How to make your own Laundry Detergent

Last week I showed you how to make your own Dishwasher Detergent.

Today we are talking LAUNDRY!

Don't you love to do laundry? I do. HA!

It is the bane of my existence!

The thing I hate the worst is running out of laundry soap.

Oh! and spending a fortune on laundry detergent!

Oh! and getting it and finding out it makes my family all itchy.

So here is the solution:

MAKE YOUR OWN!

Your ingredients are:

• 5 gallon bucket
• old detergent bottles (small enough to lift and shake easily)
• Borax
• Washing Soda
• Fels Naptha bar soap

All of these ingredients can be found in your supermarket. Walmart has Borax and gallon bucket with lids. Smith's has Washing Soda, Borax and the Fels Napth bars.

In a soup pan start to boil 4 cups of water.

While that is starting get you bar of soap and grate/chop fine. it melt easier this way. The reason you are using Fels Naptha is because it is a washing agent. Better that regular bar soap that is made for your skin. Read the wrapper.

Once water comes to a boil add your shavings and cook till melted.

In your 5 gallon bucket put 3 gallons of water, as hot as you can get it.

When your shavings have melted add it to your bucket and stir.

Add a 1/2 cup Borax and stir till dissolved.

Add 1 cup Washing soda and stir till dissolved.

Stir for a few minutes to combine well.

Put your lid on the bucket and go to bed.

Yeah, GO TO BED!

In the morning it will look like this.

Yuck! Goopy, runny and it smells so good!

Mix it up good and disperse it into leftover containers.


TIP: Cut the bottom off of a milk container and use it as a funnel.

This recipe filled the equivalent of 4 containers of detergent/16 cups.

WOW!

That is a lot of detergent!

And cheep!

Use a 1/2 cup per load. Adjust as needed depending on the hardness of you water. Use a little less if your clothes are stiff, more if you feel you need it. Play around.

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***Shake the container before each use. That is why you want smaller containers.

***This is a low sudsing soap. If you don't see suds that that is fine.

The suds are not what cleans your clothes.

***I have done some research and found that homemade detergent works great on HE Washers. Apparently the only issue with HE washers is that they need a low sudsing detergent. Well this is a very low sudsing detergent so it should work great. I DO NOT HAVE AN HE WASHER. This information is based on web research. I have seen that if you use other detergents that it voids your washers warranty. So take that with consideration.

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I like this recipe because it does not make my family itch! No perfumes. I know exactly what is in it.

Homemade Dishwasher Detergent

THIS HAS NOT WORKED WELL FOR ME YET.

WHITE FILM ON THE DISHES=UNHAPPY CHELSEA.

I AM ATTEMPTING TO CHANGE THE RECIPE. STAY TUNED FOR A NEW AND IMPROVED VERSION!

What is your favorite household appliance?

Maybe "favorite" is the wrong word.

How about what is the most used appliance in your home?

Really think about it.

What makes your life easier?

My answer would be a tie between my washer/dryer and my dishwasher.

What is the cleaning solution do you always run out of right when you need it the most?

That would be laundry detergent and dishwasher detergent.

Well now you can make your own!

Today we are going to talk about dishwasher detergent.

Stay tuned for laundry detergent.

First you will need some supplies. And you know what the best part is? To make dishwasher detergent AND laundry detergent you basically need the same stuff!

• Borax
• Baking soda
• Kosher salt
• Vinegar
• 4 Sugar free Kool Aid Lemonade pkgs (not in the picture)

In a container of your choosing mix:

2 cup Borax

2 cup Baking soda

1 cup salt

4 pkgs of lemonade

Shake it up and use 1 TBL per load.

Use the vinegar in your rinse agent hole thingie. The one you normally put that blue stuff. (I never remember to do it)

That's it! So easy and soooooo cheep.

If you find it leaves a white residue on your dishes adjust the 1 TBL to a bit less. Everyones machines and water are different.

Good luck! Tell me what you think.

Saturday Super Savings - Homemade Magnets

My sister just got a job this year as an elementary school teacher. Yeah! Big blessing, long story.

So I asked what I could do for her to help her get her room ready. She came over and we cut a ton of stuff on my Cricut for her walls. She also asked for some magnets. It has taken me awhile, but here you go!

This is my favorite. Cute cow!

Instead of going to the store and spending a few bucks for one magnet make a bunch for a few bucks. Super Savings!
At Michael's I got a bag of glass marbles. They are flat on one side, round on the other.

Depending on the size of your marbles, mine are huge, cut a circle to fit on the flat side. Use anything you want. I used pretty papers and stamped images.

Use Mad Podge and glue it to the back. Be very sparse with the glue!

I got some magnetic buttons at Walmart. They were about $2.00 for 50. You need to use a good magnet, none of that strip stuff. They just aren't strong enough to hold the marbles up, let alone hold up papers.

Once the glue is dry, hot glue the magnet on the back.

Ta Da! Cute cow!

Here is a bunch I made.

Have fun!