Homemade Laundry Soap

1/3 bar Fels Naptha or other type of soap, as listed above

½ cup washing soda

½ cup borax powder

~You will also need a small bucket, about 2 gallon size~

Grate the soap and put it in a sauce pan. Add 6 cups water and heat it until the soap melts. Add the washing soda and the borax and stir until it is dissolved. Remove from heat. Pour 4 cups hot water into the bucket. Now add your soap mixture and stir. Now add 1 gallon plus 6 cups of water and stir. Let the soap sit for about 24 hours and it will gel. You use ½ cup per load

The finished soap will not be a solid gel. It will be a watery gel or more like “egg drop soup”. It does not generate suds so it is OK for the new HE washers. I usually double the recipe. I have also made the “dry recipe” but the wet is so much cheaper and does the same thing!

Have any other homemade things that has saved you a lot...send me an email and I will post it! My husband makes his own cleaners-uses vinegar and water and makes one with lemon juice and water-that is cheap!

Thanks Judi for sharing! She said making her own has saved her tons!!