{"id":9749,"date":"2012-09-19T05:36:36","date_gmt":"2012-09-19T10:36:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/?p=9749"},"modified":"2020-12-13T16:11:27","modified_gmt":"2020-12-13T21:11:27","slug":"homemade-laundry-detergent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2012\/09\/19\/homemade-laundry-detergent\/","title":{"rendered":"Homemade Laundry Detergent"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Detergent.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"9750\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2012\/09\/19\/homemade-laundry-detergent\/detergent\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Detergent.jpg?fit=640%2C480&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"640,480\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Detergent\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Detergent.jpg?fit=640%2C480&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9750\" title=\"Detergent\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Detergent.jpg?resize=640%2C480&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Detergent.jpg?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Detergent.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Detergent.jpg?resize=200%2C150&amp;ssl=1 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve been making my own laundry detergent for a couple of years now. I found the recipe for it on Modcottage &#8211; a site that sadly rode off into the sunset &#8211; so I thought I&#8217;d share. Making your own laundry detergent costs a fraction of what you&#8217;d pay for liquid detergent, there are no plastic bottles to recycle, and the best part &#8211; it cleans like a charm!<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>You will need:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1 cup of Borax<\/li>\n<li>1 cup of Arm &amp; Hammer Washing Soda<\/li>\n<li>1 bar of Fels-Naptha soap<\/li>\n<li>1\/2 cup of Oxy-Clean (I used a generic brand)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Grate the Fels-Naptha with a box grater or a food processor. If you can find a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gopresto.com\/product\/category\/slicer-shredders\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Salad Shooter<\/a> on eBay, that&#8217;ll work too. Add the borax, washing soda, and Oxy-Clean &#8211; shake to combine. Use a tablespoon for small loads and two tablespoons (a coffee scoop) for large loads. Depending on the size of your loads you should get 25 to 50 loads from a batch. Warning &#8211; this detergent doesn&#8217;t produce any suds, but that&#8217;s okay, it will still get your laundry clean! No suds means it will also work in High Efficiency washers.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/fouringredients1.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"9772\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2012\/09\/19\/homemade-laundry-detergent\/fouringredients-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/fouringredients1.jpg?fit=640%2C639&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"640,639\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"fouringredients\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/fouringredients1.jpg?fit=640%2C639&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-9772\" title=\"fouringredients\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/fouringredients1.jpg?resize=448%2C447&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"448\" height=\"447\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/fouringredients1.jpg?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/fouringredients1.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/fouringredients1.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 448px) 100vw, 448px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A few notes &#8211; you can find Fels-Naptha in most grocery stores, it&#8217;s usually in the detergent aisle, I&#8217;ve found some stores keep it with the bath soap. You can pre-treat by rubbing a dampened bar on stains. If you can&#8217;t find Fels-Naptha, try Zote or Kirk&#8217;s Hardwater Castile.<\/p>\n<p>Update: Go <a href=\"http:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2014\/04\/29\/diy-laundry-detergent-update-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a> for a grate-free way of making detergent.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve been making my own laundry detergent for a couple of years now. I found the recipe for it on Modcottage &#8211; a site that sadly rode off into the sunset &#8211; so I thought I&#8217;d share. Making your own &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2012\/09\/19\/homemade-laundry-detergent\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[809,4],"tags":[1963,3674,1956,1955,1964,1962],"class_list":["post-9749","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-diy","category-news","tag-borax","tag-diy","tag-fels-naptha","tag-homemade-laundry-detergent","tag-oxy-clean","tag-washing-soda"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1ed1x-2xf","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":16285,"url":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2014\/04\/29\/diy-laundry-detergent-update-2\/","url_meta":{"origin":9749,"position":0},"title":"DIY Laundry Detergent Update","author":"Tina Garceau","date":"April 29, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"I've been making my own laundry detergent for years - not only is it economical, it cleans better than any detergent I've ever used. 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It takes no time to throw together, you don't have to knead it, and it makes the best toast. 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