Laundry Soap

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yes, Janet, we would love the recipe, thanks for sharing.

Sandy

[Guest guest]

,

I never heard of pre-treating with Simple Green. I'll have to try

that. I was glad to hear about your success with homemade laundry

soap. It makes me want to try it again. I am concerned about using

bleach though. Does anybody know of anything that would be a natural

alternative to chlorine bleach?

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Janet,

I want the recipe. That sounds great! Please include all instructions

if you wouldn't mind for those of us who are new to soapmaking.

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Hi Janet

I would love your recipe for laundry soap if your willing to share.. I have 3

kids and do approx 15 loads minimum of laundry a week and gosh does it take alot

of soap<LOL>

nice to make a cheaper version in house than buying it.

thanks

Bev

[Guest guest]

I am very interested Janet -- Please share!

Serenity

Laundry Soap

Hi everyone,

Speaking of laundry soap - I have a wonderful recipe that I've been

using for quite some time now. I make up my own CP soap first - then add

Borax, Baking Soda and a few EO's. With this laundry soap I don't need any

pre-treaters, bleach or fabric softener. And - the big plus here - my

clothes have never looked dingy. I will NEVER buy laundry soap again with

this stuff. Oh - the best part - I also use it in my dishwasher with

wonderful results! No spots!

If anyone would be interested I would gladly share the recipe.

Janet

Wayne and Janet Brunner: wajabrun@...

Foxfire Gifts - Homemade Natural Soaps and Skin Care:

http://foxfiregifts.homestead.com/

Midvalleyvu Farms, Inc.: http://midvalleyvu.homestead.com/

[Guest guest]

I'd definitely like the recipe!

I've just been dumping all my ends and trimmings from CP soap batches in a big

pot, adding enough water to fill the pot and melting it down. Makes the ugliest

goo, but it works well in the laundry. I rinse with vinegar as well and the

clothes turn out very nice. I do use bleach on the whites though.

Marie

Chandler's Soaps

Laundry Soap

Hi everyone,

Speaking of laundry soap - I have a wonderful recipe that I've been using

for quite some time now. I make up my own CP soap first - then add Borax,

Baking Soda and a few EO's. With this laundry soap I don't need any

pre-treaters, bleach or fabric softener. And - the big plus here - my clothes

have never looked dingy. I will NEVER buy laundry soap again with this stuff.

Oh - the best part - I also use it in my dishwasher with wonderful results! No

spots!

If anyone would be interested I would gladly share the recipe.

Janet

Wayne and Janet Brunner: wajabrun@...

Foxfire Gifts - Homemade Natural Soaps and Skin Care:

http://foxfiregifts.homestead.com/

Midvalleyvu Farms, Inc.: http://midvalleyvu.homestead.com/

[Guest guest]

I cannot find Fels Naphtha Soap. Any suggestions. Thanks. Ricky in Texas

Re: RE:Laundry soap

> I also use the Fels Naphtha in my homemade laundry soap and we love it.

It

> works great. I do bleach our whites and pretreat bad stains but I would

do

> that with any detergent. It's not bothersome to 9 yr old with asthma or

> older child with exema and you save money AND you don't have to go out in

> the rain to buy laundry soap!

>

> We also like Kirks Castille soap for hardwater.

>

> Just my cents.

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Janet. I am interested. Please share your recipe with me. Thank you. Ricky

in Texas

Laundry Soap

> Hi everyone,

> Speaking of laundry soap - I have a wonderful recipe that I've been

using for quite some time now. I make up my own CP soap first - then add

Borax, Baking Soda and a few EO's. With this laundry soap I don't need any

pre-treaters, bleach or fabric softener. And - the big plus here - my

clothes have never looked dingy. I will NEVER buy laundry soap again with

this stuff. Oh - the best part - I also use it in my dishwasher with

wonderful results! No spots!

>

> If anyone would be interested I would gladly share the recipe.

> Janet

>

> Wayne and Janet Brunner: wajabrun@...

