Easy Homemade Laundry Detergent

With just three ingredients that you can find at your local discount or grocery store it is easy to make homemade laundry soap. Here's the basic recipe:

• 1/2 cup Washing Soda


• 1/2 cup Borax


• 1/3 bar Soap* (grated)

In a large pot, heat 3 pints of water. Add the grated bar soap and stir until melted. Then add the washing soda and borax. Stir until powder is dissolved, then remove from heat.

In a large clean pail, pour 1 quart of hot water and add the heated soap mixture. Top pail with cold water and stir well. Pour the detergent mixture into clean detergent bottles, or keep it in a large bucket with a lid. If you are using the bucket, keep a paint stirring stick close by and give your soap a good stir before you use it.

Use 1/2 cup per load.

* Good soap bars to use are Fels Naptha, Ivory and Zote brand ones.

I would also like to invite you to visit this homemade laundry detergent post for a more detailed recipe and lots of discussion about the best recipe to use, using this detergent with an HE machine and more.

Using your homemade detergent is easy. Give it a good shake or stir and then pour about 1/2 cup into the detergent dispenser of your washing machine. In other words, use it like regular detergent, just make sure it is mixed well first.