I have been making our laundry soap for over a year now. I started out by making liquid detergent, but that was too much work, took too much time and too much room and I didn't like it. Then I switched to powder and love it for my HE machine. It doesn't have the Tide smell that I like, in fact my clothes don't smell at all but it cleans. That's what counts, right? Upon searching different recipes, I finally found one I like. I found all the ingredients at my local store.
Homemade Laundry Powder
4 bars of Fels-Naptha
4 cups of Borax
4 cups of Washing Soda
1 box of Baking Soda - a lot of people don't use this, I don't think it hurts so I add it.
1 cup of Oxi-clean
Grate the bars with a cheese grater. Blend about two cups at a time of grated soap for a couple of seconds in a blender to a fine consistency. Don't blend too long or else it will melt a teeny bit and harden in the bottom of the blender. I learned the hard way.
Mix all ingredients and store in a container.
Use one heaping tablespoon for light loads and 2 tablespoons for heavy loads.
I add 1 scoop of oxi-clean to my whites too.
I don't know how much money I am saving, I just know it is A LOT!
1 comment:
I may have to give this a try. I have several thrifty friends who are using homemae laundry soap. I do about a zillion loads of laundry a week.
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