Naptha soap !!!!!!!!!!!

[jbowyer01]

Wouldnt you know every time I have gone to Wally world they've had Fels Naptha on the shelf. I finally go and buy all the ingredients to make the laundry detergent and they dont have it!! I'm searching all over for it.

 

[annmarie]

I've read that Dr. Bronner's bar soap, Ivory, or another laundry soap bar called a "Sunshine" bar (I think that's what it's called, found in many dollar stores I guess) can all be used in place of Fels Naphta. I haven't tried any of these substitutions but I guess they all work well. If someone does try a substitution, please let us know how it goes! Also, I don't use the color safe bleach powder that many others use, and it still works great.

 

[ozark hen]

I have seen where folks use a soap called Zote? I also saw on tv where you can use any kind of bar laundry soap. Now I couldn't find the ingredients anywhere either then lo and behold, I found the Napha right here in our local little grocery!!
if you are patient you can find subs for the soap here plus tons more fun things to make
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=66537

 

[HennysMom]

our True Value sells that soap..as does another local hardware store

have ya'll checked the hardware stores??

 

[FLOWERPOT]

I make my own laundry detergent with the fels naptha soap
I use practically the same ingredients as someone posted above.
I am allergic to most soaps and detergents as well as fabric softeners and if I use them I break out in hives.
This stuff works great and no more hives!!!

For a fabric softener and static cling reducer use regular vinegar!!
about 1/4 cup in a full size load in the rinse cycle. This also removes any soap residue in the clothes and machine and the clothes doesnt smell like vinegar at all. Just very clean.

 

[PotterWatch]

I make mine own laundry soap also, but I make the liquid kind. Same ingredients as the powdered version really, just in a different form.

1/3 bar Fels Naptha Soap
1/2 cup washing soda
1/2 cup borax powder

Grate the soap (I just chop it up with a knife), and put it in a
saucepan. Add 6 cups of water and heat until the soap melts. Add
washing soda and borax. Stir until dissolved. Remove from heat.
Pour 4 cups of hot water into your bucket and add the soap mix,
stir. Add 1 gallon plus 6 cups of water and stir. Let it sit for
about 24hrs. Use 1/2C per load.

It ends up to be about the consistency of egg-drop soup, not a true
gel.

 

[cmcgoun]

Whats washing soda? Is it common, where can I buy it?

 

[ChickenToes]

I have never been able to find washing soda or Fels Naptha at large chain stores. I can only find them in small mom-and-pop stores.

 

[PotterWatch]

I have gotten Fels-Naptha at Wal-Mart (only thing I ever buy there). I get my washing soda from the pool supply section of my local supermarket. The washing soda is just sodium carbonate which is something used in pool matinence so I have always been able to find it there. Of course, I live in So. California where people use their pools year-round so our stores always have it.

 

[PineBurrowPeeps]

Is it the same as Arm and Hammer though?

*Wanted to add that we can't find any here all of a sudden either and we used to have Zote soap all over the place...