My friends Brooke & Nicole have been making their own laundry detergent lately. It is something I have been wanting to do for a while now & I just haven't found the time to do it. The other day when my friend Steph came up for a visit, she started telling me about it and how easy it was to make. She got me all excited about it so I decided it was time to hit up Walmart!
20 Mule Team Borax $3.38
Arm & Hammer Super Washing Soda $3.24
Fels-Naptha Soap Bar (x2) $.97 each
Purex Crystals (optional) $4.76
1 Gallon Canister $2.97
Steph gave me the recipe she uses.
First get a large bowl for mixing.
Using a grater, grate 2 bars of Fels-Naptha soap into mixing bowl. Add 4 Cups of Borax. Then add 4 cups of A&H Washing Soda. You don't have add the crystals to the mixture, but I wanted to have a scent. (Crystals are totally optional) If you wanted to go completely frugal you can eliminate the crystals. You just put in as much scent as you want to have. (I used 3/4 the bottle) Mix ingredients together. I got the gallon canister at Walmart and I filled it up with the powder detergent I just made.
Use 1/8 cup per load of laundry. This will make 128 loads.
With the Crystals I spent $13.32
Without the Crystals I would have spent $8.56
Steph also informed me that this doesn't suds up. It will look like dirty water. But it WILL clean your clothes.
After I made this I was so excited to try it out but I realized that the new washer I bought locks. So when I start the water for a load it locks up and I can't dissolve my detergent. (I don't like throwing powder detergent on my clothes because sometimes it cakes on your clothes) So I have to dissolve it in water before putting it in. So I guess I'll find a liquid detergent recipe and share it with you next :)
The lovely part about this is that I still have a lot of the Borax & A&H Washing Soda left over. So it will be even cheaper next time I go to make it.....this would be an excellent gift for someone!
I make my own as well but I only use the liquid. The recipe I have uses that same items just less of them. You can find it here:
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Thanks for sharing! I'll have to give that a try next! :)
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ReplyDeleteDid you make a blog post on it? If not, you should! I'd love to see how you make the liquid kind! :)
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