A few months ago I posted about a laundry soap I had made called Laundry Bombs. They were called Laundry Bombs because after you mixed up the ingredients, you used a tablespoon to pack the damp powder mixture into a round bomb. I love this detergent! It works great! However, it is very time consuming making all the little bombs! And right now, I just don't have time to do that!
The thing I really liked about Laundry Bombs is that it included many different elements. I wasn't a huge fan of just washing soda, baking soda, and borax. To me, it just didn't seem like it would work all the well. I'm sure it does, and I know the saying is sometimes less is more. But I really wanted something with different ingedients that did different things.
So when I ran out of Laundry Bombs the other day, I didn't want to make more. So I decided to make Laundry Bombs without the bombs! This simply is just a dry powder that I keep in buckets. I will add a little bit of vinegar everyonece in a while to the laundry. But I just used the dry ingredients to make this laundry detergent.
Once the detergent was all mixed, I poured it into ice cream buckets so I could store it easier into the drawers in my laundry room.
I put a label on the container I am going to leave out.
I really do like this detergent. Like I said above, I will add about a 1/2 to 1 cup of vinegar periodically to the wash. The vinegar just helps get detergent build-up and smells out of clothes.
I feel like this detergent leaves my clothes clean and fresh! I do have some problems getting baby food stains out of Bug's clothes, but I'm sure all detergents would not be the best at that. I mean blueberries and orange carrots aren't the easiest colors to remove! I just spray them with a pre-treat spot remover before washing.
I hope you enjoy this detergent like I do!
Happy Washing!
Cassandra
P.S. It is a year and three months later, and I am just now making another batch! This stuff lasts FOREVER!! And I still love it! :)
So when I ran out of Laundry Bombs the other day, I didn't want to make more. So I decided to make Laundry Bombs without the bombs! This simply is just a dry powder that I keep in buckets. I will add a little bit of vinegar everyonece in a while to the laundry. But I just used the dry ingredients to make this laundry detergent.
The recipe I used was as follows...
1 Box of Borax
1 Large Tub of Oxi-Clean
1 Box of Baking Soda
1 Box of Washing Soda
3 Cups of Epsom Salt
10 Bars of Fels-Naptha Soap - Grated
The first thing I did was grate up the Fels-Naptha bars. This is not the easiest thing in the world. My hand and arm was TIRED by the time I was done! I know that some people say to just use your food processor to grate it, and I kind of think that is gross to mix soap with food. But for how long and how tiring it was, I think I might do it next time!
Once the bars are grated, dump all the ingredients into a 5 gallon bucket.
Then you need to stir and stir and stir to get it all mixed up. It does get a little clumpy and stuck together, so as I was stiring, I would tilt the bucket on it's side so I could easily get to the bottom of the bucket.
Once the detergent was all mixed, I poured it into ice cream buckets so I could store it easier into the drawers in my laundry room.
I put a label on the container I am going to leave out.
I really do like this detergent. Like I said above, I will add about a 1/2 to 1 cup of vinegar periodically to the wash. The vinegar just helps get detergent build-up and smells out of clothes.
I feel like this detergent leaves my clothes clean and fresh! I do have some problems getting baby food stains out of Bug's clothes, but I'm sure all detergents would not be the best at that. I mean blueberries and orange carrots aren't the easiest colors to remove! I just spray them with a pre-treat spot remover before washing.
I hope you enjoy this detergent like I do!
Happy Washing!
Cassandra
P.S. It is a year and three months later, and I am just now making another batch! This stuff lasts FOREVER!! And I still love it! :)