May 2010 - Clarksville Family Magazine

At this point, let the soap sit
for 24 hours, preferably with
a lid on it. I usually sit our
bucket in the laundry room
or storage closet. Once you
take off the lid you’ll possibly
find any number of things,
depending on the type of
soap you used. The finished
soap will most likely not be a
solid gel and will instead look
like egg noodle soup. Just
stir and pour into whichever
containers you plan on using.
Shake well before each use
and you’re good to go!
Tips:
• For the bar of soap required
in the recipes, you could
try Fels-Naptha, Ivory soap,
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Sunlight bar soap, Pure &
Natural, and Zote. The soap
is chosen because it’s all
natural. Homemade soaps
generally work as well.
Don’t use heavily perfumed
soaps.
• Washing Soda and Borax
can normally be found in the
laundry and cleaning aisles.
• You can make huge pails
of this at once, or smaller
quantities. Also if you
can get your hands on a
few empty liquid laundry
detergent bottles, or other
jugs and bottles that can be
cleaned and reused, they
work great for storing the
detergent. Just make a big
22 Clarksville Family
batch and pour in bottles,
cap, then use as needed.
Shake before use.
• There are more recipes for
liquid detergents, as well
as powdered ones, if you go
online and do your research.
It’s a matter of figuring out
what works best for you.
• Use 10 to 15 drops of
essential oil to add a nice
scent to your detergent.
• The soap is low sudsing and
works well; even in high
efficiency machines.
Good luck and happy
washing!