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DIY Laundry Soap – Laundryonaise

July 1, 2014 by Tiffany Davis 8 Comments

DIY Laundry Soap has never been easier!  I finally found a recipe I liked – And NO COOKING!  Not powder that gets all clumped up and not liquid that spills everywhere.  I call this DIY Laundry Soap Laundryonaise because it looks like a jar of mayo.  This simple recipe took less than 15 minutes, tops, to put together and washes like a champ!

DIY Laundry Soap - Laundryonaise by ImperfectlyHappy.com

 DIY Laundry Soap

I’m using it in my HE machine without issue (just don’t put it in the soap dispenser).  The ingredients for the jars were under $10 and I have LOTS of Borax and Washing Soda left to make more.  I would say the 2 jars combined if this DIY Laundry Soap were about $1.80 each, making each load just pennies.

DIY Laundry Soap - Laundryonaise by ImperfectlyHappy.com

I found all these ingredients in the laundry aisle of my grocery store.

DIY Laundry Soap – Ingredients

  • 1 Fels-Naptha Bar
  • 1 cup of Arm & Hammer Washing Soda (NOT baking soda)
  • 1 cup of Borax Laundry Booster
  • 10 – 20 drops of essential oils (optional)
  • 2 1-quart mason jars with lids
  • Hot Water
  • Blender

DIY Laundry Soap – Directions

  • Heat up 3 cups of water to almost boiling
  • Cut your Fels-Naptha Bar in half.  Then take each half, one at a time, and dice it up into small pieces.
  • Add one of the diced 1/2 bar to each of the mason jars
  • Pour 1.5 cups of the nearly boiling water over the diced soap in each of the mason jars.
  • Let this sit overnight.

When you wake up in the morning your jars will look like this.
DIY Laundry Soap - Laundryonaise by ImperfectlyHappy.com

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DIY Laundry Soap – The Next Steps

  • Heat up another 2 cups of water (truth be told I just filled my tea kettle).  DIY Laundry Soap - Laundryonaise by ImperfectlyHappy.com
  • Now take a butter knife and loosen the gelled soap concoction in the jars.
  • With a canning funnel, if you have it, add 1/2 cup of Borax & 1/2 cup of Washing Soda to each mason jar
  • Add the hot water to just before the ring of the jar
  • Gently incorporate everything with the butter knife and add (1 jar at a time) the ingredients to your blender
  • Add 5 – 10 drops of essential oil if you wish
  • Whip until it is the consistency of mayonnaise
  • Clean out the jar and add the Laundryonaise back in
  • Do this with the second jar
  • Add the lids and you’re ready to go

DIY Laundry Soap - Laundryonaise by ImperfectlyHappy.com

 

 

 

 

 

 

To use simple get a heaping spoonful and add that directly to your washer.  I put mine on a washcloth that was going in the washer.  You can use a less for smaller loads.

DO NOT PUT DIRECTLY INTO YOUR SOAP DISPENSERS!

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