Finally: A soap bar that actually works:
Most soap has been formulated to create an extra moisturising bar that has a low pH. These soaps are great for our skin, but not for lifting stains in the laundry. A good laundry bar will be very hard, effective at cutting grease, and will produce a fabulous lather. What makes a really good laundry bar is one made with 100% coconut oil – which is what I’ve done. My Laundry bar works fabulously well for stain removal and hand washing delicates. I’ve scented it with the beautifully fresh smell of lemongrass and the coconut oil makes an environmentally friendly and effective addition to your cleaning products.
Besides being a wonderful hand wash soap, your laundry bar is also useful in a number of other applications.
To make laundry detergent
This is the perfect home made soap to use in your home made laundry detergent! You’ll need one bar of this soap, grated.
As a stain stick
These little bars are the ultimate stain stick. I like to keep one in a bowl in the laundry room so I can treat stains while the washer is filling up. I just wet a corner of the bar with the water in the washer, rub the wet bar on stains, rub the fabric together to further work the soap in, and then throw the garment in the wash when it looks like the stain has lifted.
To make home made dish soap
You only need 1 tablespoon of this grated soap to make a home made dish soap. Alternatively, you can just put a bar of this soap in the kitchen sink before filling it up with water. Remove the bar from the water when you have enough suds. You’ll have a sink full of sudsy water to hand wash your dishes with, without any extra effort!
To make a soft-scrub cleanser
If you want a ready-made soft-scrub cleanser, simply grate about ½ cup of this home made soap and combine it with 1 cup of baking soda.
Transfer to a jar with a shaker-top (like an old grated Parmesan cheese container), and sprinkle on surfaces before cleaning. Use a wet sponge to work this cleanser into surfaces to create a sudsy soft scrub.
