Easy, All Natural Homemade Laundry Soap
I have thought about making my own laundry soap for quite some time but thought it might be hard, not really work as well as store bought detergent or in the long run, not really save me any money. Boy, was I wrong!!
I scoured the internet and books looking for a recipe. This is the recipe I decided to try. Only then I did a bit more digging because I am overly thorough sometimes, (my friends and family may even say anal!!) And found that Fels Naptha soap isn’t very natural. So I decided to just use Dr. Bonners bars of castille soap. I have been using Dr. Bonners for so many things for so many years. They smell great, are super concentrate, they get the job done and the bottles of the liquid soaps provide for some great reading material!!
I used my food processor to grind up the soap. Next time I will follow the suggestions to follow the shredding blade with the metal blade along with some of the washing soda to pulverize and “powderize” the soap.
You will also need a bucket to keep your soap in. Preferably one with a lid. I found my blueberry bucket to be just perfect.
The ingredients are simple and all were found at my local Meijer store:
1 bar dr. bonners soap (your choice of flavor!) I made a double recipe and used 1 lavender bar and one citrus orange
1 cup washing soda
1cup Borax
1/4 cup Eco-store pure oxygen whitener or oxyclean
I then copied the recipe on to the lid so I would never have to go searching for it again when it is time to make a batch!
Note you only need 1 Tablespoon for a regular load and 2 Tablespoons for a heavy load!! So little goes a long way! I do start my wash cycle with hot water to get the soap dissolved and then switch back to cold.
The scent is so fresh! It reminds of summer time and line dried clean clothes! Ahhhhhhhhh!
Really this is easy, cheap and works just as well as store bought laundry products.
Tomorrow I’ll have a little something natural for your dryer!!
Tags: borax, castille soap, clean clothes, detergent, dr bonners soap, food processor, Homemade, laundry products, laundry soap, lavender, liquid soaps, meijer, meijer store, ORANGE, recipe, summer time, washing soda
You know I just made a liquid laundry detergent and am loving how it works! I’m not crazy about the fels naptha I used though and am delighted to find someone who used a natural alternative with success! My liquid recipe is nearly the same as the powdered version you used except that my recipe calls for baking soda along with the borax bar soap AND washing soda. Do you think adding baking soda to the recipe would help or hinder it?
Thanks !