Comments on: Homemade Laundry Soap Recipe

By: Kimberly @ Raising Olives

Kimberly @ Raising Olives — Wed, 16 May 2012 13:12:35 +0000

Vinegar has been used for centuries for culinary and medicinal purposes, both topically and internally. I’m sure that vinegar can cause some irritation in certain circumstances, but simply coming into contact (or even ingesting) a 10:1 water to vinegar solution that we use in our cleaning has caused no such problems for us.

I can not say that for typical store bought disinfectants. If my child ingested one of those cleaners, I would call poison control immediately.

By: Susan

Susan — Wed, 16 May 2012 02:46:00 +0000

The fizzing you see when adding vinegar and baking soda together is the same reaction that is used for a child’s volcano. After the chemical reaction you end up with three worthless by-products for cleaning

1. Salt (sodium acetate)
2. Water
3. Carbon dioxide

This reaction is doing nothing for you then waste money. Instead just add 1/2 to 1 cup vinegar straight to your washer during the rinse cycle.

By: Susan

Susan — Wed, 16 May 2012 02:35:44 +0000

Instead of lemonade use lemon peel or lemon oil.

By: Susan

Susan — Wed, 16 May 2012 02:32:55 +0000

i must challenge you a little bit how is vinegar different from any other household cleaner when it comes to safety? We’ve been using it to do millions of house hold things over the years but it is still a strong acid like store bought cleaners. Vinegar can do damage to clothes, skin, eyes and lungs if it’s not treated with respect as well as diluted significantly.

By: Amy Miller

Amy Miller — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 02:27:47 +0000

I just saw your laundry soap recipe. You commented about the soap getting lumpy. I have a suggestion: you can buy a paint stirrer that attaches to your power drill (we got ours at our local hardware store for around $10). It works great! (I make laundry soap in a 5 gal. pail.)

By: Kimberly @ Raising Olives

Kimberly @ Raising Olives — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 13:27:34 +0000

I haven’t had any trouble with dark clothes fading.

By: A States

A States — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 22:05:43 +0000

Has anyone had problems with your dark clothes fading when using homemade laundry soap? My kids uniforms include dark colors, so I’m curious. Currently I use generic/store brand baby shampoo for cold water wash when doing their uniforms. Thanks.

By: Kimberly @ Raising Olives

Kimberly @ Raising Olives — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:16:24 +0000

I’m not positive on this, but my assumption would be that natural soaps would work fine. Perhaps you can ask the soap maker or do some research on Google.

We use mostly all natural home-made soaps, but haven’t switched to those for laundry soap yet. We hope to begin making our own soap and then using that for laundry as well.

Let us know what you find out.

By: Kimberly @ Raising Olives

Kimberly @ Raising Olives — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:14:11 +0000

I don’t have an HE washer, but other commentors on this post have said that it works fine.

By: mc

mc — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 16:36:00 +0000

I am interested to know this as well:)

By: Sally K.

Sally K. — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 04:37:47 +0000

I just made my first batch using the same bar soap shown in the pictures. I’m totally excited but the more I get into this type of ‘stuff’ I’m wondering…I buy handmade all natural/herbal soaps online. I love their scent and lack of processed chemicals. They contain olive, palm, coconut and castor oils as well as beeswax, grapefruit seed extract, essential oils and herbs and sometimes raw oatmeal. Does anyone have experience using a bar of this soap for this recipe? I would like to go all natural as well as budget/earth friendly and this would be the ideal way to do it. Thanks!

By: mc

mc — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 02:47:53 +0000

Does this recipe work for “He” washers? Sorry if this is a repeat question, but I tried to look through the questions and didn’t see it. Thank you! mc:)

By: jeng

jeng — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 05:41:36 +0000

i have question. how many cups of water did you put in the pan with grated soap. beside of a 2 gallon of water. thank you for this laundry soap recipe. i will try this one.

how can i follow you at facebook for more homemade recipe? i dont have twitter.

By: peaches

peaches — Sat, 22 Oct 2011 13:13:27 +0000

These receipes are not supposed to make alot of suds. The suds are fluff(extra money, just for looks), that’s what my boyfriend calls stuff like that. lol. You are probably using to much.

By: peaches

peaches — Sat, 22 Oct 2011 13:00:15 +0000

check out tipnut’s list. there are comments on there about it

By: Kimberly @ Raising Olives

Kimberly @ Raising Olives — Mon, 27 Jun 2011 12:57:15 +0000

I’m not going to be much help on this. I read somewhere, sometime ago an article that brought up some questions about the safety of Borax. I don’t remember when and where and I don’t even remember the specific concerns. Sorry.

I use a mix of homemade and store bought household cleaners. We use a white vinegar and water mix for all sanitizing and for daily kitchen and bathroom cleaning, but for deeper weekly cleaning I use store bought products.

By: Foster Mamalion

Foster Mamalion — Sat, 25 Jun 2011 02:19:30 +0000

Oooh, I am now curious as to the Questions about Borax and Washing Soda. That is what I use, but I certainly want to be educated. I have used both powder and liquid. I am trying your recipe because of the simplicity of it and the questions of the other products. I am flexible and love to learn! Thanks for sharing. I make household cleaners, but am not happy with my all purpose one so I would love to hear about yours and if you are happy!

By: Raven

Raven — Sun, 29 May 2011 06:33:06 +0000

I love this recipe I had worries about the typical borax and washing soda recipe so I am beyond thrilled to try this. I was wondering if anyone had used zote laundry bar soap?

By: Nikki

Nikki — Sun, 08 May 2011 06:49:52 +0000

Oh my. lol I just read the comment above mine about the HE washer. haha! So ignore that question.

By: Nikki

Nikki — Sun, 08 May 2011 06:48:55 +0000

Kimberly,

I tried to read through all these comments to see if someone else addressed my questions, but phew, my eyes are tired! lol

Do you have a top-loader or a front-loader washer? Is there a difference in the amount to use?

Also, have you figured out how much it comes out to per load?

By: Kimberly @ Raising Olives

Kimberly @ Raising Olives — Wed, 16 Mar 2011 20:58:55 +0000

Hi Tara,

I don’t have an HE washer, but if you scroll through the comments on this post, you’ll get info from many who have.

By: Kimberly @ Raising Olives

Kimberly @ Raising Olives — Wed, 16 Mar 2011 20:53:36 +0000

See my response to Tara below.

By: Tara

Tara — Sun, 13 Mar 2011 01:35:03 +0000

My question is the same as Olivia’s! I have a HE front loader and am wary of using this unless it’s been tested I use the soda/borax combo in the dishwasher and LOVE it.

By: Olivia

Olivia — Sat, 19 Feb 2011 06:20:50 +0000

Has anyone used the recipe for an HE washer?

By: Tina

Tina — Tue, 08 Feb 2011 20:55:27 +0000

I love using natural cleaning products and this sounds great I am going to make some and give it a try. Another tip you may like is that instead of using harsh chemicals like bleach I add about 1-2 tbs of peroxide to the bleach dispenser. Works great for whites and colors! Also instead of fabric softner use white vinegar. It’s cheap and works great. I have noticed since I started using the peroxide in the bleach compartment my clothes are super soft!! Never again will I buy or use toxic bleach in my home!