I have been reading about homemade laundry soap all over the place. So. . . I just had to make some. Here's my recipe which is based on Jillee's from
OneGoodThingByJillee. She has lots of amazing recipes, so check it out!
I used:
- one box of Super Washing Soda $2.99
- one box of Borax $3.99
- 2 bars of Fels Naptha soap $ .99 each
- 2 jars of faux oxi clean $1.00 each
- 1 bottle of Unstoppables Scent Crystals $6.99
So, basically $18 for the works. It made a LOT of soap.
I used the grinder attachment of my food processor to shred the Fels Naptha soap. It looked like shredded cheese! There are a few pieces on the counter next to the bowl. Then I used the chopper attachment to cut it into smaller pieces.
NOTE- I tried to pulverize the scent crystals into smaller pieces with my food processor, but it didn't work. I wonder if my Magic Bullet would have done better?
I mixed ALL the ingredients into a garbage bag and swooshed it around until it was well-mixed. Then I cut off one corner so that I could control the flow as I angled it into my containers. There were little scoops with the oxygen cleaner, so I just use it to add one scoop into my washing machine's powder dispenser.
I do a LOT of laundry and so far (one week) I have been pleased with this recipe. Even the nasty, stinky wrestling clothes seem to be clean. I would like a more highly scented recipe, but those crystals are expensive and I don't love the scent. I wonder if I could used some essential oil or something. Hmmm. . .
Anyway, give it a try. If nothing else, you will feel like a homemaker extraordinaire!
