Not sure if this should be here or in the recipe section!
My wife's cousins have been making their own detergent for quite a while now and I got interested in it. I have now made two batches and thought I would share as the first batch has worked out tremendously. It is super simple and very cheap to make. The ingredients you buy for the initial run will make 8-10 batches of two gallons each taking your price per load to pennies.
Put 1 gallon of water into the biggest pot you have (I bought a cheap 3 gallon from Wally world because you don't want to cook food in the pot after you have made soap....so I'm told) and add a bar of grated soap(any flavor). Cook to dissolve. Add one cup of borax and one cup of washing soda (arm and hammer-both can be found on the laundry isle). Bring to a boil-it will begin to coagulate. Turn off heat add a gallon of cold water. Stir well. Put into containers(we use old deteregent bottle or gallon milk jugs/juice jugs). Use 1/2 cup per load.
It doesn't get as sudzy as the brand soap, but seems to clean just as well. We still pre spot with shout or something if I have spilled some chilli on a shirt.
My wife's cousins have been making their own detergent for quite a while now and I got interested in it. I have now made two batches and thought I would share as the first batch has worked out tremendously. It is super simple and very cheap to make. The ingredients you buy for the initial run will make 8-10 batches of two gallons each taking your price per load to pennies.
Put 1 gallon of water into the biggest pot you have (I bought a cheap 3 gallon from Wally world because you don't want to cook food in the pot after you have made soap....so I'm told) and add a bar of grated soap(any flavor). Cook to dissolve. Add one cup of borax and one cup of washing soda (arm and hammer-both can be found on the laundry isle). Bring to a boil-it will begin to coagulate. Turn off heat add a gallon of cold water. Stir well. Put into containers(we use old deteregent bottle or gallon milk jugs/juice jugs). Use 1/2 cup per load.
It doesn't get as sudzy as the brand soap, but seems to clean just as well. We still pre spot with shout or something if I have spilled some chilli on a shirt.
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