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Powdered Laundry Detergent

Create this inexpensive laundry detergent at a fraction of the cost of store bought with only 3 ingredients!
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Ingredients Equipment Method

Ingredients
  

  • 1 Bar Fels-Naptha grated
  • 1 Cup Super Washing Soda
  • 1 Cup Baking Soda
  • 1 Cup Borax
  • 1 Mixing spoon
  • 20 drops of your favorite essential oil

Equipment

  • 1 Airtight container size will vary depending on how much you make
  • 1 Mixing bowl (optional) I just mix mine right in my airtight container
  • 1 Pair of gloves (optional)
  • 1 Dust mask (optional)

Method
 

  1. Start by grating the entire bar of Fels-Naptha with a cheese grater, or by using your food processors grating attachment. If you use the food processor, I advise cutting the soap bar into a few smaller chunks so it is easy to drop them through the feed tube. The goal is to have fine flakes that easily disolve. Finally, put this into your mixing bowl or your airtight container.
  2. Next, add in 1 cup of Super Washing Soda to the Fels-Naptha flakes and give it a quick shake or mix it with a spoon.
  3. Add 1 cup of Baking Soda and 1 cup of Borax to your mix and either put the lid on and shake or mix with your spoon.
  4. Add in 10-20 drops of your favorite essential oil or leave it as is.
  5. If you used a mixing bowl, scoop the laundry powder into your airtight container.
    It would be helpful to label this and add instructions as a helpful reference.
How To Use Powdered Laundry Detergent.
  1. Regular size load: 1-2 TBS of the powdered laundry detergent
  2. Large or heavily soiled load: Increase to 3-4 TBS of the powdered laundry detergent
  3. HE & Front load washers: This is very low-sudsing making it safe for HE and front load washing machines. Because HE washing machines use less water, you could even go down to 1-2 TBS for a regular load.
  4. Depending on your washing machine, you could sprinkle it at the bottom of the drum then add your clothing. this will help the laundry detergent to dissolve.
    You could add it directly to the powder detergent section of your washing machine. Don't add it to the liquid detergent section.
    If you use cold water to run your wash, you could dissolve this first into a cup of water, then add it to the drum before adding your clothing.