One of the first things I did when I was trying to get back to homemaking skills was look for a good old fashioned laundry soap recepi. I found a great one from a great lady, Laurie from Proverbs-3-women on facebook. I have been using this soap for over a year and it works great. So here it is for those of you who want to try it out and start your way into homemaking skills. I use Fels-Naptha for my families clothes and other things, I use Zote soap ( Walmart carries it in white or pint and each bar is equivalent to 3 Fels-Naptha bars). These ingredients can be found at a few places, all depending on where yo live in the country or world. I found them here in Central/Southern California. Walmart has just begun to carry there in their laundry isle on the bottom shelves, so far they are the cheapest. Floyd's carries them also but is a little more expensive, but if it's the only place you can find it get them.Winco and Foods Co, also carry them.
Each batch yields 16 ounces. I made four batches of this recipe and store it in an old #10 can. You could also store the detergent in large yogurt containers.
1 bar of Fels-Naptha
1/2 cup of borax
1/2 cup of washing soda
Use a knife to chop Fels-Naptha into small chunks. Add some of the washing soda and Fels-Naptha chunks into your food processor or blender. If using a blender, use the pulse button. Mix all ingredients and thoroughly stir together for 5 minutes and enjoy the results! For normal loads use 1 TBSP (yields 64 loads) and for heavily soiled loads use 2 TBSP (yields 32 loads).
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