Recipe for Homemade Liquid Laundry Detergent

Here is the batch I made!!!

                   I have been using this recipe for almost two years and I LOVE it! 

                   If you like to save $$$$...go green and still feel clean... try it out

Homemade Liquid Laundry Detergent

You can find the three ingredients at any grocery store near the laundry soaps. You will also need a five gallon bucket and a paint stirring stick. (You can get one free anywhere they sell paint)

1 bar Fels-Naptha (looks like a slightly large bar of soap)  (about $1 a bar)………………….

1 cup Arm and Hammer all natural washing soda (about $5 for a box)……………………………………… 

                                                       

1/2 cup 20 Mule Team Borax (about $6 for a box)…………..

                                                           

Grate Fels-Naptha soap with a cheese grater.  Bring one gallon of water to a boil.  Turn down the heat to medium and add grated soap to water.  Stir constantly over medium heat until soap dissolves.

Fill 5 gallon bucket half way with hot tap water. Add soda and borax.  Stir.
Add soap mixture. Fill remainder of bucket with hot tap water.  (I don’t have the room to put a 5 gallon bucket by my washer, so at this point, I use a funnel and pour the detergent into empty Tropicana 50 jars because they are smaller to store, have a wide mouth, and I can shake them before I pour the soap into the washer.  You can use any container you want, but you need to be able to stir or shake before using.)

 Let the detergent sit over night before using. The detergent will separate into a get and a liquid.  It will look like egg drop soup.  Stir or shake before using because you need some of the gel and some of the liquid in each load.

Use 5/8C cup a load for top loader washers or 1/4C/load for high efficiency washers.  This is just a suggestion. If you have an extra large load or heavily soiled load, use more detergent.  For heavily soiled clothes or whites, I sometimes throw in a scoop of Oxy Clean.