I know people have been making their own detergent for a while now... especially with the new Pinterest fad, but my mama and I finally jumped on the bandwagon.
We got our "recipe" from a lady she works with.
It SHOULD work with all this in it!!
Ingredients
Arm & Hammer Washing Soda
Arm & Hammer Baking Soda
Oxiclean
Borax
2 bars of Fels Naptha Laundry Soap
Purex Crystals (for scent, may use any crystal/scent of your choice if you want scented detergent)
Directions
1.) Grind your soap in a food processor until it forms fine crumbles. Mom & I cut our soap up first so that it would process easier.
2.) We used a 5 gallon buck to mix ours with and a big metal spoon
3.) Layer a little of each powder at a time and stir as you go (makes mixing it all a WHOLE lot easier!)
4.) That's it folks! If I had known it was this easy I would have done it lots sooner!
How to use
Use 2 tablespoons (1oz) per load.
This detergent is HE compatible.
This made 274 ounces of laundry detergent for $24.
That means 274 loads of laundry, it averages to only 8 cents a load!
I like to buy the industrial size Gain from Sam's Club which is about $20 for 225 ounces. The Gain only makes 146 loads. If you are a Tide user, it is about $26 for 146 loads. So, if everything goes according to plan... I should save a little money.
I also figured up if you average about 1 load of laundry per day (which is the case for my little family of 3), this batch of detergent would last you for about 9 months! That's crazy!
Mama & I halved this batch to make sure we liked it. I can't wait to see how it works! I was so excited I almost washed a load of clean clothes just to try it out!
Stay tuned... I plan on sharing my freezer meal making experience!
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