What is Laundry Soap?
Laundry soap is used with water and is made with natural, biodegradable ingredients, such as plant oils and animal fat mixed with alkali salts (lye), and may also contain essential oils or colorants. It is commonly found in bar form, as well as liquid.
Soap-making has been around since the beginning of time-well, maybe not the very beginning, but it has been around for an extremely long time. Soap-making is practiced all around the world, in slightly different ways, with slightly different ingredients, but when it comes down to it, all soap is made with the same basic natural ingredients.
Why Homemade Laundry Soap?
When I saw everyone else online making their own versions of homemade laundry soap, I didn't really think much about it. Why would I want to make something like laundry soap that I could buy already made? Why would I want to spend the time perfecting a soap recipe of all things? It just didn't interest me.
After awhile though, I thought why not? It would help to eliminate the liquid detergent spills that mysteriously appeared every time my kids did their laundry. And it may turn out to be better and cheaper than store-bought laundry soap. Truthfully, I finally decided to make homemade laundry soap because it would look pretty in a glass jar in our newly renovated laundry room. I kid you not. A lot of my home decisions revolve around whether something looks pretty.
Make Your Own Homemade Laundry Soap – Natural Laundry Soap Recipe
Supplies
- 2 parts borax
- 2 parts baking soda super washing soda
- 1 part grated Poleview soap bar (use lavender if you'd like!)
- 20 drops lavender essential oil (optional)
- OxiClean (optional)
- Food processor
Instructions
Step-by-Step Tutorial
1. Grate soap bars in a food processor.
2. Mix all ingredients in a glass bowl or container and stir well. Use regular unscented Poleview Soap bar or use the Lavender soap bar instead of lavender essential oils.
3. Store in a large glass jar (affiliate link) with a scoop.
4. Use approximately 2-4 tablespoons, depending on wash load size and dirt level. Always follow instructions on your washing machine for detergent!
