Aug. 10, 2009 - Making Our Own Laundry Detergent
After way too long of "meaning to get around to it", we finally made our own laundry detergent! We used the recipe from here. We had so much fun doing this as a family project! Here are the pics of our adventure:
First grate the soap:
Then melt the soap: 
Next, add soda and Borax:
Put hot water in a bucket. I used a 5 gallon bucket because I made a double batch right away.
Add soap mix to hot water in bucket, then add more water. Let sit overnight to "gel" and WALA!!!
SO easy and SO cheap!!!
Comments
Aug. 10, 2009 - Neat!
Posted by Autumn
Does the laundry detergent work well?
Let us know and perhaps just maybe we can try too. :)
Thanks for sharing
Sheila
Aug. 20, 2009 - Untitled Comment
Posted by tsukayama
Im sorry I was so slow getting back to this!
We have been using the detergent for over a month now and we find it to be working very well! The clothes come out smelling fresh and clean and looking clean as well. My sensitive-skinned ds has not had any bad reaction to it, as he does to most detergents, and it has been working well on my cloth diapers as well!
Sep. 5, 2009 - Untitled Comment
Posted by eden321
I've been using that recipe for a couple years now. It works great & it's so cheap. After just a few months I noticed I can't stand the way clothes washed with commercial detergents smell now. The chemicals & perfumes are really strong once you stop smelling them daily.
