* This makes 1/2 Gallon of Concentrate, which is 128 full loads of laundry!
* You only need 1 TBSP per load.
* Follow the directions Carefully, adding the ingredients at the wrong time will result in a grainy textured detergent that will not dissolve well in the washer.
1 bar Fels Naptha
1 cup 20 Mule Team Borax
1 cup Arm & Hammer Washing Soda
4 cups of hot water
15-20 drops Essential Oil per bottle.
Method:
- Put 4 cups of water in a medium saucepan over high heat. While that is heating, mix the borax and washing soda together in a bowl, mixing well, set aside.
- Grate the Fels Naptha. The easiest way to do this is to cut it into several smaller chunks and then run it through a food processor- otherwise, you can just grate it with a hand grater or shave it with a knife.
- Add the freshly grated soap to the water in the saucepan, stirring almost constantly. Reduce the heat to medium, It will take approximately 10 – 15 minutes for the Fels Naptha to complete dissolve. If it takes longer, your heat wasn't up high enough. Alternatively, you can melt the fels on the stove over low heat without water then add the water afterwards, stirring it in, as the original recipe called for. I find that it's much easier to melt IN the water. Absolutely do NOT let this Boil over, or you'll have a sudsy mess that you do NOT want to contend with!!
- Once the fels naptha has completely melted, remove the pan from the heat
and add in the Borax and the Washing Soda, stirring constantly until
the powders are completely dissolved, this will take about 3-5 minutes.
Do not under-stir
or your soap texture will be very grainy rather than smooth. (You can fee the "graininess" on the bottom of the pan, once you can't feel it, it's incorporated fully!) - Pour the liquid equally into (2) 1 quart Mason jars.
- Add just enough water to bring the contents up to the “shoulders” or Rounded part of the jar, leaving approximately 1 ½ inches of headspace.
- Put the lid on the jars and turn them UPSIDE DOWN and let them sit a
few hours (about 4 - 5 hours). The reason for this is that the soap is
going to Separate into layers while it's resting and occasionally will
form crystals on the bottom. Rather than waste these trying to scrape
them off, in the next step we're going to incorporate them easily! Btw,
if you leave it overnight it will have a slightly grainier texture than
if you whip it immediately after 4 hours.
- There are two ways to do this next step, depending on what you have for
equipment. Here's how I like to do it- unscrew the blade and bottom from
your blender and screw them onto your regular mouthed mason jar
containing all of your ingredients. Make sure to add your essential oils at this step so they get mixed in.
Place the entire mason jar on the blender and whip until smooth and creamy throughout, about a minute. Flip back over, unscrew the blender blade, attach a cover and seal.
How to Use:
Add 1 Tablespoon to a load of laundry in any type of machine, conventional, Front Loader, High Capacity & High Efficiency (HE), etc.
Do not add the detergent to the "detergent compartment" but instead directly with the dirty clothes. The detergent is Smooth and creamy with the same Look and consistency of Mayonnaise. Be sure to label the jar to prevent accidental ingestion!!
Loading Machine Directions
- Fill the machine with dirty clothes
- start the water, (hot- Cold- or warm- doesn't matter)
- Measure out 1 Tablespoon (literally) of super laundry sauce
- stick the measuring spoon of detergent under the running water, let it fall off the spoon.
- Close the washer lid, go away and do something else while the machine runs.
Front-loader Machine Directions:
- Fill the machine with dirty clothes
- Measure out 1 Tablespoon (literally) of super laundry sauce On Top of the dirty Clothes
- Close the washer, start it, go away and do something else while the machine runs.