> Foxfire Gifts - Homemade Natural Soaps and Skin Care:

http://foxfiregifts.homestead.com/

> Midvalleyvu Farms, Inc.: http://midvalleyvu.homestead.com/

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

, the word " seems " should be changed to " does " as far as the

eczema goes. Take it from an adult who had very very bad eczema

growing up and well into adult hood. What you wash the clothes and

sheets in, as well as the soaps for the bath and detergents used for

washing dishes (if the one who has eczema does the washing) make a

very big difference in both the breakouts and the amount of

itching. Keep doing what you are doing. Note that fragrance is

irritating as well so do use unscented. Every one is different, my

eczema reacts to different products than my son-in-law's eczema. Oh

- dryer sheets - these kill me, I would try to crawl out of my skin

if I had to wear something dryed with one of em.

BLACKBURN,JULIE (HP-SantaClara,ex2) " <julie_blackburn2@...>

wrote:

>One of the main reasons I like the home-made soap is that I have one

>daughter with pretty bad eczema and another with asthma and this soap

>~seems~ to not cause as many problems as the dry powders.

[Guest guest]

Ricky in Texas

Send me your addy and I'll send you a couple bars of Fels Nahptha so you can

at least try it out. Then you can ask the manufacturer where to get it.

I'm sure it will be on the label.

deb

[Guest guest]

This is Rita's veggie soap that I used. I made the base last Sat. and will

finish it today.

TLC Fresh Laundry Soap 3 (Veggie)

12 oz. Coconut

48 oz. Shortening

8.65 oz. Lye

20 oz. water

1/2 cup Borax

1/2 cup Baking Soda

Make soap as usual and add the Borax and Baking Soda at a light trace. May

accelerate trace, but since it is laundry soap I don't worry bout that. If

you like you could add a bit more of the powder to the mixture to make it a

dryer consistence. Just delete what you use from the process below.

After it has insulated well, then shred the soap up and allow it to dry

completely. This helps it to powder better and it will not clog up the food

processor. Put them threads of soap in a large container and tows them a few

times a day. Might take a week or more to dry according to the humidity. Then

process as below.

4 cups of dried soap threads

1 1/4 cups Borax

1 1/4 cups Baking Soda

1 1/2 cups Washing Soda

1 1/2 Tbsp. Sweet Orange Essential Oil

1 Tbsp. Lavender Essential Oil

1/2 Tbsp. Ylang Ylang or Rose Geranium Essential Oil

Mix the Essential Oils together to have them ready to put in the soap. Mix

the powders together to be added to the soap threads as you blend them

together in a food processor. This helps the soap melt much faster when it is

powdered as much as possible. Take about 1 cup of the soap threads, a little

more of the powders, add some of the Essential oils and blend till it is

powdered. The soap will not become a real powder and will be like little

pellets and that is fine. Blend all of it together, placing it in a bowl

after each blending. Stir it together and use as you would any other powder

detergent. I use a full scoop of the laundry scoops that come with the

detergents in the store. I think that is about 3/4 cup or so. The Essential

Oils will add a nice aroma to the cloths and the Sweet Orange oils helps with

cleaning the fabrics. Add a splash of White Vinegar to the wash during the

wash cycle. Or you can add it to one of the Downy Balls and let it do its

thang later in the cycle. The White Vinegar helps cut any oils out of the

cloths and also helps to soften the fabric.

Created By Rita Scheu

TLC Soaps & Sundries

http://www.tlcsoaps. com

[Guest guest]

Ricky C. Moon

7917 S. I-35 W.

Alvarado, Texas

76009

Include your costs and I will reimburse you immediately. Thanks very much.

Ricky

Re: RE:Laundry soap

> Ricky in Texas

>

> Send me your addy and I'll send you a couple bars of Fels Nahptha so you

can

> at least try it out. Then you can ask the manufacturer where to get it.

> I'm sure it will be on the label.

> deb

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Hi Janet

I am a new member to this list and am very interested in making soap at

home. I live in South Africa so still need to find suppliers for the

ingredients I will need. To date I have been printing out the mail items I

think will be of use to me.

I would be very interested in receiving your laundry soap recipe.

Ta

Pat

[Guest guest]

Hi All. After that long thread on laundry soap, I went out and purchased some

washing soda - VERY hard to find in Vancouver! What I bought is from Arm &

Hammer, in a blue box, and is called " So Clean! Super Washing Soda " . Since there

was no list of ingredients, I assumed that it was just Sodium Carbonate. I

noticed on the way home from the grocery store that the car started to smell

sort of like fabric softner (or scented detergent), sure enough the scent was

eminating from the washing soda box. I wouldn't have thought that sodium

carbonate had any scent and that if A & H added fragrance that they would have to

put that on the box somewhere...did I buy the wrong stuff? Any ideas?

