Homemade Laundry Detergent:

1 bar of Fels Naptha Soap
2-3 cups of Borax (depends on how hard your water is...if it is really hard, use 3 cups...if not then use 2.
2-3 cups of ARM AND HAMMER SUPER WASHING SODA--NOT the A&H Detergent but the SUPER WASHING SODA. (same as above for the hard water
1 cup of Ultra Dawn Dishwashing Liquid
1 clean 5 gallon bucket with a lid (Drywall Bucket)
Stockpot full of simmering water


Get the stockpot full of water and turn the fire on under it to get it boiling.
Take the Fels Naptha Soap and shave pieces off of it, then chop them up into very very small pices, like granuales.
Turn the fire down on the water to get it to simmer.
Put the tiny pieces of Fels Naptha into the water while sombody stirs stirs and stirs.
When the soap is dissolved (shouldn't take long if the pieces are small)
Then put in the Borax 1 cup at a time while someone stirs.
Put in the A&H Super Washing Soda 1 cup at a time while someone stirs.
Keep stirring occasionally until the powder is dissolved.
Then put in the cup of Dawn and keep stirring.
Stir again to make sure it is all dissolved.
Then get the bucket and pour the mixture into the bucket.
Add enough water to the mixture to fill the bucket and keep stirring.
Put lid on bucket and carry to your washroom.
Keep a long spoon or a paint stirrer by the bucket because when you use it, you will need to stir it because it will get gelatinous.
Keep used laundry detergent jugs to fill up with the solution. Use the cap to measure out the detergent when you are doing the laundry.
You can use bluing to squirt into the laundry tub while it is filling with water to keep your brights bright and your white white.

This post has been edited by almsthr on Jan 30 2008, 05:43 AM


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interesting-would be interested as to if anyone has tried this and if it works well.