“Eeeee”!!! *doing the happy mama dance*
I am estatic to share with you this awesome recipe that I found over the weekend from myfrugallifestyle for homemade laundry soap! It is incredibly easy, fantastically cheap and it wonderfully works! It only requires three ingredients and I was able to find all of them at my local Kroger grocery store. Bonus!
I jumped all over this when I got home and it took me no more than five minutes to make – and now I am super duper thrilled that I no longer have to purchase the overly-priced commercial stuff.
What do you need?
1 Bar of Fels-Naptha soap bar, grated
1 Cup of Arm & Hammer Super Washing Soda
1 Cup Borax
1. You will want to grate your bar of Fels-Naptha using your smallest cheese grater. I grated mine over a glass casserole dish making it easy to add all of the ingredients!
2. Add the Washing Soda and Borax to the grated soap and mix!
3. Pour your mixture into a tightly-sealed container such as a used pickle jar (which is what I chose) or a rubbermaid or tupperware container and shake well! Use 1-2 TBSP of soap depending on your wash load.
That. Is. It.
Can you believe how crazy easy this is! Makes me wonder why I EVER paid money for the commercial brand. Three cheers for laundry! (I did NOT just say that did I)? What I will cheer about though is the fact that this comes to only $1.91 per batch and only .06 cents per wash load (if you use 2TBSP for every wash load, you will end up with 32 wash loads). Pretty Eco-tastic eh?
*A special thank you to Stephanie for doing all this math bc I completely stink at it. LOL*
I hope you enjoy and cannot wait to hear how it works for your family too!!
Great idea! I wonder if this can be used for HE machines??
I make laundry detergent the exact same way! I don’t use it all the time, but it definitely helps when our budget is tightest. And it really is ridiculously inexpensive.
So cool Jen! It really is much cheaper and healthier too – I love it
Thank you so much stopping by to say hello! Can’t wait to get to know you better now!
I use it in my HE washer. Fels Naptha is a low sudsing soap. I also put a splash of white vinegar in every load as well.
That’s awesome! Love white vinegar – so many awesome ways to clean with it!! Thanks for stopping by and sharing your thoughts!