This year I decided to make most, if not all, of the Christmas gifts I gave to people and one of the things I made was homemade laundry soap. I found a pin on pinterest that led me to a pretty simple recipe to make up a very large batch of soap.
While the original recipe calls for Zote Laundry Soap
Here’s the rest of the ingredients you’ll need:
- 1 Box of Borax (4lb 12 oz)
- 1 Box of Arm & Hammer Super Washing Soda (3lb 7 oz)
- 1 Box of Arm & Hammer Baking Soda (4 lb)
- 2 Bars of Zote
) soap (14.1 oz)
And for added optional stain fighting goodness a container of Oxiclean (3 lbs)
To mix the soap you’ll also need a bucket or tub, I used a wash basin because I happen to have it sitting around, I believe in the original post she recommends a 5 gallon bucket. You’ll also need a grater for the soap, I used the same grater I have for grating our cheese and then just soaked it and ran it through the dishwasher when I was done. So far no soapy tasting cheese 
And finally you’ll need a big wooden spoon or stick or something to stir this whole mess with.
You’ll need to grate the soap which I didn’t have too much trouble with and then I found the easiest way to mix things to be to layer the ingredients in the tub and then stir it up with my big spoon. Once that was complete I was able to fill up about 9 mason jars
full. I attached a pretty tag to them using some yarn and sent them off as gifts. I also added one of the washcloths I knitted to make a cute little cleaning gift pack.
You could also refill your Oxiclean
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