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Like many of us, I want to get the best value for my money with the items I need to purchase for my home. Plus I want to know what is in them. Same goes for my laundry soap. Knowing that when I purchase liquid laundry detergent, I am paying for mostly water does not make me happy. I have water. Comes right out of the faucet in the kitchen. So I looked around to see what homemade laundry soap recipes there were out there. Most seemed to be the same ingredients, just a little different in the amount of each item added. I experimented some and came up with what worked for me. The ingredients are basically the same, just made it easier for myself to use whole boxes or containers of product instead of cups, like most of the recipes call for.Homemade Laundry Soap
1 box (76 oz) 20 Mule Team Borax
1 box (55 oz) Washing Soda
2 box (16 oz ea) Baking Soda
2 tubs (16 oz ea) oxy boost
6 bars (grated) laundry soap (ie Fels-Napths, Zote or Colgate)
Grate the bars of laundry soap using a hand held grater or your food processor. Put all the ingredients in something large enough to mix well and then transfer to a storage container. Use 1/4 cup for each load of laundry. From everything I have read, this can be used in a high efficiency washer, but check with the manufacturer if you are unsure.~
I live in an area where the ground water is not the best quality, being surrounded by swamp, sound and ocean water. My towels were like sandpaper on my skin, even using fabric softener. Using this homemade laundry soap, they are fluffier then ever and so soft. I even quit using liquid fabric softener and only use dryer sheets and things are still softer and smell so much better. In general, everything comes out cleaner than ever.
This lasted me 4 months. I was only washing for myself, but I wash the animal blankets and pet beds once a week, in addition to washing the entire bed linens once a week also. To make this, the ingredients cost me about $17, but this is going to depend on where you live and what stores you have available. Where I live the cost of living is rather high, because the area is considered a vacation destination. And the variety of stores is limited, in addition to the selection within the stores are limited. I have to go to four different stores to get everything I need.
I hope this works for you and your clothes come out as clean as mine.
