Make your own laundry soap?!!

[Yorkiedaze]

I think it's a fantastic and chemicle free way to save a great deal of money and I"m all for it. I have already bought the Fels-Naptha soap bar and the Arm & Hammer Super Washing Soda Detergent booster, but now I need the Borax, which the commissary didn't have yesterday, so I'll go to Albertsons.

[duckie215]

Yorkiedaze--Do they sell the washing soda at the commissary?

Maybe I'll see if I can do this when go shopping next week. I'd love to try, but am really sketchy about doing it with German products since...I don't read German so well and would hate to have some horrid chemical reaction.

[Julie1760]

I've made my own laundry soap for about a year now. I love it as it cleans great!!! I is a little "slimy" but works the best. Just make sure to add the "gel" to the water first....swish around a bit...then add the clothes. If you add it on top of the clothes, you can make streaks in dark clothing.

I get my borax at Wal-mart, my Fels Naptha and the washing soda at our Pick N' Save store.

Now off to check out the soap nuts......

[Yorkiedaze]

Originally Posted by duckie215

Yorkiedaze--Do they sell the washing soda at the commissary?

Maybe I'll see if I can do this when go shopping next week. I'd love to try, but am really sketchy about doing it with German products since...I don't read German so well and would hate to have some horrid chemical reaction.

I don't know about other commissary's but they sell it here at Vandenberg AFB. Since you have either an FPO or APO address, have someone you know here in the states mail you what you need to make it.

[Yorkiedaze]

Originally Posted by Julie1760

I've made my own laundry soap for about a year now. I love it as it cleans great!!! I is a little "slimy" but works the best. Just make sure to add the "gel" to the water first....swish around a bit...then add the clothes. If you add it on top of the clothes, you can make streaks in dark clothing.

I get my borax at Wal-mart, my Fels Naptha and the washing soda at our Pick N' Save store.

Now off to check out the soap nuts......

I'm going to make the powdered type, not the liquid. I like the idea of only having to add a tablespoon or two to a load of clothes. I'm even going to do the vinegar rinse.

[chattiesmom]

Originally Posted by Yorkiedaze

I'm going to make the powdered type, not the liquid. I like the idea of only having to add a tablespoon or two to a load of clothes. I'm even going to do the vinegar rinse.

If I can find the Fels Naptha I am going to make up a batch. I have been using a vinegar rinse for a long time. In fact, most of the time I put it in both the liquid bleach dispenser AND in the softner dispenser. Clothes come out smelling -- well a bit like vinegar BUT toss them into the dryer with a dryer sheet and they smell fresh and CLEAN!

I am going o buy some soap nuts too and do a product comparison. I wish someone else would do the same so we could have a couple of REAL CLEAN LAUNDRY NUTS and we could compare noes.

[BubblPopElectrc]

I hope it works better than some (...all) of those recipes sound.

[chattiesmom]

Originally Posted by BubblPopElectrc

I hope it works better than some of those recipes sound.

Kyle you'd be surprised to know what is put in "real soap" that you buy in the stores.

A long time ago I used to make old fashioned lye soap. Surprisingly enough it works quite well, especially on hard wood floors

[Julie1760]

Originally Posted by chattiesmom

Kyle you'd be surprised to know what is put in "real soap" that you buy in the stores.

A long time ago I used to make old fashioned lye soap. Surprisingly enough it works quite well, especially on hard wood floors

I also make my own bar soap.

The laundry soap/gel, makes a wonderful floor cleaner too. I also use it for cleaning the toilet.

I think I'll order the soap nuts too so I can compare them to my other soap.

I've used vinegar for years as a fabric softener, it is so much better than the other store bought kind. My towels are much more obsorbant, I know that is spelled wrong....

[chattiesmom]

For those of you who are looking for Fels Naptha - Kroger has it. I paid $1.29 per bar -- and to think I was going to pay big bucks plus shipping from an ebayer.

[Yorkiedaze]

Well I made a double batch of the powdered laundry soap and washed clothes today with it. The clothes are clean, soft and even smell clean. I think it's a keeper, and just look at the money I'm going to save. My girls will love getting more new things. Oh, and yes, I did the vinegar rinse. I like that idea anyway since vinegar kills germs, staph, mold, mildew and all just the same as bleach. The only thing that smelled a tiny bit of vinegar were the towels, but I don't mind that since I'm not wearing them hehe!! I don't use dryer sheets in the towels because it make the towels almost impossible to absorb water when drying off. Next time I'll just use a little less vinegar.

[jp4m2]

Donna, glad to see an update!...Did you figure out your final cost?.... Did you add any essential oils to the soap?.....

[labrown]

Originally Posted by Yorkiedaze

Well I made a double batch of the powdered laundry soap and washed clothes today with it. The clothes are clean, soft and even smell clean. I think it's a keeper, and just look at the money I'm going to save. My girls will love getting more new things. Oh, and yes, I did the vinegar rinse. I like that idea anyway since vinegar kills germs, staph, mold, mildew and all just the same as bleach. The only thing that smelled a tiny bit of vinegar were the towels, but I don't mind that since I'm not wearing them hehe!! I don't use dryer sheets in the towels because it make the towels almost impossible to absorb water when drying off. Next time I'll just use a little less vinegar.

How do you do the vinegar rinse?

[pea496]

I have been making my own laundry soap for a couple of years. I love it. Making it is also fun.

[deb22]

Originally Posted by jp4m2

Donna, glad to see an update!...Did you figure out your final cost?.... Did you add any essential oils to the soap?.....

I am going to try it too...
although I would rather have the soap already shaved...lol


where do you get essential oils?