So here's the recipe that I use to make my own Laundry Detergent.
I've been meaning to post this for months now, but just found time this morning.
I first was introduced to this idea by watching one of my favorite shows on TLC:
The Duggar Family's 18 Kids and Counting.
Ingredients:
1 Fels Naptha soap bar, grated
1 cup washing soda
1/2 cup borax
I use the old laudry detergent containers to put the mix in.
I also wrote the recipe on the container so I wouldn't loose it.
I had to divide the recipe because the Duggars use so much,
and I didn't have enough storage in my home for a 5 gallon bucket!
Grate the soap bar into a small saucepan. Cover with hot water.
Cook over medium-low heat, stirring continually, until the soap completely dissolves.
For top-loading machines: Use 1 cup of the soap mixture per load.
For front-loading machines: Use 1/2 cup per load.
3 comments:
Wow! You amaze me with all you do. so I have a question. does the laundry soap have a fragrance? If not do you add something to make it a have a little smell? I normally use the costco powder laundry soap. It does not have a fragrance, however I would like to have a little smell to my laundry soap. what do you do? Have a blessed day.
Does this work for he washers? I've thought about making my detergent too, but then I figured that it wouldn't work in my washer. I bet that detergent works well, too, because I use Fels Naptha as a pretreating stain bar. And it works REALLY well.
And Lela, I bet you could add some lemon or lavender essential oil to this mixture and it would give you a nice fragrance.
it has a light fragrance from the bar of soap, but you could add some like Rachel suggested, not sure about the HE washer, but I could give you some to try out if you'd like...
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