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Make your own laundry detergent - save money and the planet, one dirty shirt at a time!
Recipe! (don't forget to email us a photo when you make a batch!)
*To make 80 ounces of detergent, use 2 tablespoons of washing soda and borax and use 1/8 of laundry soap (0.70 ounces)
Ingredients
Ingredients
*Makes 5 gallons
You need:
1 cup borax
1 cup washing soda (NOT baking soda)
1 bar laundry soap (5.5 OZ to 7 oz)
5 gallon bucket/container
Hot Water
Grater
Essential oils (if wanted)
USE GLOVES & ENSURE THAT NONE OF THE INGREDIENTS GET INTO YOUR EYES, NOSE OR MOUTH.
STEP 1
Finely grate the laundry soap. Add it to 2 cups of boiling water and boil till soap dissolves fully.
STEP 2
Fill 5 GAL bucket a quarter full with very hot water. Pour in the melted soap mixture. Mix well. There should be no clumps.
STEP 3
Add borax, washing soda and a few drops of essential oil and mix well. Top up with very hot water to fill 5 gallon bucket.
STEP 4
Let sit for 24 hours. The detergent will be goopy with soft strands of soap. Store in container of choice for regular use. Use about 4-6oz per load.
EXTRA TIPS TO GET YOUR DETERGENT JUST RIGHT!
Make sure the laundry soap is fully dissolved.
Check out the texture of the detergent after the soap, borax, soda and quarter bucket of hot water are mixed together.
Detergent will be watery when it's first made but will thicken up after 24 hours.
Final texture of detergent - uniformly mixed with soft ribbons of detergent (like egg drop soup!)
grating soap.mp4GRATING SOAP!
GRATING SOAP!
Make sure to finely grate all the soap!
Melting soap.mp4DISSOLVING SOAP!
DISSOLVING SOAP!
Be careful!
Melts like magic!
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