Homemade Laundry Soap

Since February I have been making my own laundry soap.  I found a recipe on Pinterest that looks a little better than others.  I didn't want have a huge bucket of laundry soap, so this is concentrated, all you use is a tablespoon.  I wanted to wait a while to post about to see how well I liked it.  I normally used the Arm and Hammer detergent, I'm not to picky about how it smells etc.  I would say this works the same as the other stuff.  Mostly I like it because it's just way cheaper.

This is all you need.  And the washing soda and borax lasts a while.  I have made 3 batches of this stuff and I still have quite a bit of the soda and borax left.

Grate the fels-naptha in the food processor.

Melt the soap into 4 cups hot water.  This takes a while like 15 minutes.  Once it's melted you add 1 cup of borax and 1 cup of washing soda that has been mixed together.  Stir this all together until there is no graininess left at the bottom of the pan.

Divide the mixture up between two quart size jars.  Fill these jars with water to the rounded part of the jar.

Place lids on tightly and place jars upside down to sit for 4-5 hours

This step is the most fun!  After 4-5 hours the solids and liquids will be separated.  Take your blender jar off of the blade.  Screw the blade base onto the mason jar.  Pop it on your blender and whip.  

Wha laa!  Whipped laundry detergent.  It looks a bit like mayonnaise but gets a little more firm once it's sits for a while.  I also cut out a couple cute labels on my Cricut because I was so excited about it.   I use about a Tbsp of it in each load.  I would say the two jars last me 3 months or so.  You can add essential oil to make it smell nice, but I haven't tried it yet.  

Here is the link to the tutorial I used:  Whipped Laundry Detergent link