How do I make my own laundry soap and fabric softener?

Cindy
by Cindy

Recipe for laundry soap n fabric softener

  6 answers
  • Hi Cindy - I love this laundry detergent that we use. It's an all-natural DIY and made with safe ingredients. You can use it on an HE machine too. Hope this helps! Hugs, Holly

    https://pinkfortitude.com/laundry-detergent/

    PS - I'm getting ready to release a FREE eBook with recipes for all of my homemade and all-natural cleaners. If you want to know when it's released, you can get it here --> https://pinkfortitude.com/thank/

  • Pj Pj on Mar 22, 2019

    You have plenty of places to go for soap. I just wanted to add that I use white vinegar as a fabric softener. About 1/2 cup for a full load.

  • Lindsay Aratari Lindsay Aratari on Jul 30, 2020

    I use Young Living's Thieves cleaner

  • Chloe Crabtree Chloe Crabtree on Sep 04, 2021

    • LIQUID LAUNDRY DETERGENT
    • 3 pt
    • water
    • 1/3
    • bar fels naptha soap, grated
    • 1/2 c
    • washing soda (arm and hammer, not baking soda though)
    • 1/2 c
    • 20 mule team borax
    • 2 gal
    • bucket to mix it in
    • 1 qt
    • hot water

    Mix grated Fels Naptha soap in a saucepan with 3 pints hot water and heat on low until dissolved. Sitr in Washing Soda and Borax. Stir until it slightly thickens, and remove from heat.Add 1 quart hot water to the 2 gallon bucket. Add soap mixture, and mix well. Fill bucket with additional hot water to make 2 gallons and mix well.Set aside for 24 hours until mixture thickens. I try and stir it once and awhile. If you don't by the next day it is like jello and you just have to stir until it mixes. (might have to use your hands even). Use 1/2 cup of mixture per load

  • Chloe Crabtree Chloe Crabtree on May 26, 2023

    This recipe, made with simple ingredients, makes 1 gallon of homemade soap.

    • 1 cup borax (freshens, deodorizes, and lifts dirt and stains)
    • 1 cup washing soda (freshens and deodorizes)
    • 1 cup liquid castile soap or Sal Suds (the main cleaning agent, lifts dirt and cleans)
    • 50 drops essential oil (optional for a scent)
    • 15 cups water (distilled water, found in any grocery store, is best as it doesn’t contain containments found in tap or filtered water)