Hyde Handmade Soaps

For Laundry soap: 3 C. Borax 2 C. Soda Wash 2 C. Baking Soda 2 C. Laundry bar grated up as fine as you can get it.   Mix it all in a bucket, (it does about 90 loads of laundry) use 1/8 c. - 1/4 c. per load.   To help rinse the soap from your clothes and soften your clothes use vinegar in your rinse cycle instead of store bought fabric softener....your clothes won't smell like vinegar once they dry. You can add it to the dispenser right in your washer. I use the same amount of vinegar as store bought softener. Why Vinegar? It disinfects your clothes and washing machine, it softens your clothes, It helps keep your colors from fading, it will rinse out any soap residue left from your laundry soap and keeps your clothes from looking dingy....And fabric softener is full of LOTS of toxic chemicals, why would you want that? I know there are a lot of different ways to make laundry soap but this is what I use and like. Let me know how you like i...

Update: I've been using this recipe to clean my toilets and it works well. Make sure you have a good brush to get under the rim.  I've been trying to find ways to clean the house with using little to no chemicals. This morning I finally got around to cleaning the toilets, and I had just run out of some store bought stuff.... Great time to try something new. I have a few recipes I've come across, but I like this one because it has baking soda and vinegar....and that just sounded like fun. So 1/2 cup each baking soda and vinegar, and then I added a few drops of tea tree oil to help disinfect. Dump it all in the bowl get a good brush scrub and flush....I let mine sit after I scrub it till some one needs to use it, I like to give the essential oils a chance to do it's "magic".  Let me know if there's a natural way you clean your house I'd love to try it! 1/2 Cup Vinegar 1/2 Cup Baking Soda A few drops Tea Tree essential oil (or any you like). The ...