Laundry Soap

After lots of reading and perusing of recipes, I decided to make my own laundry soap.

1. It's super cheap.
2. It's environmentally friendly.
3. It's fun to make your own stuff.


I first learned that you could make your own from here. It looked pretty easy. It looked like fun. And it was going to help my family be more green and decrease our consumption of goods and save us money. What more can you ask for??????

After doing a lot more research on making laundry soap, I finally settled on this recipe. The site is easy to follow and there is also a picture tutorial link, which was helpful. I then proceeded to gather my ingredients. I opted out of the Fals Naptha soap--I got the impression that it was made from animal fats and veggie husband would not approve. I was going to choose Ivory soap, but right next to it at the store was a hypo-allergenic bar of Dial soap.......and it smelled much nicer to me than the Ivory......so home it went with me.

Finally, the day came when it was time to make the soap. With my husband's help (He was so excited, I don't think I could have excluded him from the process!!!), the laundry soap came together in about 20 minutes or so. Much faster than I had expected. The girls even wanted to watch most of the process.

The next day, there it was. My ready to use soap....okay, so it was a little too congealed, but a bit of stirring and mixing with a stick did the trick. I couldn't wait to use it--but there was the minor issue of having just done laundry the day before, and hence, no dirty clothes!!

After a few days of wearing our usual attire, jeans and tees, there was enough for a few loads. The verdict: pretty good. I can't say as I notice any difference between my soap and the store bought stuff.

I think it's a keeper!!! I think I should do some yardwork and see how it works on really dirty clothes!!!!