Ingredients:
-1/4 bar of Fels Naptha soap
-2 Tablespoons Borax powder
-1/4 cup (4 Tablespoons) Arm and Hammer Washing Soda (not baking soda)
Yield:
(2) 1.17 gallon bottles of laundry detergent. Serving Size: 1/4 cup per load in a front loading “high efficiency” washer and 5/8 cup for a top loading machine.
Directions:
Cut a Fels Naptha bar into fourths and store the extra three in a ziptop bag. Grate the Fels Naptha and put the shredded soap in one cup of water in a sauce pan and melt over medium-low heat, stirring constantly until the soap has dissolved.
Pour 10 cups of water into a large container or bucket and add the cooked soap mixture, Borax and washing soda. Stir, and add 10 more cups of water, then stir again. Cover the mixture and let set overnight. The soap mixture will gel. Stir it up and transfer into two containers.
Dilute the gel mixture one to one with water. If you’re storing the mixture into empty milk jugs or some other size container, fill the container half full with soap and then finish filling with water.
Then you’re ready to use the soap. Use 1/4 cup per load for front loaders and 5/8 cup for top loaders.
This recipe is so simple, and the soap is so effective, there is no excuse for not using it. Making the soap doesn’t require any skill.
It costs about 20¢ for the ingredients to make a bottle of detergent! Translate that savings over a year’s worth of laundry and that puts a nice sum back into your budget.”
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