So finally after reading countless recipes online for homemade laundry detergents I decided to give one a try. I made the powdered soap just because it is extremely easy to make. There are several variations of laundry soap recipes but the common ingredients used in all of them are borax powder, washing soda/baking soda, grated bar soap or soap flakes.
I began looking for these ingredients in local grocery stores and had success in finding only borax powder at Walmart. I could not find washing soda anywhere until I stumbled into an online shopping site called well.ca. (Well.ca provides free shipping within Canada and has excellent customer service) Here, I found not only washing soda and borax powder but also a box of soap flakes. Yay! no need to grate soap bars :) plus these soap flakes are made out of natural vegetable oils only. With the amount I got in these boxes, I think I might be able to make laundry soap enough to last six months or longer because all you're using is just 2 tablespoons of this laundry soap for a regular sized load.
These are the products I got
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| Eco-Pioneer Pure Borax Powder, Pure Washing Soda, Pure Soap Flakes |
Ingredients used in the laundry soap:
2 cups Soap Flakes
1 cup Borax Powder
1 cup Washing Soda
1/4 cup Baking Soda
15 drops of Essential Oils (optional)
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| 2 cups soap flakes |
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| 1 cup borax powder |
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| 1 cup washing soda |
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Note: If using bar soap, check the ingredients in it. Commonly used soap bars in homemade laundry detergents like Ivory and Fels-Naptha have sodium tallowate in them. I would recommend going with a bar soap like Dr Bronner's Pure Castile Soaps or any other plant based soaps.
http://naturesnurtureblog.com/2011/05/30/how-to-make-laundry-detergent/ http://davidsuzuki.org/what-you-can-do/queen-of-green/videos/how-to-make-laundry-soap/ |
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