Homemade Laundry Detergent
On our Whimsicle Facebook page a few weeks ago, I had asked what kind of laundry detergent everyone used. I was amazed by the number of savvy women who actually make their own! I couldn’t resist. JoAnn and I decided to try it out and we were blown away by how easy it was and the sheer amount of soap it makes.
Supplies:
Box Borax
Box Washing Soap
Air Tight Container
Lavender (or whatever scent you want)
Fels Naptha OR Ivory Soap
VERY large mixing bowl
To begin, cut up your Fels Naptha into manageable size pieces and place into your food processor.
If you do not have a food processor you can use a grater, it will just take you much longer.
When you are done grinding, it should look like this:
Add 1 cup washing soda and 1 cup borax. Stir it up!
If you purchased an essential oil for smell, add droplets until you are happy with the fragrance. We added about 10 drops. The Fels Naptha version makes almost one full mason jar container. This is why we loved the ivory soap version.
Follow the same steps as above, but start with 10 bars of ivory soap. The key is to grind this soap with the 1 whole box of washing soda and 1 whole box of borax at the same time. That way the soap won’t clump.
Add about 15-20 drops of your essential oil to this recipe. It makes A LOT more.
Use about 1/2 cup of soap depending on how dirty your family is. I absolutely love this! Stay tuned for Homemade Liquid Laundry Detergent and Homemade Stain Remover (I need to get through this batch first).
Use our label to make your homemade laundry detergent as beautiful as ours. Click on the image below for a printable pdf version. Makes for a lovely gift.
great post, and I love the labels!
I have been using the Ivory soap version for about years now. I only use 1tblsp per load and 1 1/2tblsp for extra large load. It works great!! For stains wet stain sprinkle on a little soap and scrub with a rag or a small brush. This works for most stains and we have dirt a tracing kids in our family.
Hi Tammy! I currently have the ivory soap version made as well. I’ll need to remember that tip on stains!