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Homemade Laundry Soap Neighbor gift!

Homemade Laundry Detergent! Homemade laundry soap is cheap. I've been making it a couple years now. It's like $1 a gallon! Here's my plan for neighbor gifts  for Christmas this year! 1 quart of soap...25 cents,  mason jar...about  70 cents... Under $1!  :)   And super useful...and not fattening!  (Feel FREE to copy my genius idea!) So here is what you need: Fels Naptha soap (found in the laundry soap aisle at the store...less than $2)  Super Washing Soda (huge box about $5)  20 Mule Team Borax (about $5 a box)  Grate your entire bar of soap.  Easy!  Add soap to large pot of 6 cups of hot water... with the heat on medium/high.  Once the soap dissolves...  add 1 1/2 cup of washing soda and 1 1/2 cup of borax... add 12 cups of water...don't breath in the steam!  Pour into a 5 gallon bucket and add about 4 gallons of water. stir well.  It wi...