Homemade Powdered Laundry Soap

Total Time: 15 minutes

Yield: About 4 cups

Source: Modified from a recipe in the book "Making It".

Supplies:

• 1 cup borax
• 1 cup washing soda
• 1 cup baking soda
• 1 cup grated laundry soap such as Zote or Fels Naptha
• cheese grater
• empty storage containers

Steps:

1. Grate your bar soap. It's actually really fun to do this. My kids kept calling it "pink cheese", lol. :)

 
2. Store the remaining soap in a Ziploc. Be sure to label it properly so everyone knows it's "not" food.

 
3. Add all of your ingredients to a large bowl.

 
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4. Mix well.

 
5. Store in an airtight container. I picked these cute Mason jars up for only 99 cents!

 
6. Use 2 tablespoons per load of laundry.

 

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December 10, 20162 found this helpful

I use the same recipe for washing powders and it works wonders on my clothes and I only used two tablespoons per large load. I make a double batch of it and I stored in a 5-gallon bucket and I keep a container above my washing machine with a measuring spoon; I always noted on my calendar when I made the washing so I won't know how long this mixture last me doing laundry.