TIA, Laurel

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How funny! I bought a box of washing soda today too at the grocery

store....mine was a yellow box of Arm & Hammer all natural " Super Washing

Soda " . It does say sodium carbonate and that's the only ingredient. I

couldn't detect any kind of smell in mine. This is what I've been using in

my laundry detergent.

> Hi All. After that long thread on laundry soap, I went out and purchased

some washing soda - VERY hard to find in Vancouver! What I bought is from

Arm & Hammer, in a blue box, and is called " So Clean! Super Washing Soda " .

Since there was no list of ingredients, I assumed that it was just Sodium

Carbonate. I noticed on the way home from the grocery store that the car

started to smell sort of like fabric softner (or scented detergent), sure

enough the scent was eminating from the washing soda box. I wouldn't have

thought that sodium carbonate had any scent and that if A & H added fragrance

that they would have to put that on the box somewhere...did I buy the wrong

stuff? Any ideas?

>

> TIA, Laurel

[Guest guest]

My box is yellow and is called super washing soda. It has pine trees on it

and is called natural. It sounds right.!!! barbw from Nebraska

> Hi All. After that long thread on laundry soap, I went out and purchased

some washing soda - VERY hard to find in Vancouver! What I bought is from

Arm & Hammer, in a blue box, and is called " So Clean! Super Washing Soda " .

Since there was no list of ingredients, I assumed that it was just Sodium

Carbonate. I noticed on the way home from the grocery store that the car

started to smell sort of like fabric softner (or scented detergent), sure

enough the scent was eminating from the washing soda box. I wouldn't have

thought that sodium carbonate had any scent and that if A & H added fragrance

that they would have to put that on the box somewhere...did I buy the wrong

stuff? Any ideas?

>

> TIA, Laurel

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[Guest guest]

Arm and Hammer apparently has two web sites.

www.armandhammer.com

www.thelaundrybasket.com

The water softner is sold in a blue box, and is called Rain Drops. However

the detergent and washing soda is sold in a yellow box. I couldn't find

any information on what is actually in the boxes, but maybe I didn't look

hard enough.

Laurie Ann

At 03:24 PM 12/03/2001 -0800, you wrote:

>

>How funny! I bought a box of washing soda today too at the grocery

>store....mine was a yellow box of Arm & Hammer all natural " Super Washing

>Soda " . It does say sodium carbonate and that's the only ingredient. I

>couldn't detect any kind of smell in mine. This is what I've been using in

>my laundry detergent.

>

>

>

>

>> Hi All. After that long thread on laundry soap, I went out and purchased

>some washing soda - VERY hard to find in Vancouver! What I bought is from

>Arm & Hammer, in a blue box, and is called " So Clean! Super Washing Soda " .

>Since there was no list of ingredients, I assumed that it was just Sodium

>Carbonate. I noticed on the way home from the grocery store that the car

>started to smell sort of like fabric softner (or scented detergent), sure

>enough the scent was eminating from the washing soda box. I wouldn't have

>thought that sodium carbonate had any scent and that if A & H added fragrance

>that they would have to put that on the box somewhere...did I buy the wrong

>stuff? Any ideas?

>>

>> TIA, Laurel

>

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Hi Pat

I live in JHB (SA). Where in SA do you live? I do M & P, I have a few suppliers if

you're interested.

Regards

Charlene.D.S

hippo_crafts@...

--- Pat Brown <patb@...>

> wrote:

I live in South Africa so still need to find suppliers for the ingredients I

will need.

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I need advice. PLEASE!!! I made this laundry soap last night. Somehow I

don't think it was suppose to solidify! Can someone maybe explain what I

might have done wrong?

Thank you in advance.

- Donna

Go to your destiny!

At 07:13 AM 3/5/2001 -0700, you wrote:

>I wanted to thank the person who posted the laundry soap recipe (bar of soap

>melted with water, 5 quarts of water, 1 cup washing soda).

