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What to do about Laundry Soap when the SHTF?
Chief Pistol Packin' Mama on November 17, 2009 in Clothing, General prepping, Miscellaneous household, Recipes and cooking No Comments »Whether the S has HTF or whether you just want to save a few bucks on laundry, this recipe is AWESOME. I’ve been using this for about 8 months now and will never buy another expensive jug of Tide again. A friend shared this recipe with me so I wanted to pass it along to all of my Survival4Chicks friends. It works great and smells WONDERFUL! Even without the addition of essential oils. One batch of this laundry soap costs only about $3. I LOVE saving money, don’t you?!
Don’t forget…the ingredients are all things you can stock up on in advance of the SHTF so you won’t be without laundry soap later on!
Ingredients:
1 Fels-Naptha soap bar (found mine on Amazon)
1 Cup Washing Soda (also found this on Amazon)
½ Cup Borax (our Wal Mart carries this but if you can’t find it there, try this)
5 gallon bucket WITH LID
Tap water to fill
Directions:
Grate bar of soap and add to saucepan with water. Stir continually over medium-low heat until soap dissolves and is melted.
Fill a 5 gallon bucket half full of hot tap water. Add melted soap, washing soda and Borax. Stir well until all powder is dissolved. Fill bucket to top with more hot water. Stir, cover and let sit overnight to thicken.
Stir the mixture each time you fill a new container. Fill a used, clean, laundry soap dispenser half full with soap and then fill rest of way with water. Shake before each use. (will gel)
Optional: You can add 10-15 drops of essential oil per 2 gallons. Add once soap has cooled. Ideas: lavender, rosemary, tea tree oil.
Liquid soap recipe makes 10 gallons.
Top Load Machine- ⅝ Cup per load (Approx. 180 loads)
Front Load Machines- ¼ Cup per load (Approx. 640 loads)
