Liquid Laundry Soap making process

Time: 20 minutes

Shelf-life: indefinitely (it's soap silly)

Tools: measuring cup (dry and liquid), about a 7 L pail, spoon, large saucepan

, empty jugs or containers for storage
 (or scoop from the pail)

Caution:

 read about green cleaning ingredients, before you start. Always store your ingredients away from kids and pets, label your finished product, and make your soap away from food and use gloves if you have sensitive skin (washing soda is particularly caustic).

Ingredients for liquid laundry soap

125 ml (1/2 cup) borax (look in the laundry soap isle of your grocery store)

125 ml (1/2 cup) washing soda (It's not baking soda and can be more challenging to find. Check health food stores or organic grocery stores.)

250 ml (1 cup) soap granules (Check health food stores or organic grocery stores or grate a bar of eco-friendly soap)

7 litres of water

Optional:

 10-
20 drops essential oil (e.g., lavender, sweet orange, tea tree, lemongrass for their anti-fungal and anti-bacterial properties)

Instructions

Fill a large saucepan fill with regular tap water, about 2 litres. Add soap granules and heat until diluted. While your water and soap granule mixture is boiling add borax and washing soda to your pail. Fill your pail half full of hot tap water and stir. When soap mixture is ready add it to your pail and top up pail with more water. Stir. Add essential oils last. Stir. Let cool. You can store the mixture in the pail and scoop out 125 ml (1/2 cup) per load or pour solution into containers — reuse your laundry soap container.

The soap will become a gelatin-like mixture and some liquid will separate. Don't fret, this is normal. I like this liquid recipe because it works awesome in the cold water cycle.