Sunday, April 29, 2012

Make Your Own Laundry Detergent

You can make your own laundry detergent in minutes using your food processor.  All you need are the following ingredients.


You will find the Borax and Washing Soda in the laundry aisle.  Arm & Hammer also makes large boxes of Baking Soda that may be on the laundry aisle as well.  Make sure you get Washing Soda.   Also, I use Ivory soap since it does not have any added artificial colors or fragrances.

Here's what you do:
  • Chop up the bar of Ivory soap and put it into your food processor.
  • Add 1/2 to 1 cup each of the Washing Soda and Borax and process until it looks like a powder.  I split the difference and use 3/4 cup of each.
  • This is how it should look.
  • Store it in a plastic container with a tight fitting lid.   This is a low-sudsing detergent that can be used in the new energy saving washers.  You only need 1 tablespoon per load.  I keep a tablespoon measuring spoon in the container for convenience.

1 comment:

  1. Recently found your site - love it! I also made this detergent and find it does a great job and costs so much less than continuing to purchase the name-brand detergents. Thanks for all of the photos and tips.

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