I'm seriouse people. I can't tell you how much I love this stuff. Besides all the uses below, there is nothing this soap can't do. Put a drop on the carpet stain, takes out the stain and the smell; put a little in a bottle with water, put next to the sink = dish soap. And I "store" my tea tree flavor (I have a small obsession with tea tree) in the shower and put a nickel size drop on my loofah and wash my body with it. It leaves you feeling squeaky clean, but not dry, I didn't realize the buildup that was left on my skin from regular body wash until I used this. A-MAZ-ING. It's a concentrate, so you don't need to use much at all, it will last you for a very very long time. There are 7 scents: Tea Tree (fav), Pepermint (2nd fav), Citrus (awesome in the kitchen), Almond, Rose, Lavender, Unscented (for babies, all is gentle enough for babies/kids, unless the essential oils bother them), Eucalyptus. Most all come in a bar as well. I found all scents at Bi-Mart, and they had a coupon last time I was there for $2 off. But Freddys has a good selection as well, in the natural food section. You can get gallon sizes too.
Ok, now that you all know about the greatest soap on the earth....here are the recipies:
Laundry recipie:1 bar Zote or Fels Naptha
2 cups borax
2 cups washing soda
*(all found in the laundry isle at Fredys)
Chunk up the soap with a knife or fork (I have also found that chopping with a big butcher knife helps a lot after breaking the bar up and saves your processor or magic bullet), put a little (about 2-3 tbsp) at a time in a food processor or magic bullet with some (1/2 cup or so) of the powder (add oil of choice if wanted, I use tea tree because I am OBSESSEd with the smell and it has anit-bacterial properties)
Blend into small little baby chunks, dump out, add more chunks, powder, ect..repeat until all powdery. (I made more lastnight and doubled the batch because I bought a great cracker jar at Freddys that would hold more for $9.99. I used one bar Fels Naptha and one bar Dr. B tea tree. I have heard lots of people just use dove/dial/ect bars of soap, so I"m giving this a try)
1-2 tbsp per load, depending on the soil level (a single batch lasted us about 3 months, and we do a lot of laundry around here with MR. and MRS. Dirt, Mr. Peepee through my diaper at night and Mr. Work at a wherehouse)
A little bit of white distilled vinegar in softner compartment ( I just fill to max line, less than 1/4 cup) to make sure all soap is off clothes, I promise you don't smell it at all! Plus, vinegar helps set colors, bonus!
Oxy boost if you want ( I do)
I have an HE washer and dryer and it works great. I know it works in regular models too.ENJOY!
ALL PURPOSE SPRAY CLEANER
1 gallon (or whatever will fit in your spraybottle, but use a big one or lessen the other ingredients) hot water (to dissolve the baking soda)
1 tbsp baking soda
2 tsp Dr. Bronners liquid soap (miracle soap)
Spray away! And totally safe for the kiddos! Avery likes to help me wipe things down and i feel ok letting her use this! SERIOUSLY AWESOME. I will just spray the shower/tub with this once a week, let it sit for however long it takes until I take a shower later on, rinse it off, and helps keep it clean until I want to do a scrubbing. Spray on toothpaste in the sink, let sit, wipes right off. Works on any surface.
TUB/TOILET SCRUB
1/8 cup Dr. B
1/4 cup borax
Brush on, let sit for 15 minutes, rinse off
Last night I was putting everything away above my utility sink. I noticed a rust stain (among many other paint, dirt, ect stains that I haven't been able to get out since we moved in, I mean it is a utility sink), so I sprinkled a little borax into the sink, added a couple drops of Dr. B, and rubbed it with my finger, rust totally came off. This made me excited, so I added some more Borax and soap, got my little scrubby brush and went to town. It ALL came off, the longer I let it sit on there, the easier everything came off! I was on a cleaning high lastnight! Plus, it smells so yummy!
ABRASIVE CLEANER
2 tbsp baking soda
2 tsp Dr. B
this is a small batch, obviously just up it if you have a bigger project. I just double it and keep a little tupperwear container under the sink.
scrub on, let sit 5-15, rinse/wipe off
ALL PURPOSE FLOOR CLEANER
1 gallon water
1/4 cup Dr. B
1/8 cup Distilled White Vinegar
mop on, mop off
I keep mine in an old Laundry degergent container, just splash it onto the floor, mop, rinse mop and rinse floor. I've been known to scrub the floor with a brush too, but our linoleum has deep groves in it =ing dirt catcher. gross.
Hand Soap
1 washed out Bath and Body Works or any other foaming (important, or spout can clog) hand wash container
1 tbsp ish of Dr. B (use Tea Tree flavor for some antimicrobial action)
fill with water
*optional: add food coloring (don't worry, doesn't stain sink or hands or towels because it's mixed with soap!)
Dish Soap
2-3 tbsp of Dr. B (depending on size of contanier)
fill with water
Notice all the repeats of ingredients! This is what I love the most!! Just a handful of ingredients gets your house clean in so many ways!
Price Breakdown (ish):
Vinegar: $2.99 ish
Borax: $2.99 ish
Washing Soda: $2.99 ish
Dr. Bronners: $ 10-12 ish (remember, this stuff will last you forever!)
Fels Naptha: $under 2 for a bar, however, I just saw that perhaps Ace Hardwear has a 24 pack for 35.00...checking it out.
The ish is for the possiblities of coupons, sales, ect. Just buy when on sale and stock up!
