How to Launder With Homemade Soap

Creating homemade laundry soap will save you money while protecting you and your family from the dyes, perfumes and other irritants contained in some brands of commercial soaps. The ingredients required to create laundry soap are available at grocery and department stores for a fraction of the cost of their name-brand counterparts. Once you've mixed the homemade laundry soap, measure and add it in the correct proportion to ensure you are using enough to effectively clean your clothing.

2 bars of soap, 10 oz.
Cheese grater
Large plastic container
1 cup washing soda
1 cup boric acid powder
Wooden spoon
Plastic cling wrap

Instructions

- 1
  Grate two 10-oz. bars of mild soap over a large plastic container. Use a soap that does not contain dyes or perfumes.
- 2
  Add 1 cup washing soda and 1 cup boric acid powder, which you might find in grocery stores as 20 Team Mule Borax, to the plastic container.
- 3
  Stir the ingredients together with a wooden spoon until they are incorporated well. Cover the plastic container with a matching lid or plastic cling wrap to prevent any moisture from entering.
- 4
  Add the clothing to the washing machine and measure out enough powder based upon the size of the load or how soiled it is. For smaller loads, sprinkle 1 tbsp. of the mixture over the clothing. For a larger load or one that is very soiled, use 2 tbsp. of the homemade laundry soap.
- 5
  Wash the clothing according to the label's directions.

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