So, these days people are looking for ways to save money. For my family, we've made it clear that things can be done on a budget. I'm all for thrifty but I sure like nifty too. I heard you could make your own laundry detergent. Skeptical? Yes. Worth a shot? After reading the cost per load was less than 2¢ per load, YES, 2 pennies per load, I decided to give it a try. Worse thing that could happen. I didn't like it for laundry. If that be the case, I could at least use it to clean the toilets.
Things you need:
1 cup of 20 Mule Borax
1 cup of Arm & Hammer Washing Soda (not baking soda)
1 bar of soap (at least a 4oz bar) You can use Ivory, Fels-Naptha or ZOTE® and Fels-Naptha® are made specifically for laundry bar soap.
Grate the bar of soap on a cheese grater. I cheated for this. I cut the bar of soap into pieces (hunks) and put them in one of the small ($6) food processors that I rarely used. It turned into a fine powder this way so I will use this method from now on. That's it folks. It made this wonderful powdery substance that I now use for laundry detergent & to boot..... it works & smells great!
Things you need:
1 cup of 20 Mule Borax
1 cup of Arm & Hammer Washing Soda (not baking soda)
1 bar of soap (at least a 4oz bar) You can use Ivory, Fels-Naptha or ZOTE® and Fels-Naptha® are made specifically for laundry bar soap.
Grate the bar of soap on a cheese grater. I cheated for this. I cut the bar of soap into pieces (hunks) and put them in one of the small ($6) food processors that I rarely used. It turned into a fine powder this way so I will use this method from now on. That's it folks. It made this wonderful powdery substance that I now use for laundry detergent & to boot..... it works & smells great!
2 tablespoons per load OR for heavily soiled items, I have found 3 scoops to work better. This also works well in high efficiency washers because it a low suds detergent.
Happy Washing!
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