J-Soaper
Well-Known Member
I'm considering making laundry soap.
1. I certainly would not want any extra fat, but what about going maybe one or two percent negative. That is, just a bit more lye than will be consumed in the saponification process? I understand that it would be very rough on skin, but I won't be adding it to my bath water.
2. I have a high efficiency front loading washer. A high efficiency washer only uses just enough water to wash the clothing and the detergent needs to be non-sudsing. Is it possible to make a non-sudsing or minimally sudsing laundry soap? My preferred oil is coconut oil.
3. After I have shredded, baked, and ground the soap into powder, I was thinking of boosting it's cleaning power by adding one or more of the following. Can you make recommendations for which items to use and what percent (by weight) should be used:
a. baking soda
b. washing soda
c. borax
d. tsp -- trisodium phosphate
e. OxiClean®
1. I certainly would not want any extra fat, but what about going maybe one or two percent negative. That is, just a bit more lye than will be consumed in the saponification process? I understand that it would be very rough on skin, but I won't be adding it to my bath water.
2. I have a high efficiency front loading washer. A high efficiency washer only uses just enough water to wash the clothing and the detergent needs to be non-sudsing. Is it possible to make a non-sudsing or minimally sudsing laundry soap? My preferred oil is coconut oil.
3. After I have shredded, baked, and ground the soap into powder, I was thinking of boosting it's cleaning power by adding one or more of the following. Can you make recommendations for which items to use and what percent (by weight) should be used:
a. baking soda
b. washing soda
c. borax
d. tsp -- trisodium phosphate
e. OxiClean®