Homemade Washing Soda! Can you believe it? WOW!!!
So for those of us who live on the island of Oahu, you can either drive to Ace Hardware in Kapolei or try your hand at this. I will for sure try this out once our Washing Soda stock is gone (I bought the remaining boxes at Times since they were only $2 a box).
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I am so EXCITED to share this with you!! I've been wanting to post about this for sometime now but needed time to try it out myself.
I knew, prior to moving to Hawaii, that things would be more expensive. All the essentials cost just a little more. Laundry detergent is no exception. So in my search to find a less expensive way to wash the mountain of laundry that constantly appears in my home, I found this: DIY Laundry Detergent. There is a liquid detergent recipe for those of you who like liquid. I actually prefer liquid but the recipe made 5 gallons and since I'm limited with my storage, I opted to go with making a dry version. It works perfectly fine!
It's been 3 months since I started making my own detergent and to be honest. I will never buy store brand detergent again! Laundering my clothes this way has saved us lots of dollars! I anticipate it saving us lots more down the line.
OK, OK...I won't hold you in suspense any longer. Here's how you do it:
Step 1: Gather your ingredients / supplies together
~ 1 cup of Arm 'n Hammer WASHING SODA (not baking soda)
~ 1 cup of Borax
~ 1 bar of soap (the link above says Fels-Naptha but I found it to be too fragrant so I used Ivory)
~ grater
~ a tablespoon measuring spoon
~ an airtight container
Step 2: Grate the soap
**Becareful! It's sharp!
*It's really fast to do
Step 3: Add the 1 cup Washing Soda + 1 cup Borax
Step 4: Mix the ingredients together. I use the grater to do this.
Tada! You're done!!
Super, super easy!! I'm teaching my kids how to make this. If they can make it, so can you!
Happy Laundering :D
6 comments:
Hey Chone, thanks for the lesson on making my own laundry; so you mentioned it can turn into a liquid detergent also. How do you go about doing that?
Hi B,
You can search DIY Liquid Laundry Detergent and find lots of links with instructions on how to make it. Here one that I found and it has a video http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2008/04/09/making-your-own-laundry-detergent-a-detailed-visual-guide/
Hope that helps :D
Since I now know that washing soda is just "cooked" baking soda, I feel much better about making this for my family. Thanks for doing the research! I'm going to make some as soon as my detergent runs out.
This is cool! I'm going to try this! thanks!
Thanks for sharing, Chona. I'm going to try this!
You're welcome! :D
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