Two Laundry Soap Recipes - With Video

Below is a video giving two laundry soap recipes for making your own washing detergent.

The video says that these recipes will cost you three cents a load, instead of having to purchase commercial laundry detergent for a higher price.

First of all, however, I have to say that I find this video a bit offensive in the sense that it makes it look like saving money by making your own laundry detergent is something only hicks and backward people living in the woods would do.

I, on the other hand, believe that as the economy gets tougher and tougher for most people, and also as we learn more about the chemicals in laundry detergents that aren't naturally occurring more and more people will begin to make their own laundry soap.

With that preliminary matter out of the way here are the recipes from the video, one for a liquid laundry detergent, and the other for a powdered laundry detergent.

Homemade Liquid Laundry Soap Recipe

Ingredients:

• Bar of soap (the video does not specify but I suggest using a laundry soap, such as Fels Naptha, not a soap that you would use for washing your hands in the bathroom)


• 1 cup washing soda


• 1/2 cup borax


• boiling water

You will need to use a stove for making this recipe, and have a heat resistant bucket to stir everything into.

You will also need several large containers to hold the laundry soap in after you make it, since it makes over three gallons.

Directions:

Heat 4 cups of water on the stove in a large pot, and right before the water boils begin adding the shavings of the laundry bar soap. (You can also grate the soap, which I believe is easier then shaving it.)


After the soap is melted into the hot water boil three more gallons of water and put it in a heat resistant 5 gallon bucket, and then add the soapy water mixture and stir.

Next, add the washing soda and stir until dissolved, and then add the borax and stir until it is dissolved too.

You will then need a safe place to leave the bucket overnight to let it cook and thicken.

Caution: Make sure this bucket is left in a place where pets and children cannot get into it, because it could be a drowning hazard.

Then, put the homemade liquid laundry detergent in several containers, such as old liquid laundry detergent jugs, to hold it all.

Then, use 1 cup per load of clothes.

Powdered Laundry Detergent Recipe

Ingredients:

• 4 cups soap flakes (if you can't find soap flakes just make your own by grating a bar of laundry soap)


• 2 cups washing soda


• 2 cups borax

Directions:

Combine all these ingredients and mix together.

The video also gives a hint about homemade fabric softener, which is to use 1/2 cup baking soda in the rinse cycle to help soften the clothes during the wash.

So, do you make your own laundry detergent? If so, share your homemade laundry soap recipe here, or read other recipes already submitted.

You can also see my homemade laundry detergent recipes here.

Photo by antwerpenR

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