Making Laundry Soap

Today is a perfect day for making laundry soap. Nothing else demanding my time....earlier I got a few windows washed, clean curtains hung and did some hand work.

Home made laundry soap is just better in a lot of ways. Its cheaper than store bought, you know what is in it, there are no fillers or "fluff" and there is something kind of satisfying about making it. I make my with my home made soap but you can buy a one of the pure soaps on the market that has no moisturizers or be like me and make your own old fashioned lye soap.

I grate two bars of home made soap very fine, I like to use soap that is at least a year old, preferably soap about 3 years old as its well cured and grates like a dream. For each bar of soap I grate, I add two cups of washing soda and two cups of borax. Mix it well, break any clumps up and store in an airtight container. For my washer which is a top loading old fashioned style, I use 1/4 cup for each load of wash. I heard you use less for those new front loading machines, but having no experience with them, I can't really say. I scent my homemade soap to be used for laundry soap with lavender or citrus scent, but not too strongly. I have super sensitive skin and prefer to have it as pure as possible.

My home made soap costs me about $10 to make 30 some bars and a box of borax is under $5 I believe and so isn't the washing soda. The laundry soap ends up being very reasonable to make.

I never have figured out the exact price but I know its cheaper than what you buy in the store and this stuff cleans really well. It's low sudsing which is nice too and if you are using gray water, this is a good choice for soap.

all the needed items for laundry soap making

grating my home made soap

two bars grated

mixing in the borax and washing soda

breaking up any clumps

even the tiny clumps should be broken up

the finished product