Is this Reel for Real? Part 11

(left) My batch of DIY laundry soap started out as a liquid (not shown) but then turned into this solid white form hours later; (right) melting down the amount I needed in a sauce pan reduced it back down to its original state as a liquid in minutes.

An update: more research into this and I learned that the DIY liquid versions of laundry soap are a little more complicated than I first thought - keeping them liquid that is.

I had my suspicions as commenters to some of the posts I had read mentioned the liquid separating hours after it was made in addition to getting gloppy. The recipe I tried sounded like it worked so well, I immediately tried it … but seeing what happened now, I am still not sure this was an authentic post, written by a human.

But there is some good news. Melting down the solidified “liquid” laundry soap I made works perfectly! Heating what you need in a saucepan takes just minutes and it is back to liquid form. I did a load and it worked just fine.

I can get more complicated to keep it liquid by adding vegetable glycerin, a laundry surfactant, sodium citrate … and apparently avoiding Borax, washing soda… using distilled water and continuing to refine the recipe, but this is more than I want to dedicate to this effort.

I have two options: stick to powder or have a meltdown before each load.