Thank you so much! It's so rewarding to know others appreciate my diy's!
Is this a recipe I could use to grate up and wash my clothes in?! I've been looking all around the web for a recipe to make my own, authentic laundry soap and I haven't really found one (except yours). All of the other powder soap recipes I found require a 5oz bar of vegan soap plus borax and washing soda. It is getting expensive buying the vegan soap (I won't use Fels Naptha or any other petrolatum based soaps)!
Thank you for posting this one! I haven't made my own soap yet but am hoping to use this recipe for my first batch! Where can I buy the soybean and palm oil at?!
This is not meant to be grated down. This is specifically for hand washing clothes or spot treating clothes before washing. There are lots of soapmaking suppliers online. I link to a wonderful organic/fair trade supplier within the recipe.
Sorry, I have another question!
How could I manipulate the recipe to make 5 oz bars?
You would simply cut the bars larger from the loaf for 5 oz. bars.
Hi, I do not wish to use soybean oil for anything. Do you know what I could substitute in this recipe? Thank you so much!
You can sub any basic oil of your choice, however, you'll need to run the recipe with the change through a lye calc to determine the correct amount of lye and water to use.
I have been looking for a laundry/stain bar recipe for a long time and was having no luck until I happened on your site. Also, I didn't have any soybean oil and was trying to figure out what I could substitute. Nice to know that any basic oil will work and that there isn't anything that makes soybean oil, specifically, necessary for a stain bar. Thank you!
May I ask what you dislike about soybean oil?
I have been meaning to make my own laundry and stain soap for some time now and I am going to try making this as well! Thank you rebecca.
Does the palm oil color the bar orange?
No. My bars turned out pretty white.
What can I use as a substitute for borax or can I just leave it out?
Borax is what helps get the stains out as it's a laundry booster.
Thanks so much for directions to make a stain removal bar. I've been wanting to make some. It's an unusual product.
What could I substitute for the palm oil? Shea butter or Mango butter (they have some of the same qualities as palm oil)? Or could you use all hydrogenated soybean oil (however it wouldn't contribute much to the hardness of the bar)?
You can sub the palm oil with lard.