HOMEMADE LIQUID LAUNDRY SOAP!

About 2-3 years ago at a Walden Family Reunion, Austen's older sister Angie taught us all how to make homemade liquid laundry soap! I watched intently & was fascinated that we could do this ourselves with just items purchased from the grocery store, and I LOVED that it was so budget friendly! Well, I had great intentions of taking that recipe home & getting right to making it myself, but....well yeah, like I said, that was 2-3 years ago! BUT...I finally got ahold of the recipe again, and we made it ourselves last week! It was so fun & not hard at all! It was super satisfying to know that we did it ourselves (even the little boys helped!) and that it costs less than $2.00 per 5 gallon bucket to make!!! SO, I am going to post the recipe here, and I highly recommend you try it out! There is another recipe that is for the powdered version, which I havent tried yet but plan to this week. I do however prefer this liquid version becuase of the vinegar ingredient, which is not in the powdered version.(obviously) I really like that vinegar gets rid of residue (both on clothing AND your washing machine) it's good for your pipes & for running through your machine, and it also acts as a fabric softner & gets out tough smells!
Anyway, here is the recipe!
You can find the ingredients at most local grocery stores. I did have a hard time finding them all in one store, but I hear that WINCO sells them all, & at the cheapest price :) Enjoy!

HOMEMADE LIQUID LAUNDRY SOAP

1 bar Felnaptha Soap                   ($1.03/bar -1 batch)


½ cup Borax                               ($3.67 for a 76 oz. box -18 batches)

1 cup Washing Soda                    ($2.70 for a 55 oz. box -6 batches)

2 cups white vinegar                     ($1.50 a gallon - 8 batches)

Grate (you can blend it in your blender if you prefer) soap into a sauce pan. Cover with water just to the level of the soap. Heat on low until melted. Put one gallon of hot water into a 5 gallon bucket and add borax, soda, vinegar, and melted soap. Stir well and finish filling the bucket with hot water. STIR! Mixture will thicken in a couple of hours. You can put it into old laundry soap containers or leave it in the bucket and dip from the bucket. It stays a little thick and will sometimes get a little bit of foam looking stuff on the top and I just take the cup I am dipping with and give it a quick stir before dipping or if you have put it in bottles just shake before pouring. I use ½- cup for a normal load, up to 1 cup for large soiled loads. At the prices above 5 gallons costs about $1.88.