American Valkyrie
Well-Known Member
I just made my first laundry soap today:
Recipe:
1 cup low-SF soap (I made a 100% CO soap at 0%SF, HP in crockpot)
1 cup washing soda
1/4 cup citric acid for tough stains
(1/4oz PPO fragrance, which I hear will wash out and not linger on clothing, but it makes it more enjoyable anyway)
I made the soap today, grated it, mixed the powdered ingredients. Tomorrow I'll try it out. We have a lot of "work residue" from both farm work and exercise, and commercial detergents don't help as much as I would like.
Does anyone else make laundry soap? Any recipes or experiences you'd like to share? Since this is my first batch, I'm sure I'll tweak it a little bit until I have it right. I'd like to try borax, but didn't have an onhand tonight when I made my soap. But at 5-10 cents per load, it's still cheaper than the cheapest commercial powdered detergent.
Recipe:
1 cup low-SF soap (I made a 100% CO soap at 0%SF, HP in crockpot)
1 cup washing soda
1/4 cup citric acid for tough stains
(1/4oz PPO fragrance, which I hear will wash out and not linger on clothing, but it makes it more enjoyable anyway)
I made the soap today, grated it, mixed the powdered ingredients. Tomorrow I'll try it out. We have a lot of "work residue" from both farm work and exercise, and commercial detergents don't help as much as I would like.
Does anyone else make laundry soap? Any recipes or experiences you'd like to share? Since this is my first batch, I'm sure I'll tweak it a little bit until I have it right. I'd like to try borax, but didn't have an onhand tonight when I made my soap. But at 5-10 cents per load, it's still cheaper than the cheapest commercial powdered detergent.