and most important IT WORKS. I'm talking about homemade laundry soap. Seriously. It really works. I got this recipe from a friend who got it form a TV Family that has 19 kids, the logic being if it works for them it should probably work for our much smaller loads=) those are the cast of characters (missing the bar soap, becasue I USED it to make the powder) Here's the recipe and instuctions:
1 cup Washing Soda (NOT Baking Soda, totally different thing)
1/2 cup Borax
1 bar Laundry Soap (sunlight, found in the detergent isle at Walmart for $2.00/2bars)
**1/4 cup Oxyclean** this is optional
first, use your food processor or a very fine grater to grate up the bar of soap as fine as you can get it. Then add all the other ingredient and mix them all up (pulse a few times if using a food processor or you could use a blender) Store in an airtight container.
Thats it.
This can be used in HE washers because it doesn't suds up and also in top loading washers. All you need for a load is 1TBSP if it is a regular load, but lets be real I never do "regular" loads. I shove as many clothes in each load as I can, so for large or heavy soiled loads use 2 TBPS....THATS ALL TWO TABLESPOONS! So cool. I use a coffee scoop I found at the dollar store, it is 1/8cup..thats T-W-O T-A-B-L-E-S-P-O-O-N-S. I wash everything with this and it gets the clothes clean AND it doesn't aggrivate Alainas eczema. If you do all the math it costs about 30-40 dollars a YEAR to make this for your family. Well worth the time it takes to grate a bar of soap=)
4 comments:
SOOO going to do this!
Me Too!!!!!
I am determined to try this.... but of course 2 days before the class I restocked our laundry soap!
I am going to do this! thanks for the info. Is it wrong to get excited about cheap effective laundry soap?
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