# Making Laundry Gel
Before World War II, many people made their own soaps. After the war, commercial detergents became popular. You can mix common ingredients to form a gel that will wash your clothes for a fraction of the cost of commercial laundry detergent. Making your own homemade laundry gel is one way to keep a little money in your wallet.
Things You'll Need
- Bar soap
- Kitchen grater
- Large pot
- Spoon
- 1 cup washing soda
- 1/2 cup borax
- Gallon container
Instructions
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Grate a bar of soap with a regular kitchen grater. One bar of soap should create about 2 cups of soap flakes. Although you could use these flakes for washing clothes, they tend to leave soap scum on the laundry, especially in hard water.
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Pour the soap flakes into a large pot, and add 2 cups of water. Heat the mixture over a medium flame, stirring constantly with a plastic or metal spoon until the soap dissolves.
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Pour 1 cup of washing soda and 1/2 cup of borax into a gallon container. Pour in the melted soap slowly. Stir the mixture until the powders dissolve.
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Mix in 2 1/4 quarts of warm water, and cover the container. The mixture will gel as it sits.
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Add 1/8 cup of the gel to wash a normal laundry load.
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