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LakeOntarioFarmgirl
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Brenda
North Rose NY
USA

Posted - Aug 14 2009 :  2:46:40 PM  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Forgive me if this is the wrong place to post this, I just joined today!

I love making my own soap though, and wondered if anyone else here does?

BTW- I also make my own laundry soap.

Alee
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Alee
Billings MT Sister # 8
USA

Posted - Aug 14 2009 :  2:57:15 PM  Show Profile  Click to see Alee's MSN Messenger address  Send Alee a Yahoo! Message  Reply with Quote
Welcome to the forum, Brenda! There are several fellow soapers here on the forum, and a large number of us make homemade laundry soap!

I make soap and a homemade soap to replace the Fels Namptha and/or Zote soap that is recommended in most homemade laundry soap recipes.

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Sheri
Missouri
USA

Posted - Aug 14 2009 :  4:52:28 PM  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Hey Brenda,
Welcome to the Farmgirl Connection.
I am making soap too. But I am fairly new at it. Currently I make liquid laundry soap, dishwasher detergent and toothpaste. Still trying to tweek the dishwasher soap though. I still find some whitish powder on some of my dishes, and the dishwasher door does not seem to get cleaned like it did with store bought soap. Hmmmm
Sheri

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marjean
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Marsha
Deltona FL
USA

Posted - Aug 14 2009 :  5:44:40 PM  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Welcome Brenda,

I make my own dishwasher soap. I want to venture into organic soap making with my daughter.

Sheri,

I use white vinegar in the rinse cycle and that takes off all the white residue and keeps the dishwasher clean too.

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Alee
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Alee
Billings MT Sister # 8
USA

Posted - Aug 14 2009 :  6:23:36 PM  Show Profile  Click to see Alee's MSN Messenger address  Send Alee a Yahoo! Message  Reply with Quote
Sheri- add some more citric acid to your homemade mix too. That and the vinegar will give you super clean and sanitized dishes...naturally! :D

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sherrye
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sherry
redmond or
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Posted - Sep 28 2009 :  8:24:37 PM  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
i make cold process soap too. i would love to have a recipe for dish, laundry and auto dish. will anyone share their recipes, i sure will. i also make chapstick and a body butter. love this site. all you girls are so friendly and helpful.i love the toothpaste one.
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QueenofQuiteAlot
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Dalyn
Double D Ranch Central, WA
USA

Posted - Sep 28 2009 :  8:31:48 PM  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
hi! I make cold process goat milk soaps~ very fun!

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Karen
Meansville Ga.
USA

Posted - Sep 29 2009 :  05:38:10 AM  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
I also make laundry detergent, am hoping to get me 2 goats so I can make some hand and body soap also.
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herbquilter
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Kristine
Bonney Lake Wa
USA

Posted - Sep 29 2009 :  6:13:28 PM  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
I make herbal cold process soaps & laundry soap, too. Have fun!

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Wildcrafter
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Suzanne
Burlington WA
USA

Posted - Oct 06 2009 :  09:15:29 AM  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Hi Brenda and welcome!
I make both hot and cold process soaps, use essential oils and natural colors. I've been making soap for 20 years and teaching soapmaking for 18. My laundry soap is made from scratch using my Grandma's recipe!

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kristin sherrill
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kristin
chickamauga ga
USA

Posted - Oct 06 2009 :  11:52:29 AM  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
I am getting soap making lessons in a few weeks from a girl I met at the market. We are bartering a buck for her to breed her does in Dec. but she will be making soap in a few weeks. So I will get to finally learn how from someone who has done this for a while now. She doesn't live in a house so has to wait for good weather to make soap. This should be interesting.

Kris

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Wildcrafter
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Suzanne
Burlington WA
USA

Posted - Oct 06 2009 :  1:40:34 PM  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
She doesn't live in a house? What does she live in? I lived in a school bus for a few years. No plumbing or electricity for part of it.

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kristin sherrill
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kristin
chickamauga ga
USA

Posted - Oct 06 2009 :  5:38:42 PM  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
I don't know what she lives in. She is part of a community called Sequatchie Valley Institute in Tn. not far from me. They live in a very wooded place and build homes from whatever is on the property. I haven't been there yet so am not sure but have seen pictures on their web site. There was a log home but it's open and they don't use electricity. So no AC and it gets humid so it's hard to make soap most of the time. They do alot of work shops and grow all their food and raise their owm meat. She has some goats of course for the milk and soap. The guy that wrote Wild Fermentation, Sandor Katz, goes their alot to give talks on fermenting. I want to meet him. They are all very interesting people. I want to live there myself except I'd have to have air conditioning! I'll let ya know when I go.

Kris

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farmmom22
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Tammy
Scottsville KY
USA

Posted - Oct 23 2009 :  8:29:49 PM  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Sherrye, try this link to a whole bunch of green cleaning recipes!

http://www.maryjanesfarm.org/snitz/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=31340
If that doesn't work it is on the HomeSafeHome thread under Weekly green recipes. Hope this helps!

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Toots
Farmgirl in Training

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Barb
Brussels Ontario
Canada

Posted - Nov 03 2009 :  4:37:09 PM  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Hi Brenda, I also am a newbie. This is my first day on as well. I would love to learn how to make soap. I would love if someone would share some recipies also. And were to buy the products needed to make the soap.
God Bless you all.
Toots
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