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| Chalkboard soap label! |
I have been looking at recipes for homemade laundry detergent for quite some time now. After collecting all the ingredients I finally decided to make it. There are tons of recipes out there for laundry soap, and I have picked the products I wanted to add to my soap and really just made up my own recipe. I love it!
Our clothes smell very fresh and it only takes a tablespoon or two per load. I do have an HE washer so it takes less soap. If you have a regular washer, use accordingly :)
Here is the my recipe:
1 box Borax Detergent Booster (4lb 12oz)
1 box Arm & Hammer Super Washing Soda (3lb 7oz )
1 box Baking Soda (large box)
2 bars Fels Naptha laundry bar soap (grated)
Grate the bar soap with a cheese grater and mix into the powders. It works best to pour a little of each item into your container and mix, then keep gradually adding. It is very hard to get it mixed evenly if you just add everything at once.
I also use the "ball of foil" method in the dryer to cut down on static electricity and let me tell you, it works! Just crumple up about a baseball size ball of foil and put it in your dryer, you can re-use this many times.
I have used a glass canister and made my own label (I had fun playing around with chalk graphics!) but you could use any container with a lid. This will last us forever and it cost less than $15.00 for all the ingredients!
Easy!
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| mixed soap |
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| mixed soap in glass canister |
