Okay people, I'm going to do you a solid here. I was reading this article on Yahoo News the other day about clothes washing detergents and how we are getting ripped off when we purchase them at the store. Since most of them contain water and very little actual clothes washing materials. So here is a recipe to make your own clothes washing detergent that was contained in this article. It is from the Simple Dollar website, You'll need:
* 4 cups of water
* 1/3 cup of cheap soap (grated)
* 1/2 cup of Borax (20 Mule Team)
*1/2 cup washing soda (NOT baking soda)
* 5 gallons bucket for mixing
*3 gallons of water
First mix the grated soap on a saucepan with 4 cups of water, and heat on low until the soap is completely dissolved. Add hot water/soap mixture to 3 gallons of water in the 5 gallon bucket, stire in the washing soda and Borax, and continue stirring until it thickens. Let the mix sit for 24hrs and viola! Homemade laundry detergent. The author of the article claims to have made this recipe and he says he couldn't tell the difference between the store bought one and the one he just made. The cost per load for the homemade is about 2 cents a load, versus the 20 cents a load from the store bought one. Well, I'm going to try this out and I will be posting the results at a later time. Good Luck!
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