everyone has one and i had a great one until we moved. here's the u.s. version that i used for a few years and loved. it lasted forever and didn't cost much at all.
i'm not really a pattern or recipe person so i simplified my down to basic - pour the whole box, grate all the soap, mix, use.
approximately equal parts of each, like i said not much for measuring so 2 small boxes, equals one big. i don't want extra open boxes sitting around so i just used the whole box. its laundry soap not quiche, it'll do a great job either way.
washing soda*
borax
bars of soap. i used 1 fels-naptha and 2-3 ivory, depending on whether the big bars or little bars were on sale. fels naptha was kind of expensive sometimes so then i left it out and just used ivory.
* (bake baking soda on a cookie sheet at *400 until it all changes texture
to get washing soda. you'll have to move it around some to get all of
it. haven't tried this yet but i thought i would pass it on anyway.
anyway, mix it all up in a bucket or whatever your keeping it in. i used 1 tbs for each load. a little more for my husband's work clothes that came home literally caked with mud and\or concrete.
we had really soft water in our area so i didn't need anything else. i've heard that a tbs of salt in the load helps with the hard water. here in germany, the water is horribly hard and i've been using salt and a half cup or so of vinegar in the rinse. i have yet to find borax here and baking soda is more expensive so i'm working on a new german recipe. if anyone has suggestions, i'd love to hear it.
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