Craft: Home Made Laundry Detergent

After spending hours and hours on Pinterest, I have started trying things that I've seen on there.  After I heard my boyfriends mom had made home made laundry detergent. I decided I had to try.


You have to grate a bar of soap.

It's the worst part. It took me several hours (probably because I decided to do it with a potato peeler), there were flakes everywhere, and I think next time I'll look into a better way of doing this.



For this recipe the number you need to remember is ONE

1 QT of water
1 grated bar of soap
1 cup of borax
1 cup of WASHING soda
1 gallon of water




You will need a milk jug or two to put it in. Clean one out and let it air dry before use.

Take your one qt of water bring to a boil and then add your soap flakes.


DON'T forget what you are making and stick the spoon in your mouth. It may look like a creamy broth, but it smells like an amazing bubble bath.

 This is why you finely grate your soap. Those lumps take forever to dissolve.

After you see no soap particles, mix in one cup of each of these.

 Just one cup

 Stir stir stir until that is also dissolved. Then add your gallon of water.

It will separate. Leave room in your milk jug to shake it up. It's kind of a fun way to start your laundry.

When you do your laundry add 1/2 cup. (It called for 1/4 but I get better results with 1/2.) It's ok if it's a little lumpy.

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1 QT of water 

1 grated bar of soap

1 cup of borax

1 cup of WASHING soda

1 gallon of water

add 1/2 cup of this mix to your washings, but just clothes (not the dishes. )