Comments on: Homemade Laundry Detergent

By: Homemaker’s Done List | Natural Moms Talk Radio

Homemaker’s Done List | Natural Moms Talk Radio — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 03:35:38 +0000

[...] Made new batch of homemade laundry detergent [...]

By: Rebecca

Rebecca — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 00:58:47 +0000

I have been doing cost-comparisons of eco-friendly laundry detergent and will post my findings on http://www.greenbabyguide.com soon. I haven’t tried making my own detergent . . . like Annette, I wonder if it’s safe for HE washers. I’ve heard horror stories about people killing their washing machines by using the wrong detergents. Does anyone have a recipe that doesn’t involve grating soap? It would be nice to just blend a few different powders together. Many of the recipes I’ve seen involve grating and even boiling.

By: Jen @ One Moms World

Jen @ One Moms World — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 05:10:30 +0000

HOW NEAT Carrie. I guess the thought never occurred to me. I am going to have to try this out. Lyndsee and I both are really sensitive to Laundry detergents.

By: Lynnae @ Being Frugal.net

Lynnae @ Being Frugal.net — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 23:45:03 +0000

Feel free to share the homemade laundry detergent love! I just made my second batch, and I tried using 1/2 bar of Fels Naptha instead of the full bar. I’m only on my second day using it, so I’m not sure whether it’s effective yet, but I’ll keep you posted. If 1/2 bar works, that cuts down the cost considerably, because the Fels Naptha was the most expensive part of the recipe!

I’m glad you like it so far!

I did the math, and with a full bar of Fels Naptha, the recipe was comparable in price to the Arm & Hammer detergent I buy at the store. It’s much less expensive than Tide. With 1/2 bar of Fels Naptha, it’s less expensive than any detergent I’ve bought.

By: chele

chele — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 23:43:08 +0000

I’ve used the exact recipe years ago when I was “financially challenged”. It worked so well that I still keep all the ingredients on hand just to comfort myself.

I had two stepchildren that wet the bed every night, no matter how many times I woke them up or limited their drink and they always went straight thru the overnight pull ups. Pee Pee sheets can reek pretty bad, but this soap always took care of it.

The only thing I missed was the nice smells of commercially made soap, but when you are cutting corners are severely as I was, you get over that and smile because the smell of pee is gone. LOL

By: carrie

carrie — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 23:32:36 +0000

I would think, yes. It doesn’t suds at all. You could probably use the recipe and just decrease the amount to one tablespoon, maybe even less.

By: Annette

Annette — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 23:29:21 +0000

Thanks for sharing this and we may give it a try. Wonder if it’ll work with front loading washers?? hmmmm….