Homemade Laundry Detergent

Goodbye $25/container detergent!! Hello $10/YEAR detergent. Think this is too good to be true? Think again ladies!!

Our friend Miss Teeter was so awesome and taught us how to make Laundrey detergent. My sister Therese made this batch shown today. She has 6 in her family so you can imagine the clothes they cycle through her laundry room and hence, the crazy amount of money she could be spending on degergent- This really saves SERIOUS MONEY! (We do put a double helping of detergent with our whites- nice & clean whitie-tighties!







Here is what you need- all purchasable at Winco (in the Laundry Isle)...

1 bar of Soap (you can use whatever but Therese here is using Fels-Naptha because it is made for treating laundry stains)

1 Cup Washing Soda- Arm and Hammer brand

1/2 Cup Borax (20-Mule team brand)

3 Gallons Water

5 Gallon Bucket





Step One: use a regular cheese grater and grate your soap (then throw in the dishwasher and you have a very clean grater!) Next heat up 4 cups of water in a large sauce pan(it will become very volumous so use a huge pot) until it is almost boiling. Add the grated soap and stir until it is dissolved, keeping below the boiling point. - if it boils a little bit it still sets up :)





Step Two: Put 3 Gallons of hot tap water into the 5 gallon bucket. Then mix in the hot soapy water from step one. Stir for 1 minute. Add 1 Cup of washing soda and stir for another minute, then add 1/2 cup borax and stir for another minute. Let the mixture sit overnight, uncovered.





That is it you are done. You should have now a bucket of gelatinous slime that iis a paler shad of soap you used before. Keep it covered once its done- um not sure if this keeps the detergent nice or if it just keeps your kidos out :)



 You will need about 1/2 cup per load and this bucket should last for about 96 loads!!! about $10 per year!!!! Also Miss Teeter said that she bought all she would need for a year and put it all in a extra 5 gal bucket and set it in her food storage- great idea! 



Thanks for sharing Therese!!



Funny side note- therese's hubby saw her taking the pictures for this post and their conversation went something like this...

Hubby- "WHY are you taking pictures of your soap."

Therese, "for our sister blog!"

Hubby- "hmm"



We girls may be a bit peculiar but it's fun!

 

Brit