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Here is the famous Home Made Laundry Soap that everyone asks for all the time & that I love!

Recipe:
1/3 Bar Fels.naptha
1/2 Cup Washing Soda
1/2 Cup Borax
6 Cups Water
4 Cups Hot Water
22 Cups Warm Water
*Purchase ingredients at Albertsons or Harmons


1. Grate the fels.naptha into a soup pan...I use my zester because it makes the soap melt faster! Add 6 cups of water and warm on Med/High until the soap melts. *Keep stirring on & off while you do the other steps. (will take about 15 minutes to melt)

This is Fels.naptha & the wrapper so you know what to look for it in the store

Your pot doesn't need to be that big, & this is a double batch I'm making. The last time I made soap was in February & I average 13 loads a week (more during football season)

Grated Fels.naptha & water before the soap has melted.

2. Pour 1/2 Cup Washing Soda & 1/2 Cup Borax into a bowl & set aside. (don't forget to stir your soap on the stove)


This is what the Washing Soda & Borax look like! Make sure it's the Washing Soda...not Baking Soda or you'll have a real mess! Also, this is what I use to measure my water for step 3.
3. Using a water picture or other large liquid container count out 22 cups of Warm Water & set aside. (you should stir the soap & it should almost be melted ;)


4. Turn your hot water on & let it run until it is really hot! Then measure out 4 Cups & set aside. (I use my glass measuring bowl)

5. Now get that big bucket or bowl & be ready!

6. Once the soap is melted on the stove & it looks like this....Add the Washing Soda & Borax then stir until they are dissolved.


7. Remove from heat.

8. Pour the 4 cups of Hot Water in to the Soap, Soda & Borax mix & stir! (everything should still be in the soup pot)

*This is what it will look like once you put it in the big bucket.

9. Big Bucket here we come! That's right! Time to take the Soap mix and pour into the big bucket! Now that it's there...add in the 22 Cups of Warm water. (Remember to stir!) *Remember my pictures are a double batch so it will be more then yours!

Your Done! You Did it! It should have taken you about 20 minutes!

Put a lid on your soap or syranwrap & let it sit over night (24 hours) & set up. When you look at it in the morning it will look like a big foggy mass is in the center. Stir it once more & it should look like Egg Noodle Soup from your favorite Chinese Restaurant!
From here you can either pour it into containers (like I do) or leave it in your bucket! I like the containers because I can shake them up each time before using!


You are to use 1/2 cup for top loading washing machines & I use about a cap full (little less then 1/2 cup) for my front loader.

If you want a little more info. or answers to your questions go to www.thefamilyhomestead.com/laundrysoap.hmt

Hope you love it!