Here's what you do:
Grate a bar of Fels Naptha and dissolve it in water.
We used a kitty litter container.
Add washing soda and borax. Shake well.
Store with laundry stuff.
Here's the recipe:
1 gallon of water
1/6 bar of Fels Naptha grated
1/4 cup washing soda
1/4 cup borax
We made about 3 gallons. It probably cost $2 to make.
Let us know how clean it gets stuff, and if anyone with sensitive skin is bothered....cause that's a LOT of savings!!!
ReplyDeleteThat's a good question... I washed a bedsheet set in it as a test. We'll know tomorrow if we're allergic, lol. Thinking back, probably should have tested it on something that wasn't going to cover our entire bodies all night. But it came out nice and clean. Didn't made a lot of suds... the sudsing probably comes from the soap bar and not the powders. Washing soda is probably pretty hypoallergenic... and if we do have a reaction I'll try Ivory instead of Fels Naptha. I hear Ivory bars used to be laundry soap before it was people soap.
ReplyDeleteWe have friends who've used the recipe for years now, and their only complaint is that their clothes don't have those scents commercial detergents have. But we've always used scent and dye free detergent.
Chelsea,
ReplyDeleteYou are amazing, dad
Getting pretty innovative there guys but great idea and yeah the savings would be pretty significant. Is there anything in the process that gets the soap "melted" into the water - like heating it or something - seems like it would take some time to dissolve on its own. You guys take care.
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