Thank you Sharon. By the looks of it I'll continue getting my laundry soap from EverGreenHerbals. Its good stuff.

can you use anthing else but castile soap like essential oils?

Or maybe some kind of unscented soap so you can add essential oils?

Please explain the difference between "essential" oils vs the scented oils I see in the craft stores. Thanks!

an essential oil is basically "direct from the plant" while scented oils are oil and artificial stuff.

I make a liquid soap using essentially the same ingredients. No worry about what temp of water to use. Google homemade laundry soap. I use the one with Fels Naptha soap (grate 1/3 bar per recipe) . One recipe makes 2 gallons of soap and you only use 1/2 c per load. I do love it!

I use 1 cup washing soda, 1 cup borax, and 1 bar fels-naptha grated into powder. You only need 1-2 TBSP per load and the clothes come out white and clean smelling. We love it at my house as no one is allergic to it! YAY!

I've been making homemade laundry detergent for quite some time. I cook it with water added to make a liquid and store it in old laundry detergent jugs. There are so many alternatives such as adding essential oils for good sniffing laundry. You might need to get used to the amount it takes when diluted, but I love it and it works in any temperature of water. My recipe doesn't call for baking soda, but will need to add that for my next batch. I also use a different soap to make a skin friendly detergent for my clothing and towels.

I grate up fels naptha bar soap. That equals a cup. Then I use 1/2 cup of borax, 1/2 cup of arm and hammer washing soda. 1/2 cup of powered non chlorine bleach. mix together. goes far. I also keep a partial bar of fels naptha to scrub out heavier stains.

I got this as a homemade Christmas gift from my Grandkids...:). And I just love it....

I use a similar recipe... I am a bit bothered by your use of bleach as an additive to your laundry, though - it can be such a destructive substance...

I use a similar recipe and like it also, but I grate the soup, whereas with yours it would be a lot easier just adding the liquid. I have used castile soap before but did not realize it came in liquid form! Thank you for sharing.

i've made this with fels naptha using a third of a bar and it works fine. i've also used it with powdered ivory snow when a store near here had a closeout sale

I absolutely love this! Thanks!

Where do you get the Castile soap ?

Thanks for responding - good to hear another viewpoint on bleach, going to research that! I don't use paper products either - but just wash my dish towels in hot water as a sanitizer... best wishes.... Laura

A little late, Nita, but thank you. Since I obviously did not know the difference, where would I find essential oil? Craft store, perhaps? Thanks.

Thanks, I'll go there =)

I made this over the weekend and I couldn't believe how much it made ... I gave some way and still enough to last me for a year. I was surprise that you only needed 2 Tablespoons per load... it did a great job. I had coupon for Oxy was it only cost me about $17.00 to make.

Thanks for your help, Chaya!

Easy way to purify your dish towels and wash clothes is simply boil them in a glass bowl in the microwave until they boil for a minute! Easy way to purify dish sponges too! This looks like a good recipe for clothes!

Is there anything that gets collars and cuffs of men's shirts really clean? I have tried every commercial pre-wash product there is, as well as OxyClean in the wash and even bleach. Collars and cuffs still look grimy. Help!!