Let me begin this by saying I used 2 different pins on this one. The first one I was disatisfied with the results and the second one i was too but it appeared better at first. The second one does seem to work a little bit better once I adjusted some. Theres a third one I just found that make the powdered not liquid detergent. I may try that next.
Below you will find the directions to the second pin. The one that I used and kept
Update! IT WORKS!! Simply add a little bit more hot water & mix it up very good. It will stay liquid to use it.
Alright Here's What You'll Need:
1 bar of soap (I used Fels Naptha)
1 cup of Borax
1 cup of washing soda
a large pot to hold 2 gallong
a grater
a funnel
and a container for the finished product
Below you will find the directions to the second pin. The one that I used and kept
Update! IT WORKS!! Simply add a little bit more hot water & mix it up very good. It will stay liquid to use it.
Alright Here's What You'll Need:
1 bar of soap (I used Fels Naptha)
1 cup of Borax
1 cup of washing soda
a large pot to hold 2 gallong
a grater
a funnel
and a container for the finished product
To begin grate the bar of soap and place it in a pot of a gallon water. Cook until it's desolved. Next add the Borax and washing soda & bring to a boil. It should coagulate ( I didn't see that too much)
Turn off the heat & add one gallon cold water. Stir well. Pour detergent into container & your all done. I would suggest adding a little bit of hot water to this perhaps it will keep yours from going solid at all. Or you can add it later like I did.
The detergent works GREAT for my clothes. I have 2 small boys and I almost never have to use my stain spray these days.
Turn off the heat & add one gallon cold water. Stir well. Pour detergent into container & your all done. I would suggest adding a little bit of hot water to this perhaps it will keep yours from going solid at all. Or you can add it later like I did.
The detergent works GREAT for my clothes. I have 2 small boys and I almost never have to use my stain spray these days.
Both recipies are very similar. They require a bar a soap to be melted in
water. Though each pins have different kinds of soap. One says any kind of soap
you want. Another says Fels Naptha bar soap. I couldn't imagine any kind of soap
working so I opted for the Fels Naptha because its designed for laundry. Its
bright orange, which I wasn't expected but it smells GREAT.
Once you've melted the soap in water you'll mix in the designated amounts of
borax and washing soda. Both recipes then ask for more water.
Pin #1 tells you to let it
sit out overnight & it'll solidify into a watery gel mixture. Unfortunately
my became a solid mass on the top & a watery mess on the bottom. I tried
mixing it back togehter with a hand mixer but it became very lumpy and quite
yucky. So I poured it out & started over.
Pin #2 doesn't require
sitting out but once I put it in my jugs the results were the same a squishy
solid mass.
I'm excited to try this because
this would save my family hundreds of dollars a year. Think about it. Laundry
detergent for a larger jug at BJs Warehouse will cost you upwards of $25 even
with coupons. And I do ATLEAST one load of laundry a day if not more. Its a lot
of laundry detergent. I probably paid a total of $20 for the three products
required to make the detergent. I've made 2 large batches so far and I still
haven't put a dent in the Washing Soda and Borax boxes.
I will say with the 2nd pin recipe I was able to add
a little bit of hot water to the jug and shake it a little and it mix togther
and was no longer a solid but was a consistency that was useable. I washed my
first load of laundry with it today. No problems I can see. Now I only have to
figure out how to get water into the other larger jug and shake it up.
:)
My husband figured out that a little hot water makes it liquid again to use. So if yours turns solid add a bit of hot, I mean SUPER HOT, water and mix it well.
Oh well........ See you guys tomorrow!
water. Though each pins have different kinds of soap. One says any kind of soap
you want. Another says Fels Naptha bar soap. I couldn't imagine any kind of soap
working so I opted for the Fels Naptha because its designed for laundry. Its
bright orange, which I wasn't expected but it smells GREAT.
Once you've melted the soap in water you'll mix in the designated amounts of
borax and washing soda. Both recipes then ask for more water.
Pin #1 tells you to let it
sit out overnight & it'll solidify into a watery gel mixture. Unfortunately
my became a solid mass on the top & a watery mess on the bottom. I tried
mixing it back togehter with a hand mixer but it became very lumpy and quite
yucky. So I poured it out & started over.
Pin #2 doesn't require
sitting out but once I put it in my jugs the results were the same a squishy
solid mass.
I'm excited to try this because
this would save my family hundreds of dollars a year. Think about it. Laundry
detergent for a larger jug at BJs Warehouse will cost you upwards of $25 even
with coupons. And I do ATLEAST one load of laundry a day if not more. Its a lot
of laundry detergent. I probably paid a total of $20 for the three products
required to make the detergent. I've made 2 large batches so far and I still
haven't put a dent in the Washing Soda and Borax boxes.
I will say with the 2nd pin recipe I was able to add
a little bit of hot water to the jug and shake it a little and it mix togther
and was no longer a solid but was a consistency that was useable. I washed my
first load of laundry with it today. No problems I can see. Now I only have to
figure out how to get water into the other larger jug and shake it up.
:)
My husband figured out that a little hot water makes it liquid again to use. So if yours turns solid add a bit of hot, I mean SUPER HOT, water and mix it well.
Oh well........ See you guys tomorrow!
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