I was reading up on green cleaning and it was also saying that the soap was cheaper than store bought but cleaned just as well so I thought I would give it a shot. I just made some powdered but I could have made the liquid if I had a full box of borax.
So I used my food processor. 1 bar of soap(I used Irish Spring) shredded with my shredding blade on the processor and blend in the processor with 1 cup of borax, 1 cup of washing soda. I think I could actually use more dry to the bar of soap. I also added 1/2 cup of baking soda. It cleaned just as well as my tide but actually didn't leave a scent that I could tell once it came out of the dryer. The clothes didn't seem to be nearly as wrinkled (I didn't get them out until after I got home from bookclub so they did sit a bit)
I used 2 tablespoons. There was a scent when they came out of the washer if you were wondering. I might make a batch of the liquid and see how that goes. It makes 5 gallons and with a family of 5 I think it will still last a while. I think it calculates to about .03 a load versus .37.
kat
Me-53(and learning!) S24, S21, D18, D17 Just keep swimming, Just keep swimming. Dory
It is funny because I see myself as a nice person. I am extremely loyal , almost to a fault until you betray me and I don't love you anymore. Then the Leo that I am comes out. lol
Anyhow about a month ago, I noticed that K's live in cupcake moved back to NC. K though isn't changing his status or mentioning her at all. Yesterday on FB he changed his status to "It's complicated". You know the status we all chose while going through our respective divorces. Some friend pipes up that aren't all relationships (complicated)? and then his sister throws in that it might be more complicated then he thought because her status says "single". These people have been pretty slow here. The cupcake never changed her status the whole time they were together...always single. She never changed her job or even that she moved halfway across the country. She kept it as NC. She was never as all in as he was.( I know other things that support that, but just take my word).
So in the big picture of things, he is now me a few months back and Karma is paying him a visit. To make this even sweeter(in my wicked sense of humor) his daughter just recorded a song called "Christmas Karma".
kat
ps: yes, I still care about the big lug. Bad, kat.
Me-53(and learning!) S24, S21, D18, D17 Just keep swimming, Just keep swimming. Dory
Ok, so I am bad. I so wanted to answer his sister's reply on FB and say she always said single but didn't. I did post on my FB but not directly referring to "that situation". You know people usually want to kill the messanger or in this case the person that knocked off the rose colored glasses. best to let him figure it out on his own.
In case you are wondering, if he reads my wall, I doubt that eh will see himself even though he is a smart guy.
kat
Me-53(and learning!) S24, S21, D18, D17 Just keep swimming, Just keep swimming. Dory
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