Now, I'm not big on recipes per se. Mostly cause I can never find the measuring spoons. ;) So use this following 'recipe' as a guideline to go by.
I use a 53 ounce or 1.5 Liter plastic tupperware type container. Plastic, wide lid with a cover. Into it I pour Borax till it fills up 1/4 of the container. Next I take one half of a large bar of Krugsecologic soap. Or one whole bar of Karramandi's soap. When I'm out of their fabulous soap, I use Tom's Of Maine, in Lavender. I grate the soap into the container till it's all shredded or a fine powder. After this I fill the container up to the top with Arm and Hammer Baking Soda. Last step take a spoon and stir all three ingredients together, and put the lid on the container and move on to my next chore. The LAUNDRY!
Seen in the photo is a white demitasse cup, this is my "measuring" spoon. I use one demitasse per load. HUBBY'S clothes get a cuppa and a half if he's been working outside a lot or had to climb into no man's land AKA manholes. If whitener is needed or stronger stain remover use one cup of vinegar, or lemon juice to the load. Lemon juice is cheap, you can find it in stores, for about $2. IIRC my Dollar store even has it. This is soo wonderful for getting stains out & whitening white pants.
Enjoy, Heather :)
6 comments:
Heather - thanks for this reicpe - I'm definitely going to try it. The last homemade laundry cleaner I made was a liquid: a faff to make and not very effective. This looks a whole lot simpler.
Welcome! Yes, this is much easier.. I have read those liquid recipes, and it was too involved for me. All the soap shreds dissolve completely for me in cold or warm water, and I gather hot as well. So it's very easy. Plus, it's fun to make, especially when you get to breathe in those awesome soaps! :)
This is a great recipe - I'm going to have to try it! Thanks for sharing.
Welcome!! Enjoy! Love to hear back from you on how you like it!!
We also use lavender dryer bags for drying the clothes. We use a Lavender EO to scent them with. Not very strong at all. But beats the itching and heavily perfumed storebought ones. :)
I'm so glad Erin shared this post with her fans. I make one of those liquid laundry soaps from Borax, Washing Soda, and Nath-Patha. I've been thinking about trying a powder version. Did you ever figure out how much it costs you to make one batch? Obviously, it would vary from batch to batch depending on costs of inputs. Also, how many loads approximately would you say it lasts? I know it will be more expensive than our current solution - but worth trying to compare.
Hey there, It's around $3 for the Arm and Hammer, and $4 for the box of borax. $8-12 for Erin's soap. Wanna say this amount (shown in the posting) is around $6-8 used. You will have prices vary & amounts used vary too. The best way is to play with it & see, I think. I'm used to spending big bucks on the TIDE bottles that have 98 loads in them. I know I spend more now in the long run. I'm mostly concerned for the environment and the itch free factor here. But you could spread out the soap a bit. Using a touch less than I do. When it's mixed with the borax, and the arm and hammer.. it's a great combo stain fighter. My husband's clothes come from being outside, and it's not just plain old construction dirt I worry about with his clothes. I'm talking Pcb's and heavy metals like lead, and mercury etc. He runs a crew for the Phone co. (yes he's tested every office visit for contact with these things.) folks and he comes in contact with who knows what. So I err on the side of caution, since my kids clothing gets washed with his too from time to time. This makes me feel more confident it's washed really well!
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