non toxic laundry products [7 generation] anyone try it??

[banslug]

I have to admit that I'm intrigued by all this. I've got a ton of questions, too, lol.

Janie-are you able to point us in the direction of a book, website, anything that would 'allow' us to find a recipe?

As for white vinegar...do you use it full strength, say in a spray bottle? Or do you dilute it first? And...it sounds like you can use straight distilled vinegar on pretty much ANYTHING and it disinfects? Am I reading you all correctly?

I'd LOVE to see some 'recipes' on how to make my own laundry detergent, dishwasher soap, cleaning/disinfecting cleansers, bleaches, etc.

WOW!

Gayle

 

[janiejoey]

Here's the recipe,

Here is my recipe for 4 (5 oz.) very wonderful hard bars of soap. Never use aluminum bowls, pots, or spoons (NO ALUMINUM). It will contaminate your soap. Use plastic and glass only. No wood either. It could leave splinters in the soap.

4 oz. of very cold water
2.25 oz. of lye (sodium hydroxide, at Chem Lab Supplies 602-220-9011)
8 oz of soybean oil (can get this at Costco)
4.8 oz. of coconut oil (supper markets have this)
3.2 oz. of Palm Oil (their are many suppliers on the internet)

Use a 2 c. container and place 4 oz. of water in it. Get a larger bowl and put ice and water in it. Then the bowl with the 4 oz of water, place it on top of the bowl with ice and water.

Use goggles to protect your eyes from splashing lye, and plastic gloves to protect your skin.

Slowly add the lye crystals to the 4 oz. of water and stir until dissolved. Put it aside.

I got a bamboo silver ware drawer from Wall Mart that measures 2" x 12". Cut a plastic garbage bag that fits this drawer with at least 2" of it draping all sides. Make sure you smooth it all around before placing your mixture into it.

Using a 4 c. container, Pour the soybean oil in it. Melt the coconut and Palm oil in the microwave and pour this mixture into the container as well.

By now your lye and water mixture will be cool enough to use.

Using a hand blender inside the bowel with the oil, turn it on and slowly pour the lye mixture into the oils. After thats done, keep blending until the whole mixture turns to a thin pudding. From there transfer this mixture to your lined mold.

You now have soap. Let it cool for several hours and check to see if you can lift it out. If you can, then take it out of the mold, put it on a cutting board, spread the plastic out. Use a knife to cut into 4 equal portions. Cure it from 4 to 6 weeks, and use.

Some of you might think that that I'm using a chemical. Yes, but when the oil and lye mix together, it no longer is oil and no longer lye. It is soap. With a by product in it called glycerin.

Hope this helps, have fun with it.

Janie

The idea is to die young as late as possible

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[kathryn]

FYI:
I was cleaning off a bookshelf today, and guess what I found? A book called "Clean and Green" (485 ways to clean, polish, disinfect, deodorize, launder, remove stains--even wax your car without harming yourself or the environment). Lots of homemade recipes, and lists of commercial products that are environmentally sound.

The price tag says $9.95, but I probably got it for a bit less from Amazon.

Guess I should clean more often. Who knows what I'll find next?

 

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