Saturday, June 8, 2013

DIY Laundry Soap

Blasphemy! How could I have not shared this yet? "This" being my cloth diaper friendly laundry soap (detergent? What's the difference?) This has worked for cloth diapers, kids' clothes, my clothes and my fiancée's muddy, grubby work clothes (ladies, if you're men work outside, you know what I'm talking about).

Ingriedents:
1 bar soap, grated ( I use an all natural glycerine based soap I bought at the local natural food store)
1 1/2 cup washing soda ( found in the laundry aisle of most grocery stores)
1 1/2 cup baking soda
Optional: essential oils for fragerance (I don't do this as I don't want it in my cloth diapers)

Mix ingredients together and store in some kind of Tupperware. Use about 1/8  cup per load with about a tablespoon vinegar in the bleach compartment. Ta-da!  Clean clothes. We have an HE machine, if you don't, should probably use more soap.

Do you make your own laundry soap? What is your recipe like?

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