Safe and Cheap: Homemade Detergent

I made homemade dishwasher detergent using equal parts borax and washing soda today. I also made laundry soap using one of the recipes from 10 Homemade Laundry Detergent Recipes. For the laundry soap, I mixed about 1/2 cup each of grated Kirk's Castile Soap, washing soda, and borax in hot water. When the soap was melted and the ingredients mixed thoroughly, I put the mixture in a gallon bucket and filled it the rest of the way with cold water. Today it is more liquid than gel, but it does clean the clothes. It's a work in progress, it is non-toxic, and it is CHEAP.


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