This homemade stain remover stick is a great natural approach to cleaning stains caused by mud, grass, food and more from your clothing, tablecloths, sheets and tea towels.
Stain Remover Stick
Simple to make from natural ingredients that you probably already have, this stain remover stick powerful, easy to use and is perfect for treating clothing before you wash them.
Ingredients for Making a Stain Remover Stick
To make about 4-5 sticks, when using the same container, you will need:
- 1 x 5oz Bar Castile Soap
- 4 TBSP Washing Soda
- 4 TBSP Borax
- 2 TBSP Liquid Castile Soap
- 6 TBSP Water
- 20 drops Essential Oils – Optional
- Stick Container
Making a Stain Remover Stick
Grate the Castile bar soap and place in a double boiler and slowly melt. Don’t let the soap completely melt – just melt it down a little.
Once melted down, add in the washing soda, the borax, the liquid Castile soap and the water.
Stir quickly right away to incorporated the mixture well.
If adding essential oils, add now ad mix to combine.
Pour the mixture into the containers and pat down to get it all inside the tubes.
Set aside and let cool for a couple of hours.
Note – If the Castile bar soap is over melted, the mixture will become very clumpy. If this happens, just chop up the clumps into fine pieces and it should incorporate just fine.
Using the Stain Remover Stick
To use the stick, gently wet the top of the stick and rub onto the stain.
Leave for half an hour to an hour and then wash as normal.
Storing the Stain Remover Stick
Store the sticks at room temperature in a dry place. If you live in a hot climate, you may find that you need to keep these sticks in a cool place to keep them from going too soft.
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- Soft Scrub Cleaner
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Stain Remover Stick
Equipment
Ingredients
- 1 5oz Bar Castile Soap
- 4 TBSP Washing Soda
- 4 TBSP Borax
- 2 TBSP Liquid Castile Soap
- 6 TBSP Water
- 20 Drops Essential Oils Optional
Instructions
- Grate the Castile bar soap and place in a double boiler and slowly melt. Don't let the soap completely melt - just melt it down a little.
- Once melted down, add in the washing soda, the borax, the liquid Castile soap and the water.
- Stir quickly right away to incorporated the mixture well.
- If adding essential oils, add now ad mix to combine.
- Pour the mixture into the containers and pat down to get it all inside the tubes.
- Set aside and let cool for a couple of hours.
- To use the stick, gently wet the top of the stick and rub onto the stain.Leave for half an hour to an hour and then wash as normal.
Notes
- If the Castile bar soap is over melted, the mixture will become very clumpy. If this happens, just chop up the clumps into fine pieces and it should incorporate just fine.
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