Homemade Liquid Laundry Detergent

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Homemade Liquid Laundry Detergent



Ingredients:

• 1 Bar Bels Naptha Soap
• Arm & Hammer Washing Sod
• 20 Mule Team Borax

Directions:

• Grate 1 bar of Fels Naptha Soap into the top of a double boiler and melt.
• Pour 1 cup Arm & Hammer WASHING Soda and 1 Cup 20 Mule Team Borax into a 5 gallon plastic pail.
• Pour 1 Gallon of very hot water into the pail.
• Stir melted Fels Naptha into the pail and whisk until mixed. Add very hot water until pail filled within a couple inches from top (3-5 gallons total) and whisk again.
• Add a few drops of any scent or not (such as clove oil, bay oil, lavender, etc).

Storage:

• Store in any used plastic laundry soap container or leave in pail.

Year's Supply:

• A typical family of 4 will need 2 boxes each of borax and Washing soda and 16 bars of Fels Naptha, if you wash every day.

For Hard Water:

• Add an extra 1/2 to 1 cup of borax per wash load.
• Otherwise use 1 cup for light washes and 1-2 cups for extra dirty and super sized washes.
• Add 1/2 cup of bleach or a little bluing for whites.
• This soap does not suds and is healthy for your washer and plumbing systems.
• Rub Fels Naptha Bar into stains.
• The liquid will thicken and lumps will happen. Just stir occasionally and lumps will dissolve in wash water to no consequence.
• Works in cold and hot washes.
• May alleviate soap allergy symptoms.

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Liquid Laundry Detergents

Recipe #1

• 3 Pints Water
• 1/3 Bar Fels Naptha Soap, Grated
• 1/2 Cup Washing Soda
• 1/2 Cup Borax
• 2 Gallon Bucket
• 1 Quart Hot Water
• Hot Water

Mix Fels Naptha soap in a saucepan with 3 pints of water, and heat on low until dissolved. Stir in Washing Soda and Borax. Stir until thickened, and remove from heat. Add 1 Quart Hot Water to 2 Gallon Bucket. Add soap mixture, and mix well. Fill bucket with hot water, and mix well. Set aside for 24 hours, or until mixture thickens. Use 1/2 cup of mixture per load.


Recipe #2

• 1 Cup Grated Fels Naptha Soap
• 1/2 Cup Washing Soda
• 1/2 Cup Borax
• 2 Tablespoons Glycerin
• 2 Gallons Water (NOTE: This recipe originally called for 2 Cups Water)

Mix all three ingredients together. Add glycerin and water.
Use 1/2 - 3/4 cup per load. Best when used with cold or warm water.


Recipe #3

• Water
• 1 Bar Fels Naptha Soap, Grated
• 5 Gallon Bucket
• 1 Cup Washing Soda
• 4 1/2 Gallons Water

Place grated soap in a small saucepan and cover with water. Heat on low until dissolved. Fill bucket with hot water, and add soap. Stir to combine. Add 1 cup washing soda and mix well. As it cools it will thicken. May be used immediately. Use 1-2 cups per load.


Powdered Laundry Detergent

• 1 Cup Grated Fels Naptha Soap
• 1/2 Cup Washing Soda
• 1/2 Cup Borax

For light load, use 1 tablespoon.
For heavy or heavily soiled load, use 2 tablespoons.



TIPS

• Liquid detergent can also be used as a pretreater for stains.
• Ivory Soap, Deodorant Soap, and Beauty Bars can be substituted for the Fels Naptha Soap.
• Essential Oils can be added to soap for fragrance.