Miscellaneous_: Fels Naptha Laundry Soap

Thanks to Debby & Amy for this Frugal Baby Tip!

Recipe By : Annette Bowser
Categories : Laundry Soap Recipes

Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method
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water
1/3 bar Fels Naptha soap -- grated
1/2 cup washing soda
1/2 cup borax

Felz Naptha - Put in a pan with 3 pints of water, and heat until
dissolved: 1/3 bar Fels Naptha Laundry Soap, grated, Stir in: 1/2 cup
Washing soda, 1/2 cup Borax. Mix until it thickens like honey.

Remove from heat. In a two gallon bucket, put 1 quart of hot water,
then add the soap.

Mix. Fill bucket with cold water. Mix until well blended. Set aside
for 24 hours. It will gel up. Use 1/2 cup for each load

From Amy: One more thing: when I make laundry soap with this, I get
roughly 36 loads out of one bar of soap. I pay $1 for Fels Naptha,
and the A&H Washing Soda is $1.87/box (about 8 c. per box, or about
23 cents/cup).

So I spend about $1.23 for 36 loads of laundry, or about 3.4
cents/load. And it takes less time to mix up a batch of laundry soap
than it does to jump in the car, run to the store, and buy it. And
the Fels Naptha cleans better than anything I've tried, with no
allergic reactions for my kids.



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