Laundry Soap

This makes a lot!  Most of the ingredients can be found in the detergent, fabric softener, household cleaners aisle.  Baking soda may be found there but if not try the baking aisle.
The bar soap can be purchased at Wal-Mart, Lowes, hardware stores, grocers, discount stores, etc.
** Note that there are 2 types of Arm & Hammer products in the mixture: A&H Baking Soda and A&H Washing Soda.

•  1 (4 lb 12 oz)  Borax
•  1 (3 lb 7 oz)   Arm & Hammer Super Washing Soda
•  1 (about 4 lb) Arm & Hammer Baking Soda 
• I found a 5 lb bag in the cleaning section of Wal-Mart 
• 1 (3 lb)  Oxy-Clean 
• optional, but highly recommended
• 2 (14.1 oz)  Bars of Zote Soap 
• pink or white, or Fels Naptha, Ivory, Dove or any combination of them together.  Its your recipe so use what you want or have available.

* Note if you can't find the exact size boxes/packages, just get close or buy more of smaller sizes to get close to the amount listed.  It isn't that important to be accurate.

 

Use a hand grater (be careful!) or food processor if you have one. Do not use a hand mixer. Use a large mixing bowl to grate into and use the fine side of the grater. I only had one bar of the Zote (pink) soap on hand, so I had some bits of Fels Naptha, Dove and 1/2 of another Zote (white) bar that I "borrowed" from my husband.   Its not a precise recipe, a bit of this and a bit of that.  As long as it cleans your clothes that is all that matters.  

2.  Mixing
Use a large bucket (we bought a 5 gallon one at Wal-Mart for a few dollars in the paint section) Pour some of each ingredient into the bucket, layering and stirring.  Then repeat.  It works better to add it in bits like this and stir than to  dump all together and then try to stir.  

3.  Pouring
Use a funnel to pour into your jar or bottles.  You might need a slender stick, straw or pencil to push it through the funnel if the soap bits clog it. 

This smells so good!     Use one to two tablespoons per load.