Coastal Cottage Laundry Soap

Are you tired of what is in the commercial laundry detergents? Would like to control what is in your detergent?  Here is a recipe called Coastal Cottage Laundry Soap from Wholesale Supplies Plus that you may want to look into.  This recipe is done in two stages. First one must make a batch of cold process soap.  Once that batch has cured, then you can proceed to the next stage of the recipe.  If you do not want or have never made a batch of cold process soap, you can purchase a cold process bar of soap.

Natural Laundry Soap + Natural Dryer Sheet Recipe

Did you know that you can use any of your lye heavy cold process soap that you may have on hand use for homemade laundry soap?  Yes, you can.  Lye-heavy is too hard for your skin but it works great on dirty clothes that need extra cleaning.  Would you like to find out how to make homemade laundry soap?  I found this posting from The Soap Queen called Natural Laundry Soap + Natural Dryer Sheet Recipe that tells you how to do it.

Homemade Laundry Soap Tutorial From Sew Much Ado

If you are interested in making your own laundry soap, I found this Laundry Soap Tutorial  from Sew Much Ado.  There are many recipes out there, but if you have not found one you like, then you may want to try this one out for size.  If you have a recipe you like to share that maybe better than this one, then if you would share your experiences.

Make Your Own Laundry Soap Tutorial

Little by little, I am being more enviromentally conscience.  I always wanted to learn how to make my own laundry soap.  Well, I found a recipe that I am interested in trying. Here is a simple recipe that has nice step by step tutorial with pictures. 

http://www.mummydeals.org/2009/12/making-your-own-laundry-soap-for-7-per.html

If anyone has a recipe they would like to share, please let me know about it. Even the horror stories.

Cold Laundry Soap Recipe

Making soap can be dangerous. You use lye which is caustic. Follow the directions carefully and use safety precautions. You might want to read my other soap making posts for additional information on the procedure. Never make soap with small children around and make it in a well ventilated area. Lye can burn the skin and the fumes are nasty ! USE LYE SAFETY ! Rubber gloves and goggles are recommended

This is a simple recipe for Cold Laundry Soap that works wonderfully. However Melissa might have a story or two about the hazards of grating the soap, as fingers and knuckles often get in the way ! Melissa was always the laundry soap grater person in our family and did a wonderful job but I don't think it was a job she was anxious for.

Cold Laundry Soap
2 quarts strained rendered beef fat. I prefer to use the fat around the kidneys as its harder and whiter
1 can lye (16 oz)
1/2 cup ammonia
2 Tablespoons borax dissolved in 1/2 cup water.

Combine the lye and water in a glass jar.... it will heat up fast so be careful

Stir until dissolved. Cool the lye water solution to 98 degrees. I do that by putting the jar in a sink filled with cold water and ice.

Cool the melted beef fat to 98 degrees also

Add the lye water into the beef fat and stir well. Add the ammonia and the borax and continue to stir until it is as thick as honey.

Pour into wooden mold or a glass baking pan that has been coated with a light coating Vaseline.

I usually cut into bars after 24 hours, let harden in a dry place.

Gate and use after 3 weeks time.


Source: http://morningramble.blogspot.com/2008/03/cold-laundry-soap-recipe.html