Sunday, December 25, 2011

DIY Laundry Detergent Part Deux


Okay, so remember that one post where I made: DIY Laundry Detergent? Yeah--that didn't turn out as wonderful as expected. For about a week: it was a smooth, lavender-smelling, laundry detergent worthy of cleaning the gods' robes. However, it soon became a solid mass which proved unable to squeeze itself out of the container. I searched the internet to find an alternate recipe, and I found something that may work really well. Rather than a liquid form, I'm trying out a dry powder--which cannot congeal! (For now, I'm going to put those two gallons of laundry detergent aside and figure out what to do with them later.)

All you need is:
One bar of soap (finely grated)
One cup of Borax
One cup of Arm and Hammer Washing Soda


First, grate your soap

Then, add your Borax and Washing Soda

Next, mix your soap and powdered ingredients well

After everything is well mixed, put it in a container-- and you're done!! (You only need one tablespoon of this stuff per load, but I wrote down two for my mom because of the small size of the spoon).

Now, all you need to do is put one tablespoon of this stuff per laundry load. You should probably use warm or hot water when you're washing your clothes so that the soap can melt-- but I don't know if that is necessary. Anyways, it's front loader/HE friendly because it doesn't "sud" up like other laundry detergents.





UPDATE: replace the bar of finely grated soap with an in-scent booster for half the work!! It's not as cost effective, but when you don't have the time to grate a bar of soap, buy this instead and just throw all of it in the mix! Here are some in-scent boosters I've used and work really well:


"Gain Fireworks Sweet Sizzle In-Wash Booster"
"Downy Unstoppables Lush In-Wash Scent Booster"









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