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For Christmas this year I made home made goats milk soap and laundry soap for friends and family. While I can't gift that to you, I thought I would pass along the very easy recipe for the laundry so you guys can benefit if you're so inclined.

If you'd like my goats milk soap recipe I'm happy to share that as well.

For Christmas this year I made home made goats milk soap and laundry soap for friends and family. While I can't gift that to you, I thought I would pass along the very easy recipe for the laundry so you guys can benefit if you're so inclined. If you'd like my goats milk soap recipe I'm happy to share that as well.

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Don't mess with all of that. Soapberry trees or soapwort. Literally grow your own soap.

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That is really awesome, the only drawback is you have to worry about it going bad after a short time. I like making five gallons and using at leisure without having to refrigerate.

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Freeze dry it.

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Freeze dry the made soap?

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Before I click this, is "Laundry Detergent" some kind of code for plastic explosive?

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How does this do in a HE washer?

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Works great, I don't put it in the dispenser though, just in with the clothes.

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I actually make my own and put it in a bucket. We use two bars of the fels napa, two containers of those really good smelling crystals (purex I think), baking soda, borax, and super washing powder. It makes quite a bit and lasts a long time as well. Much stronger than what is sold in the stores. I use a fine cheese grader to cut up the fels napa. Then I funnel it into the purex bottles to use.

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Yep almost same here. Amazing how much better it cleans.

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It really does. I actually use WD-40 degreaser for really bad clothes stains as well. It comes in a spray bottle, is cheap compared to stain remover, and doesn't hurt the clothes. Amazing what you can do when you just apply yourself.

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Kinda interested in your shelf stable recipe. Would you care to repost? Do you notice any ill effects on any specific types of fibers or colors?

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I haven't seen any bad effects from using it. We have broad fabrics and colors and haven't seen anything negative. We have actually seen a huge increase in the life of our clothes. We love it. It lasts a long time. Keep it in a nicely sealed bucket. Occasionally in the older mixture it wants to clump if exposed to humidity, but if you stir it it will break easily. If it clumps in the purex bottles just shake well.

Recipe is as follows:

2 bars of either fels naptha or zote. I use one of each, but zote bars are larger and smell really great. The pink are my favorite as compared to the white. You can tell from the packaging. I don't think there is a difference at all it just makes the mixture look better.

2 bottles of purex crystals. We use the lavender scented ones for smell and it helps to visually make sure the mixture is stirred well.

1 box Arm & Hammer Super Washing Soda Detergent Booster & Household Cleaner, 55oz.

1 container of Oxiclean versatile stain remover with the yellow lid. The 3lb container.

1 box of baking soda 4lb box.

1 box of 20 Mule Team All Natural Borax Laundry Detergent Booster & Multi-Purpose Household Cleaner. It is a 4lb box as well.

Make sure to finely grate the bars with some old cheap cheese grater. Mix it in equal parts and stir well. Then funnel back into the purex bottles and use the lid to measure out your pours. I use half a lid or less.

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So, visiting a friend's house he let me do my laundry there instead of going to the coin laundry. In the laundry room I found some very old and dried up soap I had made 20 years ago and given to his mom as a gift. She's gone now but the soap I made is still good and I use that now. I made it from olive oil.

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It never goes bad! I bet that brought memories back.

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Yah, It did dry out and I was surprised how much water I had left in the soap and it was browned a bit on the outside but it was still good soap for washing hands.

It makes me want to start making soap again but make it even better this time. At that time I didn't do any super fatting so it was a bit harsh. I think I will remill it since there's three bars of the old soap and some scraps the lady put in a jar. She was a bit of a hoarder so I have plenty of material to work with.

Just for general information, one trick I learned by experimentation was to remill soap with rubbing alcohol. What that gave me was a gooey sticky soap that was perfect for sticking framing screws into when I was putting fresh lumber to old dried out lumber in buildings I was doing remodeling work in.

See, you can't effectively use nails in old wood. Problems are that first off, old wood, especially in hot dry areas of California is very brittle and dried out.

Framing nails are designed for moist newly cut lumber that shrinks when it dries out and holds the nails very firmly. This can't happen with old wood. So, my work around is to use framing screws. However, the screws can snap off once you hit that old dried out lumber. Either snap off or just stop completely and you have to back them out and use a new screw as often by then you've damaged the head of the screw.

Instead, use the remilled soap I mentioned to smear on the threads and the screw will slide right into the grain with much less force. If you still want to use the soap for washing up, it works just as well for that also.

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That's very clever! Thanks for the tip!

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Where the fuck does one buy Borax and will it cause me to show up on yet ANOTHER fucking atf list?

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Laundry soap aisle in most grocery stores. Washing soda is right next to it.

If you're on lists now, I'm certain this won't add you to any new ones.

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Thanks, maybe I'll try it. What's your goats milk soap recipe?

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Goats milk, honey, fine bits of rolled oats, 10% each almond, avacado, castor, and 30% coconut oil, 40% lard, lye, and optional white kaolin clay at 1 teaspoon/# oils. Standard 5% super fat. It makes a lovely bar that smoothes and soothes skin. My cousin called last night to tell me I'm her official goat milk soap dealer because she's never had smooth skin after a shower due to severe dry, cracked skin issues until she used one of these.

They're easy to make and cost about a dollar to two each depending on where you source your supplies. You can use anything for a mold if you don't care about how it is shaped.

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Fels Napa, rubbed on any stain will get it out.

If you need softener, use 5 cups water & 3 cups white vinegar then add 1 cup hair conditioner (suave works best) for scent. Works great and is cheap. You can add that to washer or cut up a sponge in 4 pieces, dip it in this mixture and throw the wet sponge in the dryer.

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Is there an HE version of this? We just got a new washer.

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It's the same. This mix doesn't create much suds at all, even when using a hand mixer at max speed. I use a cup in my HE several times a day and have been doing it for years without any issues. I'm on septic, too.

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What kind of oils work well in the mix?

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Do you mean the goats milk soap?

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No, the detergent where you said optional scent/essential oil.

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Oh! Well I enjoy lemongrass, my friend enjoys lavender. Orange or lemon is optional also but those tend to fade quickly. I have tried peppermint too. Really any essential oil you enjoy is probably ok. Some people will purchase scents for soap making, I do have a couple like mango coconut or tobacco and leather that would be alright.

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