Laundry Soap and a "failed" batch of hot process

HOMEMADE LAUNDRY DETERGENT

Ingredients:

1/3 bar of homemade soap You can use Fels Naptha but it is loaded with synthetic, unhealthy chemicals.

1/3 cup of washing soda

1/3 cup of borax

All these ingredients will not pollute the environment.

Steps:

1. Grate soap with 6 cups of water and gently heat until the soap is melted.

2. Add washing soda and borax and stir until dissolved. Remove from heat.

3. Pour 4 cups of hot water into a bucket add heated mixture and stir. I use a 5 gallon bucket and double the recipe.

4. Add 1 gallon plus 6 cups of hot water and stir.

5. Let the soap sit for 24 hours and it will be gelatinous and is ready to use.

6. You may add 1/2 to 1 ounce of essential oil to each recipe. Orange and lemon are less expensive and clean smelling.

I thought I had a failed batch of my hot processed soap in Ocean City during our class and was going to try and see what I could do with it. When I checked on it the next morning, to my surprise, it was perfect and solid. Just thought it would be good to post so that people in the class can be encouraged that it is fool-proof!

 

-Lisa

 

Basic Soap

Everyone loves homemade soap! There is just no comparison to store bought. In our house, we love our homemade soap so much that we even hide it from each other!

There are so many different varieties we have made over the years: peppermint patty, oatmeal, fennel, coffee (just to name a few) but sometimes my favorite is just the plain unscented.

Here is one of the basic soap recipes we used to get started:

2 pounds coconut oil (76 degree)

2 pounds Palm oil (Not Palm Kernal)

2 pounds Vegetable oil

3 pounds Olive oil (Not Virgin)

18 oz. lye and 6 cups of distilled or rain water

Optional Additives: 

1 cup oatmeal (fine blend)

6 oz. fragrance

1 cup of dried flowers

Cocoa powder

Sea Salt

Coffee Grinds.... anything!!!

Oil and Lye mixture was be at 90 to 100 before mixing.

Mix until trace (smooth gravy) using a stick blender.

Once trace has occurred then put in any additives.

Pour into greased pans (we use coconut oil) or freezer paper lined and cover with a quilt

or heavy blanket for 24 to 48 hours. After this cut into shape
you want and let the bars set for 4-6 weeks before using. 

Make 8-9lbs

Now when we make soap we don't use vegetable oil due to it being genetically modified but when we first started it was helpful as we were just experimenting and it was cheap.