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How to make your own homemade laundry detergent

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Laundry detergent is one of those things everyone needs and those with kids use more then the rest of us. By making your own laundry determent you can save yourself money per load without losing any value. Here is how you can make your own laundry detergent which will last almost 50 loads worth of laundry.

To get started you will need a bar of soap (doesn’t matter what kind), one box of washing soda (not baking), a 5 gallon container that has a lid, 3 gallons of water, a large spoon which will be used to mix the ingredients, a measurement cup and a knife. Most of this stuff you will already have around the house anyways (except for the washing soda) so just a matter of collecting them before you can get started on making your own laundry detergent.

Once everything is collected the first thing you need to do is boil four cups of water on your stove. Get the water started and while it is heating up use your knife and shave the bar of soap where you want to slice off thin slices until you have broken the entire bar down to nothing. Once your water is at a boil, empty your soap shavings into the water and use your spoon to stir it in until it dissolves. You will know it is dissolved when you have soapy looking water and not slices of soap. Set the soapy water to the side and continue to the next part.

Empty the 3 gallons of water into the 4 gallon container. Pour the hot soapy water you just created into the mix and stir for one minute. Add in your washing soda and stir for two more minutes. Let this sit overnight to cool and then you’re done. While it may not look like what your use to, it will work the same as the store bought stuff. Keep the lid on the container for storage and when you want to do laundry simply use one cup full each time and treat it like the normal laundry detergent you were buying from the store. Congrats! You now know how to make your own laundry detergent!