Laundry Bombs with out the Bomb!

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. 

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! :)