Comments on: homemade laundry detergent

By: Melissa

Melissa — Tue, 08 May 2012 02:25:09 +0000

Thanks for dropping by and sharing your laundry powder success! Glad to hear it’s working for you too.

By: Ruth

Ruth — Tue, 08 May 2012 02:11:53 +0000

I have been using this washing powder for a few months and I am very happy with it. I use 1 cup of bicarb instead of borax and have still had great results. I use the food processor to grate the bars of sunlight soap and do a double mixture. It usually takes 10 min for start to finish. I find it cost me about the same price as the cheapest washing powder on the market and is much better.

By: Melissa

Melissa — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 09:23:32 +0000

Yes, you can leave the borax out altogether. There are a few variables that make a difference in regards to the effectiveness of you detergent – the ‘hardness’ of your water is one of them and that varies from region to region. Borax helps soap do it’s cleaning thing esp. in hard water. If you find your laundry liquid isn’t performing as you would like, you can experiment with adding bicarb soda *or* just increasing the ratio of washing soda to soap, which is cheaper and simpler. I use powder because I’m lazy and it’s easier, but the upside of using liquid is that you can add essential oils to create a smell that you like – I add eucalyptus in the softener dispenser straight to the wash when I do nappies or towels.

Hope this helps.

By: teneale

teneale — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 04:03:45 +0000

Can you make laundry liquid without borax???? what can u instead of that?

By: Melissa

Melissa — Sun, 04 Dec 2011 03:56:58 +0000

Thanks. Hope it works as well for you as it does for us.

By: Ashley

Ashley — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 10:15:44 +0000

Howdy!

Thanks for the recipe. Just so you know, I loved it so much that I shared it on my own blog but linked back to you.

Thanks again

Ash

By: Melissa

Melissa — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 19:41:30 +0000

Hope it works well for you. I’ve been using this laundry powder for a few years now.

By: Anne

Anne — Sun, 11 Sep 2011 22:52:45 +0000

I’m printing out this recipe to use it today…thanks for posting

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By: Melissa

Melissa — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 03:05:20 +0000

You can buy washing soda at the supermarket. It's just called washing soda on the packet - make sure you don't get the crystals, it's the powder you're after. I wrote more about what it is here.