Toothpaste or TTOP

Here is my recipe for toothpaste or TTOP, as my nephew dubbed it. It doesn't taste great like regular toothpaste, but it isn't as salty as my original recipe that I found online.

Ingredients:
Extra Virgin Coconut Oil (EVCO), 4 tsp
Baking soda, 1/8 tsp
Tea tree essential oil, 2 - 3 drops

Mix ingredients and store in container. I was using a small plastic container with a lid, but I just made some and used a travel-sized shampoo dispenser. I will let you know how this new dispenser works.

Where to purchase the ingredients:
EVCO - I purchased at GNC.
Tea tree essential oil - I purchased at Chuck's Healthfood Store.
Baking soda - I purchased a really big bag at Costco

What I've been told:
* Baking soda changes the pH in your mouth. Too much will not allow the enzymes in your mouth to kill the bacteria.
* Tea tree oil kills bad bacteria in your mouth.

Laundry Detergent, powder

Ingredients:
Fels Naptha soap bars
20 Mule borax
Arm & Hammer washing soda
Container to store detergent (I use a Rubbermaid container.)
1 - 1 tbsp scooper

Instructions:
1. Grate Fels Naptha soap bars
2. Measure soap
3. Add 1/2 to whole ratio of borax and washing soda to soap.
4. Mix well, crushing any clumps

One bar of Fels Naptha soap measures about 1 1/4 cups.

Using instructions: measure 1 - 2 tbsps per load. Detergent will NOT sud.

Things I've learned:
* I purchase all of my ingredients at Ace Hardware.
* using the smallest holes in the grater works better.
* running the bigger chunks through the food processor will make the soap finer

Things I've been told:
- White cotton shirts are often dyed white. T-shirts may turn gray. I haven't seen this with our t-shirts.