I've been looking forward to making my own laundry soap for awhile (does that make me weird?), but I had a ton of the store bought stuff I had to go through first. Months later, it's finally gone! I picked up all of my ingredients and my jar from the grocery store. My tools came from the dollar store (except the silver/black grater, that came from my drawer). I used a 1 gallon jar and made a double batch. I used a lavender oil this time, but use whatever you like (I'm going to use vanilla next time) or omit it altogether. Also, I wanted to use an all natural soap made for sensitive skin, but any soap will work.
Ingredients:
1 cup Borax
1 cup Washing Soda
1 cup Oxyclean
1 bar soap
1/2 cup Baking Soda
Step 1: grate the soap into your jar. I specifically picked up the small grater just for detergent purposes. After 10 minutes I wasn't even a quarter of the way through the bar and had made a huge mess! So, I grabbed my large-hole grater from my drawer. Worked SO much better.
Step 2: measure the dry ingredients and add to the soap. Add in about five drops of essential oil.
Step 3: mix, mix, mix. Stir everything together for at least five minutes. Make sure everything is well distributed.
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