I have been experimenting with making and using homemade laundry detergent; it is very easy to make and the cost is about .03 cents per load! If you do any amount of laundry this could save you some serious money . My two sisters and I have family members who get their clothes very soiled and smelly(Matthew works in landscaping) and their clothes come out very clean and pleasant smelling. Misty M. and Becky B. also tried it out and liked it as well.
If you would like to try it, just save your old liquid detergent or large vinegar bottles work well!
2 Gallon Liquid Laundry detergent
1/2 bar Feldsnaptha, Dove, or Ivory soap flakes
1/2 cup Washing Soda (NOT baking soda)
1/2 cup 20 Mule Team Borax
3 pints warm water
In a large saucepan, place 3 pints warm water and the soap flakes together, and heat on low . Stir until soap flakes dissolve. Add washing soda and borax, and stir until this mixture thickens. In a 2 gallon bucket, pour 1 quart of hot water, then add the thickened soap flakes to the bucket and stir well. Fill saucepan with more hot water and stir to use what has stuck to your pan. Fill bucket up the rest of the way with warm water and stir well. Let this sit for 24 hours or until thickened, then stir well again. Place in bottles if you wish..just stir well or shake it well before each use. If it is too thick, just thin with warm water. Use 1/2 cup for a normal load, 3/4 to 1 cup for heavily soiled clothes.
This does NOT suds up ...so, this can also be used in the high efficiency washers as well.
Note: You can make soap flakes with your cheese grater, in your food processor or order online. Avoid highly perfumed soaps. Mark and Ashley love to make soap carvings and do this for their chores! You can also double this and make it in a 5 gallon bucket and this works well also.
Enjoy!~Lori A.
If you would like to try it, just save your old liquid detergent or large vinegar bottles work well!
2 Gallon Liquid Laundry detergent
1/2 bar Feldsnaptha, Dove, or Ivory soap flakes
1/2 cup Washing Soda (NOT baking soda)
1/2 cup 20 Mule Team Borax
3 pints warm water
In a large saucepan, place 3 pints warm water and the soap flakes together, and heat on low . Stir until soap flakes dissolve. Add washing soda and borax, and stir until this mixture thickens. In a 2 gallon bucket, pour 1 quart of hot water, then add the thickened soap flakes to the bucket and stir well. Fill saucepan with more hot water and stir to use what has stuck to your pan. Fill bucket up the rest of the way with warm water and stir well. Let this sit for 24 hours or until thickened, then stir well again. Place in bottles if you wish..just stir well or shake it well before each use. If it is too thick, just thin with warm water. Use 1/2 cup for a normal load, 3/4 to 1 cup for heavily soiled clothes.
This does NOT suds up ...so, this can also be used in the high efficiency washers as well.
Note: You can make soap flakes with your cheese grater, in your food processor or order online. Avoid highly perfumed soaps. Mark and Ashley love to make soap carvings and do this for their chores! You can also double this and make it in a 5 gallon bucket and this works well also.
Enjoy!~Lori A.
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