Ingredients:

• 1/4 bar of Fels Naptha soap
• 2 Tablespoons Borax powder
• 1/4 cup (4 Tablespoons) Arm and Hammer Washing Soda (not baking soda)

Instructions:

1. Cut Fels Naptha bar into fourths and store the extra 3 in a ziptop bag, so you have them handy for your next 3 batches.

2. Grate the 1/4 Fels Naptha Bar into medium shreds.


3. Put grated Fels Naptha and 1 cup of water into a pot and melt over medium-low heat, stirring constantly. Continue cooking until all the soap has dissolved. It will be a little sudsy, but no chunks of soap should remain.

4. Pout 2.5 quarts (10 cups) of water into a large container or bucket and add the cooked soap mixture. Borax and washing soda.

5. Stir.

6. Add 2.5 quarts more (10 cups) water.

7. Stir again. You'll notice a few suds on the top of your stirred soap.


8. If you have a lid for the container you're mixing this in, just put the lid on it and let it set overnight. I mixed mine in a bucket and ended up transferring it to another container with a lid, before setting it aside for overnight.

9. The next morning, your soap will have thickened and gelled considerably. Stir it up and then you're ready to transfer it into two laundry bottles for your use.


10. Divide the soap evenly between the two 1.17 gallon laundry bottles you've saved. They'll be about half full. (If you're using empty milk jugs or some other size container, the ratio is one part soap to one part water. Just fill the container you're using half full with your DIY soap and then finish filling with water).


11. Finish filling each bottle with water.

12. Shake the bottles vigorously to mix and you're ready to wash laundry.

13. It takes 1/4 cup per load.

14. Give the bottle a shake before each load, to make sure nothing has separated and it's mixed well.

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