Patrick richardson the laundry guy book2/28/2023 ![]() ![]() So far it is working well and we are very happy with it. Zote has a slightly citrusy smell, which I like better than the smell of Fels-Naptha. I use a tablespoon or two, depending on how dirty the clothes are and how big the load is. I put that into a container and repeated these steps with the other half of the Zote bar. I added in 1 1/2 cups of Borax and 1 1/2 cups of Washing Soda and processed again so that it mixed together nicely. I cut each half into three rectangles so that it would fit nicely into the chute of my food processor.īetween the grating disc and the spinning S-blade, the soap was processed into nice granules. Grating soap (and inevitably knuckles) is not my favorite chore.Ī bar of Zote soap is pretty massive, so I cut it in half and did two batches. If I would have thought of that, I would have made it months ago. Thanks to Celeste’s comment (on the post I mentioned above), I decided to make the laundry soap in my food processor. 3 cups Washing Soda (I use Arm & Hammer, but it’s not baking soda.1 Bar of Zote, finely shredded (14.1 oz).After a little research I decided on a recipe. I didn’t have a full bar of Fels-Naptha, but I did have some Zote. It was time.Īfter the laundry discussion in the comments of the debt discussion on making sacrifices, I decided to try a powder this time, which seemed much less daunting. I had laundry waiting and I had all the ingredients on hand. Several months ago I ran out of our liquid detergent and I bought some commercial detergent to tide us over (no pun intended) until I could make some more. We just made sure to shake it up before using it. We stored it in a 3- or 5-gallon bucket in our mudroom, then ladled it into an empty commercial laundry detergent bottle. ![]() I originally opted for the liquid version because it made more detergent than the powder for the amount of the ingredients used. If you’ve used the liquid version of Fels-Naptha, Borax, and Washing Soda, you know the gelatinous chunks of which I speak. I use the word “liquid” loosely because it was somewhere between a solid and a liquid. During law school I learned to make my own laundry detergent. ![]()
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