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Homemade Laundry Soap

1 Gallon of Homemade Laundry Detergent

If you don't have space for a 5 gallon buckets worth of laundry detergent, then this recipe will help you achieve the same concentration and it will fit right on your laundry room shelf.
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Servings: 1 Gallon
Ingredients Equipment Method

Ingredients
  

  • 1/5 Fels-Naptha bar shaved
  • 4 TBS. Super Washing soda
  • 4 TBS. Borax
  • 4 QT. Very Hot Water
  • 5 Drops Essential oil of your choosing

Equipment

  • 1 gallon jug or jar any one-gallon container will work just fine.
  • TBS. Measuring spoon
  • Large mixing spoon

Method
 

  1. Start by grating 1/5 of your Fels-Naptha bar soap into your jug or a large bowl
  2. Using very hot water, add 1 QT. to the soap mixture to dissolve it. mixing until it is completely dissolved.
    Note: You can also do this on the stovetop on a medium heat. continuously mix until all of the grated soap flakes are dissolved.
  3. I like to add my essential oil at this point. Add in 5 drops of your choice of essential oil.
  4. Next add 2 QT. of very hot water to this mixture and stir. This will bring the heat temperature back up. Or continue on the stove top turning your burner to a low heat.
  5. Add the remaining QT. of hot water and stir.
How to Use This Laundry Detergent
  1. This is concentrated. So, you can dilute this now or wait till you do laundry.
    If you want to dilute it now, simply take another gallon jug and pour half of the laundry soap into it. Fill each the rest of the way with hot water and stir. This method will yield two gallons.
  2. If you want to dilute it the day you are doing laundry, then you will need to use
    CONSENTRATED: Dilute the day of by using half the amount below, or add directly to your washing machine
    Concentrated Version:
    Small loads: 1/8 cup to 1/4 cup
    Medium load: 1/4 cup to (3/8 or 6 TBS.)
    Large loads: (3/8 cup or 6 TBS.) to 1/2 cup
    Add these to equal amounts of water and mix or just add it to your wash as you normally would.
  3. Diluted version:
    Small loads: 1/4 to 1/2 cup
    Medium loads: 1/2 to 3/4 cup
    Large loads: 3/4 to 1 cup