Laundry Detergent Making Day

Back in April, my Mum and I decided to start making our own laundry detergent.  She had just gotten back from visiting her sister-in-law who was making hers.  Mum fell in love with it and so the first day home we made ours.  Since there are 8 of us here, we weren't sure how long it would last us.  We are pleased to say 3 months!  This costs us less than $15 to make a batch.  We do atleast 1 load every single day, some days we may do 2-3.  This stuff smells so good!  This is where I found the laundry soap recipe, we tried it without the optional stuff first and were happy to say that we haven't had to use any fabric softener (Mum does throw in a dryer sheet from time to time with the bedding and sometimes towels cause she likes the smell).  We haven't had any problems with static cling since we started using this.  I was a die hard Tide and Downy girl up until we started making our own and I have to say that I don't plan to ever go back to those.  For stains we have a bar of Fels Naptha, it works great on stains!  We are still using color catchers, cause we hate to sort the clothes out.

Here is the recipe that we use:

4lb 12 oz box of Borax
2lb 7oz Super Washing Soda
4lb box of Baking Soda
2 bars of Fels Naptha (I cut it into 5 pieces then chop it up into tiny little bits with the Ninja food processor)

I mix it up in a big glass jar I got at Walmart for around $10 and decorated with some vinyl lettering I cut on my Silhouette Cameo.   We use one scoop (about 2T, also bought at Walmart) per load. 

Thanks for looking!