Homemade laundry detergent is so easy to make! Do you like to use your crafting abilities to save yourself money? Like a lot of money? Oh yes, it is absolutely possible! If you are drooling at the idea of using your creativity to save yourself some money, then make sure to try this new recipe as soon as possible! Have you ever made homemade laundry detergent? Like I said, it is a huge money saver to create your own instead of buying a name brand or expensive brand of laundry detergent from the grocery store. As an added bonus you can scent it with your very favorite fragrance! So here is a brand new recipe we have created for our Powdered Laundry Detergent!
Ingredients:
544 grams of Palm Oil
1270 grams of Coconut Oil 76
294 grams of Lye
2 Silicone Soap Molds 4 Leaf Molds
689 grams of distilled water
525 grams of Baking Soda
288 grams of Borax
56 grams of Snuggable Fragrance Oil
Mixing Bowls
Food Processor
Scale
Mixing Bowls
Mixing Spoons
Ziploc Bags
Crock Pot (Make sure this is not a crock pot that you will not use again for food because of the fact that you are using lye in this recipe.)
Stick Blender
Burlap Bag
Decorating Ribbon
Safety Masks
Safety Gloves
Safety Goggles
Directions:
Always make sure to wear your safety equipment when working with lye!
First, weigh out your 544 grams of Palm Oil and 1270 grams of Coconut Oil 76 and mix them together carefully. Turn your crock pot onto the lowest setting and then you can pour your oils into the crock pot.
Next you will start your lye. Start by weighing out 689 grams of water. Then carefully add your 294 grams of lye to your water. Never add water to lye, always add the lye to water! Then mix it together carefully.
After your lye water is mixed, you can pour it into the crock pot with your oil mixture and then put the lid on the crock pot. Next, let it sit on the lowest setting for about two hours until it reaches the consistency of mashed potatoes. Make sure to stir it occasionally.
When it reaches the mashed potatoes consistency, place the soap into the molds and let it set so it can set up.
Once the soap is set up, break it up into pieces.
Heat your oven to 400 degrees Fahrenheit and then put 525 grams of baking soda into a clear cake pan and bake the baking soda in the oven for about half an hour to make washing soda. This changed the chemical composition of the baking soda to washing soda.
After the 30 minutes is over, your baking soda should now be washing soda. Using a mixing bowl, weigh out and mix together 525 grams of the washing soda and 288 grams of borax.
In the food processor, grind up 312 grams of the broken up soap with a few tablespoons of the borax and washing soda mixture.
Then pour the soap, 56 grams of Snuggable Fragrance Oil, and the rest of washing soda and borax mix into the ziplock bag. Seal the bag and shake it all up! Once it is all shaken up, you can pour the powder into a sandwich baggy.
Finally, put the sandwich baggy into the burlap bag and decorate with your ribbon! Your Powdered Laundry Detergent is now ready for you to enjoy!
Make sure to also check out our free recipes for our Delicate Powdered Laundry Detergent, our Heavy Duty Laundry Soap, and our Delicate Laundry Soap! And check out our free Baking Soda Class as well! Enjoy them all and be sure to watch for more Enlightened by Layla!
