How do you make your own laundry detergent? (takes 10 minutes)
Here are the ingredients: water, borax, washing soda, bar of soap, and essential oil (optional)
Add 1 cup of washing soda and 1/2 cup of borax to 3 gallons of warm water. Mix well.
Shred a bar of soap. I use Ivory.
Dissolve soap in 4 cups of simmering water.
Add 40 drops of oil if you want to scent the soap. I used lavender.
Add melted soap to container and mix. It will be a very thin liquid when you are finished. Let it set overnight.
This is the final product after letting it set a day. It's goopy, but it works fine in the washer on hot, warm, and cold settings. Just put one cup of soap mixture in each large load.
Easy and cheap! You can store it in old pour-able laundry soap containers, but I did not have any. I don't think you can use large dispenser kind since this is goopy. I've never tried it, though.
1 comment:
This is "neat". You will have to tell Grandma D. about this. She will have some wild stories to tell you. Luv ya
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