Making your own laundry soap - cheap AND easy!

Last fall I started making my own laundry soap - and boy oh boy, what a difference it makes in my weekly grocery bill! At my house, it's not unusual to do 3-4 loads of wash per day. This recipe costs so little to make and it works out to literally pennies a load!

Tools:
-1 large stock pot
-1 cheese grater
-1 wooden spoon
-1 measuring cup

Ingredients:
-1 bar of soap (I've used Sunlight and Lynda's)
-1 cup of Borax
-1 cup of washing soda

Directions:

• Pour 4 litres of water into your pot on high;
• Grate your bar of soap and add it to the water;
• Once the soap is dissolved, add the Borax and washing soda;
• Bring to a boil (it will coagulate);
• Take your pot off the stove and add another 4 litres of water.

Stir every half hour or so, and once it's cooled, it should be smooth and ready to use! I keep the pot right on top of the dryer and use the cap from an old Tide bottle as my quantity for each load.

*I've starting adding Downy Unstoppables to the load (only use 5 or so little capsules per load) because I found that the laundry didn't have a real smell to it...

This pot of soap usually last at least a month. Because it's so cheap and works so well, I actually don't mind doing laundry anymore!!!

I also had a clothes rack built and use that to hang most clothes to dry. By making my own laundry soap and hanging the clothes to dry, I figure I save about $50 alone in laundry costs... well worth it!

 

 

Details on how to build this cutie:

http://cdn.homedit.com/simple-ladder-laundry-rack/

Do you have any household saving tips to share? xo