Today I made five gallons of laundry detergent. My husband and adult son both feel the detergent I have been making isn't thick enough, so I added more ingredients. So far, it seems to work well.
HOMEMADE LIQUID LAUNDRY DETERGENT
- 5 gallon bucket
- big pot
- big funnel
- measuring cup
- hot tap water
- 2 cups of Borax Laundry Booster
- 2 cups of Arm & Hammer Laundry Soda (not baking soda)
- 2 bars of soap. I used a bar of Fels Naptha and a big bar of Ivory Soap
- 1 cup of Gain
- 3 huge empty Costco laundry detergent bottles, 1.5 gallons each plus an additional half-gallon container. Whatever you have to fill five gallons into...
Shred 2 bars of soap. Because I'm so in love with my awesome KitchenAid mixer with the really cool attachments for grating, I used this. Fill pot 3/4 with hot water and bring to a boil Turn down add the shredded soap. Stir until dissolved. Make sure the Borax and Soda are both lump free and add that to the soap mixture. Stir stir stir until completely dissolved. On the counter next to the sink, fill 5-gallon bucket halfway with hot tap water, add the soap mix and stir well. Add the cup of Gain, which keeps the homemade detergent from getting lumpy. Top off the bucket with more hot water to make 5 gallons and mix well. Place detergent bottles in the sink and, using the measuring cup and funnel, fill each up. Rinse off each bottle. 1/2 cup (in my case, a full lid/cup from my detergent bottle) per load. Now you are ready to wash 160 loads of laundry!
