A few posts back, someone wondered about making soap and laundry detergent:
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.
• More Homemade Laundry Detergent Tips or More General Laundry Tips
WHERE TO FIND INGREDIENTS
Fels-Naptha® Laundry Soap Bar: Made by the Dial Soap Company, so any store that carries Dial should be able to get it for you. If they carry it, it will be found in the bar soap or laundry soap aisle at your regular supermarket. It is usually on the bottom shelf. If you can’t find it in your area, try Ivory Soap instead.
Super Washing Soda: Washing Soda can be found on the laundry detergent aisle of your supermarket. It comes in a 55-ounce yellow box. Baking soda SHOULD NOT be used in place of washing soda. They are completely different products, although they are both made by Arm & Hammer.
Borax: One brand name is 20 Mule Team® Borax. It is also found on the laundry detergent aisle.
All of the above are now available online at SoapsGoneBuy.com!
Yes, I have heard people say they used those formulas for soap.
I won’t get the address tonight, but I have been a member of the TLC soap makers group at Yahoo groups, for about 10 years, even tho I am not active in any of the crafts, I could not bear to give them up.
Rita the list mom, did have a lot of information on making soap, healing with herbs and other important information on her website.
tlcsoaps.com at the top here:
Many people pay big prices for bubble baths, we found most are the same as the White Rain unscented normal shampoo, that is one of the cheapest that Walmart sells.........if it need a smell, and essential oil or a drop of your perfume and you have scented bubble bath.
Again, I am out of date on prices, but from some of the companies, you can buy excellent soap bases for the finest hand soaps, with extra items added, like milk or oatmeal, I paid up to $3.00 a pound for it and it does not have perfume or essential oils, so you can either add them, or do as I do, cut off a slice and use as is.
Tlc soaps, at times sells soap by the pound, but it will not be under $3.00, as I recall, there is a company in Florida that was said to have good melt and pour [pour as in a fancy mold] soaps by the pound.
Later,