Make Your Own Laundry Soap for Pennies Per Load and Get One Step Closer to Your Dream
Here’s my laundry soap recipe to help you be more self sufficient.
There’s a really cool project going on in Kansas City at the Urban Farming Guys.ย 20 families moved into the inner city and set up housekeeping with a motive to bring fresh vegetables and homesteading skills to the inner city.ย I absolutely love what they’re doing — check it out.
This video shows you how to make your own laundry soap.ย It’s the same recipe that I use.ย I have hard water and increase the amount of washing soda.
Here’s my Laundry Soap recipe:
10 oz. of bar soap, grated (1 use 2 bars of Goat’s milk soap — use whatever soap you want — this isn’t a beauty enhancer)
1 cup of washing soda
1 cup of borax
5 gallons of really hot water
I stop here and then store it in a 5-gallon bucket and use 2 tbsp. per wash load.ย You can follow the video and add another 5 gallons of water and store it in closed containers.ย Your laundry soap will be organic and non-toxic if you use natural soap.
Now you can take the money that you’re saving and put it toward your dream.
Thanks for the video, Urban Farming Guys.
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Hi, Tricia, thanks for coming by and having a look at my project. Nice to see you here. Do you use your soap as a dry, grated soap or make a gel by adding water? I used to just use my grated soap dry but found that sometimes it didn’t dissolve completely and left a white streak on my dark clothes. I find that by mixing in lots of water — I use about 20% of what they use on the video — I can avoid that.
Cheers,
I made some laundry soap from some of my handmade, unscented soap. It uses 2 tablespoons per load and works just fine. I think it is the same recipe, just not added into liquid. I have it available at the summer market here. I have been making soap for over 25 years and it is the greatest.
Tricia