Laundry Detergent
Hello Friends! I hope you are all well. Recently I ran out of my homemade laundry soap. Since I needed to make a new batch, I thought I'd bring you along and show you my recipe. It's super simple. I got the recipe from Making It: Radical Home Ec for a Post-Consumer World by Kelly Coyne & Erik Knutzen. Homemade Laundry Detergent 1 part grated soap bar 2 parts borax 2 parts baking soda/washing soda Mix together in a bowl, then pour into an air-tight container for storage. Use about 2 Tbsp of powder for each load of laundry, or what suits your needs. How simple can you get? And all of those ingredients can be found without plastic packaging--at least here in the US. I've been using this recipe for over 2 years. It works just as well as the liquid soap you can buy in plastic jugs. I use a castile soap so it should dissolve in cold water, however the authors of Making It suggest starting off your load with warm or hot water to help the soap dissolve. If...