My mother makes homemade laundry detergent. It is all natural and really cost effective. It works out to mere pennies on the load. She has been supplying me for the past few months, but I finally got the ingredients together to make my own. Here is the recipe I used from The Family Homestead:
Homemade Laundry Soap
1/3 bar Fels Naptha
½ cup washing soda
½ cup borax powder
You will also need a small bucket, about 2 gallon size
Grate the soap and put it in a sauce pan.
Add 6 cups water and heat it until the soap melts.
Add the washing soda and the borax and stir until it is dissolved.
Remove from heat. Pour 4 cups hot water into the bucket.
Now add your soap mixture and stir. Now add 1 gallon plus 6 cups of water and stir. Let the soap sit for about 24 hours and it will gel. You use ½ cup per load.
The finished soap will not be a solid gel. It will be more of a watery gel that has been accurately described as an “egg noodle soup” look.
The soap is a low sudsing soap. So if you don’t see suds, that is ok. Suds are not what does the cleaning, it is the ingredients in the soap.
You guys should make your own labels.
Brand this.
I’ll buy some.