hand).
• Once dissolved add another 4 cups of very hot water.
• Stir well and add enough water to fill 5 gallon bucket to the top.
• Let sit overnight. Soap will gel up and you will need to stir completely with your hand or use a paint stirrer on the end of a drill. You can fill empty laundry bottles or keep in bucket with a cover.
• 1 - 5 gallon bucket will make about 80 loads of detergent.
• ( A little extra math- 1 box of Arm and Hammer, 2 boxes of 20-Mule Team, 15 bars of Ivory and 8 bars of Fels will make about 1200 loads of laundry for about $35.96).
• Also I bought an inexpensive grater just for the soap. It was suggested to use a food processor but I didn't like doing that.

A SAFE SOLUTION TO LAUNDRY SOAP ( HOMEMADE SUBSTITUTE )

Steps:

• Grate the bar soap into a storage container with a lid.
• Add the borax and washing soda.
• mix.
• use about 1 Tablespoon per regular size load.
• Make sure to keep covered and away from kids and pets!