Re: How to make Laundry soap

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Subject: Re: Laundry Soap

<< This isn't exactly toiletries, but you folks are

so knowledgable, someone's bound to have an answer... >>

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I've been making my own laundry soap now for over a year. This is

what I do:

1 large jug/container very hot water (approx. 2 ½ gallons)

1 bar Ivory soap

1 ½ cups soap soda (not baking soda, find it in the laundry soap isle at

grocery store. It's made by Arm & Hammer. You might have to look around for

it as

not all grocery stores carry it)

1 ½ cups Borax (Mule team borax)

Directions in this order only:

Grate bar of Ivory soap and put in a small sauce pan with enough hot

water to cover it no more. Heat on low till the soap completely melts.

Keep stirring while it's cooking so it doesn't burn. If it burns it's no

good.

Once the bar is completely melted, pour this into the large jar/container of

hot water and stir well. Add the Soap soda and stir well. Then add the

Borax and stir well. Let set till it cools but you can use it right away.

When this cools it will look like gelatin. I use approx. 1 to 1 & 1/2 cups

per load depending on how dirty the clothes are.

Some recipes call for Felz naphtha bar soap in place of the ivory but I

like the smell of Ivory soap better. In a pinch I've used other soaps

because I was out of Ivory and it worked fine. I've seen recipes that do

not use the borax, but borax is a laundry detergent booster and I like how

the clothes come out using it.

I've never had any irritation using this recipe. One thing you might

keep in mind though. If you are using too much soap in your laundry

it's probably not getting rinsed out enough in the rinse cycle. This

leftover residue in the clothes can cause irritation to the skin. Over

loading the washing machine can do the same thing. Clothes need

to move around in there freely so the water can go through them

easily.

Jacque :-)

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In a message dated 99-12-29 07:57:12 EST, Bheart77@... writes:

<< This

leftover residue in the clothes can cause irritation to the skin. Over

loading the washing machine can do the same thing. Clothes need

to move around in there freely so the water can go through them

easily.

Jacque :-) >>

I find that rinsing clothes twice and on the 2nd rinse putting in vinegar

gets out all residue. Of course I live alone. If you have a lot of children

you probably don't have time to rinse twice. :-)

Rose