Laundry Detergent

Remember the soap we made recently?  Well, now it's time to make the soap into laundry detergent.  While I wouldn't recomend using the soap to wash with because it would be to soft, it's perfectly okay to use in our laundry detergent.  So grab a couple of bars of your soap and let's get going!

First you need to gather your ingredients:

Washing Soda
Baking Soda
Borax
Soap

 

 

...and we will need a container to keep the detergent in and either a food processor and a cheese grater.

 

 

1) Pour all of your ingredients except soap into the container.

 

 

2) Cut up your bars of soap into cubes (or use your cheese grater to grate the soap - omit steps 2 - 4)

 

 

3) Add your cubes to your food processer.

 

 

4) Chop up your soap into small peices.

 

 

5) Add your soap to your other ingredients in the container.

 

 

6) Now mix all of your ingredients.  I used my hands so I could break up any chunks I might come across.

 

 

All finished!  Wasn't that easy (and cheap)  This will last you a while, you only need a couple tablespoons per load.  To treat stains, rub a little soap on the stain and throw in the wash as usual. 

 

More uses for homemade laundry detergent:

 

- Disolve 4-5 tablespoon in a spray bottle for houshole cleaner. 

 

- Disolve 4 - 5 tablespoons in a gallon of water for mopping.

 

- Sprinkle in the toilet for toilet bowl cleaner

 

- Use to clean counter, tub, sinks, etc.

 

Are there any other ways you use your laundry detergent?