cheese grater.
Melt soap in 4 cups of water
nd add grated Fels Naptha soap.
Heat on low until
op.
Let sit overnight. Soap will gel up and you
Place grated soap in a pot.
Cover with water and simmer over medium heat until all soap is melted, stirring occasionally.
Pour into 5 gallon bucket.
Add washing soda and borax.
Add enough hot water to fill the bucket.
Stir (I use a long measuring stick, but any long stick will work).
Let sit overnight to gel.
Use 1 cup per load.
(You can pour this into old detergent containers or leave in the bucket. Please cover with a lid if leaving in the bucket to protect children and pets.).
Grate a bar of soap (can also shred in food processor).
Mix the grated soap, baking soda, washing soda, and salt in a large bowl.
Slowly add the vinegar a little at a time and mix until it starts to clump and is easy to manipulate.
Press into ice cube trays (really press hard).
Set the trays out to dry in a sunny place for at least 24 hours.
When you use the tabs, add them in with the load and not in the separate area for detergent if your machine has one. They won't dissolve properly without enough water.
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!
1/4 Cup white vinegar to the last rinse cycle of your wash, or if you have a center cup in your washing machine for fabric softener, add the vinegar to that at the start of your wash.
Only use white vinegar,as cider vinegar may stain clothes.
I've been making and using my homemade laundry soap and this fabric softener for nearly a year now. I'll never go back to commercial brands again. I have even dried clothes that I had left overnight in the dryer a second time, to remove wrinkles, with no static.
Mix all ingredients together.
Use 2 tablespoons per load of laundry.
Note:
Always make soap before the new moon.
Mix Fels Naptha soap in a saucepan with 3
Dilute laundry starch in cupful of cold water.
Add remaining water.
Slowly stir to avoid lumps.
Stir in soap flakes and talcum (as a binder).
Add color with tempura paint.
Makes 5 pints.
Works as fingerpaint; over wax crayon; on glass.
Mix first 3 ingredients.
Add essential oils. Mix with wire whisk until evenly distributed.
Use 1 1/8 cup per load.
Your laundry will smell so good!
Dissolve lye in cold water, being careful not to let it splash.
Let it stand until cool, then add warm fat, slowly, stirring constantly.
Add all other ingredients.
Stir until thick, about one hour!
Mix ingredients and store in a lidded, labeled canister in the laundry room.
To use: Measure out 1/2 cup to 3/4 cup and wash your clothing in warm or cold water.
Use cold water for the rinse cycle.
Mix starch with enough cold water to make a paste.
Add boiling water and stir until clear.
Cool and add soap flakes and coloring.
Store in airtight container.
Mix all ingredients together, and pour into a spray bottle.
Spray directly onto stains, ensuring complete coverage of the stains, and let the pre-treater absorb into the fabric.
You can throw the clothes directly into the wash after applying the pre-treater (wait 5 minutes before putting clothes in the wash to ensure absorption), or you can leave them until the next time you do laundry. It works well either way.
Combine water and baking soda in a glass.
In another glass, combine soap, food coloring and vinegar.
When ready for the eruption, add baking soda solution to the soap/vinegar solution and watch it foam and flow.
Mix all the ingredients together.
Leave to stand for 12 hours and store in a suitable container.
(If you want to tweak this to your liking, remember that you should use about 10 drops of oil per ounce of soap.).
Put 3 gallons water in old-time wash pot.
Melt lye, then grease.
Let boil.
When grease melts, gradually add the remaining water.
Cook slow or it will boil over.
Use wooden paddle to stir constantly.
When soap is done, lift paddle from the pot and it will string.
To test, put a little soap in cold water and it will form a ball.
Can be put in molds.
Do not use aluminum.
Mix everything together, let it cool until it gels. Whisk or beat until it foams. (I used my Kitchenaid mixer.).
Use the foam only with a rough cloth or a brush to scrub the upholstery, making sure not to soak the fabric.
Re-beat the soap as necessary to get more scrubbing bubbles.
As you work, use a clean damp cloth to wipe away the soiled suds.