>

>I finally got around to trying it (ran out of regular powder and did not

>want to make a store run LOL) and it is FANTASTIC!!! I scented it with a bit

>of China Rain (my 7 year old's favorite). I have finished testing all of the

>types of laundry I do and it is amazing. My stuff comes out so clean and

>above all SOFT! Our jeans (and with 6 in the family we are a huge jeans

>family) and towels are amazing. And it seems to have cut down on the

>wrinkles in the jeans (maybe because they are so soft?)

>

>I used the fells naptha (sp?) brown soap instead of ivory primarily because

>of how dirty the younger kidlets get.

>

>Thanks again!!!

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Donna,

My experience is that it will solidify but you just stir it up. Mine didn't

get that hard.

Ruth S.

NM

Re: Laundry Soap

I need advice. PLEASE!!! I made this laundry soap last night. Somehow I

don't think it was suppose to solidify! Can someone maybe explain what I

might have done wrong?

Thank you in advance.

- Donna

Go to your destiny!

At 07:13 AM 3/5/2001 -0700, you wrote:

>I wanted to thank the person who posted the laundry soap recipe (bar of

soap

>melted with water, 5 quarts of water, 1 cup washing soda).

>

>I finally got around to trying it (ran out of regular powder and did not

>want to make a store run LOL) and it is FANTASTIC!!! I scented it with a

bit

>of China Rain (my 7 year old's favorite). I have finished testing all of

the

>types of laundry I do and it is amazing. My stuff comes out so clean and

>above all SOFT! Our jeans (and with 6 in the family we are a huge jeans

>family) and towels are amazing. And it seems to have cut down on the

>wrinkles in the jeans (maybe because they are so soft?)

>

>I used the fells naptha (sp?) brown soap instead of ivory primarily because

>of how dirty the younger kidlets get.

>

>Thanks again!!!

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

I've also made the laundry soap, it says in the info that I found that it

will gel up. Most of the people who were making this got worried when it

didn't gel! I found a very informative thread on this, but can't find it

again.

I made a concentrated form, in a 3 1/2 gal bucket.

This is what I came up with after all my reading!

2 (5oz) bars homemade soap

2 cups washing soda

2 cups borax

2 cups Rain Soft(water softener, I have hard water)

2 cups dry bleach( I used the cheap stuff from dollar general)

Add the washing soda, borax, rain soft, and dry bleach at the same time.

I use 1/2 -3/4 cup per load.

Becky

[Guest guest]

I also made the laundry soap and it solidify but I beat the heck out of it

with a mixer and it seems easier to scoop now I don't know if it will stay

this way for long but 2 days and it is still the same.

Bernice

[Guest guest]

Subject: Laundry Soap

Donna, don't throw it out, try giving it a good shaking and then turn upside

down in a larger pot and let it pour out.

The recipe is 5 quarts water, 1 cup washing soda, 1 grated bar of felsnaptha

soap(or I use the large bars of laundry soap made in Mexico) and if you

want, one bar of ivory soap. For my daughter(who has boys) I add one cup of

borax to the mix. You can break it up with your hands but it will probably

go back to a jel.

Jane in NM

> Was there more to the recipe than 5 quarts water, 1 cup washing

> soda and 1 bar soap? Am I going to have to throw this batch out

> and start over? Perhaps I was still too new to the list at the

> time and didn't get the entire recipe?

>

> Oh yes, after reading a post from one of you, I will admit that

> my laundry soap did not " solidfy " but rather became gel-like -

> very thick gel. Silly me, I thought it would remain a liquid or

> a thin gel that would pour and I put it in an old laundry

> detergent bottle. No getting it out of there now! Big Oooops!

>

> -Donna

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[Guest guest]

Donna,

I'm 's sister. I used the same basic recipe and mine gelled (sort of

like soft Jello) to begin with. When it was cool, I added a bit of orange

eo and stirred it all up. It's still a bit of a jell, but is softer than

the original.

Ruth S.

NM

[Guest guest]

At 04:20 AM 4/8/01 +0000, you wrote:

>When it was cool, I added a bit of orange

>eo and stirred it all up. It's still a bit of a jell, but is softer than

>the original.

and that's the best possible additive...NOTHING cuts grease like Orange EO.

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