Laundry Detergent

I based my recipe off of one found at diynatural.com
Their recipie
1 C Borax
1 C Washing Soda
1 Bar (4.5 oz) of shaved soap.  (Ivory and Fels-Naptha is what I used)

I added 1/4 C baking soda as well and added  about 1/3 cup vinegar to the washer as a fabric softener.

I made a large batch so it looked something like this

5 C Borax
5 C Washing Soda
5 Bars grated soap
2 1/2-3 Cups Baking soda

Mix in bucket.  Use 1-2 Tbsp per load.


 Grate your soap!  I tried using a food processor at first and ended up with a clumpy mess.  The Ivory soap comes out as fine shavings (When using a fine grater) that fall apart as you mix.  The Fels-Naptha grates into a powder just as fine as the rest of your ingredients.  This was my prefered.  The grating does take awhile, especially with five bars of soap, but this makes enough for A LOT of loads of laundry.  So if you think it only takes 30 minutes or less for months and months and months of soap it's not all that bad.

To test this recipe I used my dirty towels and rags.