Pioneer woman makes Laundry Soap

Using about $.75 worth of ingredients I made several months worth of detergent this past weekend.  After a few loads I've decided it does clean.  I haven't had grass or blood stains to remove, but for minor soil it is doing the job.  I've had the ingredients for quite awhile.  When I saw the laundry soap almost gone I got busy and made this.  I also made dry diswasher detergent but I haven't made up my mind if it's a winner.

Homemade Laundry Soap

1/3 bar Fels Naptha or other type of soap (on the laundry aisle)  Lg bar in green, red & white pkg.
½ cup washing soda (Yellow Arm & Hammer box in the laundry aisle, not baking soda)
½ cup borax powder (Borateam)
~You will also need a small bucket, about 2 gallon size~

Grate the soap and put it in a sauce pan.  Add 6 cups water and heat it until the soap melts.  Add the washing soda and the borax and stir until it is dissolved.  Remove from heat.  Pour 4 cups hot water into the bucket.   Now add your soap mixture and stir.  Now add 1 gallon plus 6 cups of water and stir.  Let the soap sit for about 24 hours and it will gel.  You use ½ cup per load.

**A few things to note about the soap**

~The finished soap will not be a solid gel.  It will be more of a watery gel that has been accurately described as an "egg drop noodle soup" look.

~The soap is a low sudsing soap.  So if you don’t see suds, that is ok.  Suds are not what does the cleaning, it is the ingredients in the soap.

Gather up as many containers as you can find before you even think of starting this.  I had saved some large pump bottles that lotion came in.  The gel is loose enough to pump through these.  I used a kitchen funnel to get it into those containers and into an empty liquid laundry soap jug.

Don't be afraid of what pan you use to melt the soap.  It rinses out easily.