Homemade Laundry Soap

My cousin's fiancee Carly told me they had made their own laundry soap and it worked great. We all know laundry soap can be expensive, so I am up for anything that saves me money. I found it on this blog: http://beingcreativetokeepmysanity.blogspot.com/2010/11/homemade-laundry-soap.html. So here are the directions, it's suppose to be safe for he washers and should be put in the barrel of the washer, rather than the dispenser.

1 4 lb 12 oz box Borax (2.15 kg or 76 oz) found in the detergent isle

1 4 lb box Arm & Hammer Baking Soda (1.81 kg) found in the cooking isle

1  box Arm & Hammer Super Washing Soda 55 oz (3 lb 7 oz) found in the detergent isle

3 bars of Fels-naptha soap, found in the detergent isle

2 small containers of oxyclean or store brand oxyclean (try to get about 3.5 lbs total (1.58 kg)) found in the detergent isle.

(this is optional, I added it into mine because I have pretty messy kids and the cleaner the better)

(you can also use pink Zote soap instead of Fels-naptha)

Start out by grating your Fels-naptha soap just like cheese. You can use a food processor or just use your hand held grater, what ever you have. Toss all ingredients in a 5 gallon bucket lined with a garbage bag. This part makes your whole house smell great. Once everything is mixed store soap however you like. 


UPDATE: This soap works really well! Been using it for about a week now, and cleans clothes  and smells great!