[SPAM] laundry soap recipe w/liquid castile question

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Merinda Wrote:

 

Afternoon all,

 

I use scraps, DOS soaps and anything else I want to get rid of to make my

laundry or dishwashing soap. For Laundry I use about 2 kilos of soap scraps,

375 grms of Washing soda and the same of bicarbonate of soda plus about 10-20

grms of caustic soda (this is because my soaps are 5% superfat and I need a

balance. With each load I add vinegar into the 'conditioning cycle'. I don't

add fragrance.

 

I make this blend up in a 20 litre drum and add as much water as I want. I

use about a cup or less per full load.

 

For dishwashing I just put a DOS or other bar of soap in a glass jar and let

the water run over it until I have the amount of soap solution I want.

 

Easy enough.

 

In a similar vein, I use brown vinegar to cleanse my machine every few months,

the amount of scum and stuff it removes is incredible. Just 1/2 cup into the

smalles size load you can run with cold water and go through full cycle.

For washing I too use the washing soda crystal to which I add several drops of

T-Tree oil which acts as an antibacterial working very well.

 

I also use a liquid detergent made by Down to Earth (sorry about the

advertisment) which is phosphate free and not tested on animals at all. I add a

few drops of eucalyptus to this and have a wonderful cleanser with the added

bonus of the softeing effects of the eucy as well as the antibacterial

properties. This uses about 1/2 cup per load and I also use it on my floors,

just a few drops, as a toilet cleaner and as a window cleaner (about 3 drops to

5lt water is enough).

 

I love using good old fashioned hard soap (it is yellow usually) for stubbirn

stains just giving a rub or as you say use the soap holder to make a froth for

dishwashing and clothes as well.

 

a few drops of blue colour is wonderful to add brightness to whites, add it to

the water before the clothes though unless you want a few blue stains.

 

LOL

Lelsie

 

I dont have enough soap scaps to ever collect that much.

 

 

 

 

Regards

Merinda