Comments on: I Tried It – Homemade Laundry Detergent

By: Mama Laundry

Mama Laundry — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 01:58:17 +0000

Thank you so much for linking your post to the Laundry Recipe Round-Up!

You did a great job explaining your easy method. It’s sounds simple – and I love simple.

-Lauren

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Homemade Dishwasher Detergent : Domestic Cents — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 10:19:17 +0000

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By: Rachel

Rachel — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 21:46:21 +0000

That’s the basic recipe that I’ve used too. But instead of Ivory I used Fels Naptha, and that soap was just a bit too strong to breathe. I bet the Ivory would be much nicer.
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By: The Prudent Homemaker

The Prudent Homemaker — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 04:35:11 +0000

Canadian Debt Girl–I have EXTREMELY hard water where I live, and I use a similar recipe. It works great! In fact, on the borax box, it suggests adding borax to your regular laundry detergent to cut hard water!

I have a front loader, and I wash everything but three loads on cold (the exceptions are underwear on warm, towels on warm, and kitchen washcloths and towels on super hot/sterlize with bleach).

Like autumnesf, I also use oxyclean in my mix. It really helps, as we have a lot of extra stains here with five small children (okay, well, really I seem to be just as bad with spills!)

To make this faster, I use the kitchen aid grater attachment to grate my soap. I grate 3 bars at a time and then put the finished batches in canning jars in the cupboard. I have a measuring spoon just for laundry.

By: autumnesf

autumnesf — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 20:00:00 +0000

I love making my soap. My recipe is a little different. I also started adding a generic oxyclean. The Dollar Tree sells it for a buck and I use half a tub (its kinda small) per batch. Helps in my water.

By: momstheword

momstheword — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 04:42:13 +0000

Oh awesome. I gotta try this. I keep wanting to but haven’t done it yet. I’ve heard that store bought detergents have whiteners in them to brighten your whites, but I figure you could add Mrs. Smith’s bluing agent into the water with the homemade stuff, you know? Anyway, thanks for passing this on. I think I’ll do it.
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By: CanadianDebtGirl

CanadianDebtGirl — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 16:01:53 +0000

This looks so super easy to use! Good job and thanks for posting.

The question I have is does it fade your clothes? And also, we have very hard water where we live – would this leave a lot of residue? Would I be able to mix in some Calgon powdered water softener to the detergent or would this detergent work well enough in hard water on its own?

By: Nicki

Nicki — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 16:07:53 +0000

@netta – You won’t have any trouble finding them where you are. I had to look at a couple of stores because I live in the boon-docks Go to Debt Free Adventure to see pictures of what the ingredients look like. That will help you spot them but you should find the Borax and the Super Washing Soda right in the laundry detergent isle at the grocery store. Good luck!