One of my new years resolutions is to try making things before buying them. I know I can't do this with everything but it has been fun making pizza sauce, bread, and rolls. I have also tried making homemade cleaning supplies and decided to try laundry detergent. I have a friend who gave me a recipe and this week I decided to make it. There are several benefits to making the detergent, less chemicals and a lot cheaper! I made this batch for less than $5...and it would fill 3+ regular sized laundry containers. It works in the high efficiency machines and you use only 1/4 to 1/3 of a cup per load. How is this not a great idea?
It starts with grating Fels-Naptha soap into water and let it dissolve.
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| Used a cheese grater for the soap |
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| Allow soap to dissolve |
The rest of the recipe calls for borax and washing soda:
After everything is dissolved you pour it into almost 3 gallons of water and mix it together.
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| Just water in the pail |
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| Mixture added to water |
Once everything is mixed together you let it sit for 24 hours. After letting it sit you stir it up and can add essential oils, I chose Lavender, for a fresher smell. Once the essential oils are mixed in it is ready to use.
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| I think I need more empty laundry detergent containers |
I think we will be set on detergent for a while :) And I used the juice container as a funnel to help transfer the detergent from the bucket to my containers.
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