{"id":53662,"date":"2020-06-13T18:47:25","date_gmt":"2020-06-13T23:47:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=53662"},"modified":"2020-06-13T18:47:27","modified_gmt":"2020-06-13T23:47:27","slug":"washing-clothes-off-the-grid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=53662","title":{"rendered":"Washing Clothes Off the Grid"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/readynutrition.com\/resources\/washing-clothes-off-the-grid_07032010\/\">Washing Clothes Off the Grid<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Laundry detergent is a prep item that I have not begun to stock up on.\u00a0 I was planning on using some form of soap and baking soda mixture to wash clothing, but the below recipes look more appealing.\u00a0 I came across \u00a0this recipe that was found on\u00a0a preparedness\u00a0forum that\u00a0is mentioned below\u00a0for those that are interested [\u2026]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/readynutrition.com\/resources\/washing-clothes-off-the-grid_07032010\/istock_000000809602xsmall\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/readynutrition.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/iStock_000000809602XSmall.jpg?resize=340%2C226\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18263\" title=\"off grid laundry\"\/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Laundry detergent is a prep item that I have not begun to stock up on.&nbsp; I was planning on using some form of soap and baking soda mixture to wash clothing, but the below recipes look more appealing.&nbsp; I came across &nbsp;this recipe that was found on&nbsp;a preparedness&nbsp;forum that&nbsp;is mentioned below&nbsp;for those that are interested in knowing how to make laundry detergent to clean clothes.&nbsp; Did you know that mixing your own laundry is cost effective, and you get more for your money.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The below recipes were found of the forums of&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.survivalistboards.com\/showthread.php?t=100032\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">&nbsp;www.survivalistboards.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Laundry Detergent<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I have used the below recipe for a little over two years now with good results.&nbsp; It is cheap and easy to mix up and gets the dirt out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ingredients<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>1 bar of soap \u2013 whatever kind your prefer<\/li><li>1 box of washing soda \u2013 in the laundry detergent aisle of stores.&nbsp; It comes in an Arm and Hammer box and will contain enough for 6 batches.<\/li><li>1 box of Borax \u2013 optional, but really kicks the cleaning up a notch.<\/li><li>5 gallon bucket with lid \u2013 or a container that can hold up to 15 liters.<\/li><li>3 gallons of tap water<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Put about 4 cups of water into a pan on your stove and turn the heat up on high until it\u2019s almost boiling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While water is heating up, begin shaving strips off of bar soap into the water until most of the bar of soap is shaved off into the water.\u00a0 Make sure the soap shavings have dissolved into the water.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2026click on the above link to read the rest of the article\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Washing Clothes Off the Grid Laundry detergent is a prep item that I have not begun to stock up on.\u00a0 I was planning on using some form of soap and baking soda mixture to wash clothing, but the below recipes look more appealing.\u00a0 I came across \u00a0this recipe that was found on\u00a0a preparedness\u00a0forum that\u00a0is mentioned [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,4],"tags":[24616,6787,12602],"class_list":["post-53662","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-energy-2","category-environment","tag-off-grid-2","tag-ready-nutrition","tag-tess-pennington"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53662","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=53662"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53662\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":53663,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53662\/revisions\/53663"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=53662"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=53662"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=53662"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}