Have you tried it? Would you try it? Would you, could you, in a house? Would you, could you, with a mouse? Sorry. I slipped into Dr. Seuss for a moment. Can you name the title of that book?
But back to the point: Please chime in on my first-ever poll over at Frugal Hacks!
If you have tried it, was it liquid or powder? What did you think? Will you keep using it? Why or why not?
If you haven’t tried it yet, will you? Why or why not?
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Liquid. I’ve been using it about a year and a half, except for occasional exceptionally stinky loads. Here</a is my recipe, along with some personal notes.
Ga! Forgot that last carrot! Recipe here.
Me again. I want to add that this is one of my favorite frugal things I do. Like most things, it seems more complicated the first time you do it. Now it’s old hat and it takes about 20 min hands on time to save me $30-$40, conservatively.
Just wondering: Do You Like Green Eggs and Ham?
Green eggs and Ham, my son’s favourite
I have never tried it, but I really hope to have the courage to try some day!
I haven’t made my own laundry soap because I can buy a 50# box of my favorite natural detergent for $46 through a co-op I belong to. The 50# box lasts my family of 7 with 1-2 in cloth diapers for about 2 years. That’s cheaper than I can buy the ingredients to make my own around here.
Shhh…I use homemade but I buy it! At the local health food store. I know the mom that makes it. She made her own recipe when one of her daughters has severe allgeries to any & all laundry soaps. I love it. It works great and it’s very cheap! I’m still using the small bag I bought two months ago…but then there are only five of us total around here.
Still just buying ours at costco:-) I like the “environmentally friendly” liquid, plus it is actually cheaper!
I use the natural Costco stuff too, it’s natural, works great and I love it. I’ve never tried homeade, I’m always afraid it will fry my clothes (some of the all natural brands are really rough on colors, like BioClean)
Homemade – absolutely! Pennies to use, absolutely easy as can be to make (and I’m not that clever usually)! I totally recommend making your own – it does – literally – take minutes, and that’s one less thing you have to buy!
did you like mine ?:)
homemakerang,
I loved it! That’s why I’m asking around…wondering just what the pros and cons are, along with the options.
I was hoping you would weigh in on the topic. Care to share your recipe? Did you try any other recipes before you settled on the one you use? Why?
My dh saw the Duggar’s making their own laundry soap on t.v., asking me if I had ever thought about this. He mentioned it again, as he cringed over the price of the BIG OL’ container at our local store.
I am about half-way through our last container of store-bought laundry soap and have been given an enthusiastic “thumbs up” to make my own. I will be trying it here sometime soon, probably before Christmas. There are 6 (almost 7) of us around here, and while most of them are still little, we seem to be going through the stuff like mad! I’m praying this works, as it will be such an AWESOME savings – *if* it works!!
~Lori
Kim……we have been making our own laundry det for about two and half years now. It’s so easy and SO cheap! We make the powder kind which can also be used in a HE washer, which we now have.
I will be posting our recipe on my blog since others have asked too.
http://www.sabofamdynamic.blogspot.com
blog would not come up…
I’ve tried it. It was liquid. Thin like water; ineffective like water too. I don’t remember a whole lot of what was in there… borax, a bar or two of soap, maybe? But we didn’t even use it up, it was that bad. And then the borax stayed there, taking up space on my shelf…. for half of forever!
Yeah… I went and checked out the first commenter’s recipe, & that’s very similar. Ivory soap, cooking, it’s pretty close. Smells all wrong, didn’t get things nearly so clean. Maybe we’re just dirtier than they are. Good luck!
will this work for the new HE washers?
I have used the powdered form, and it worked well but did not last as long. The liquid makes a 5 gallon bucket with just one bar of Fels – Naptha 1 cup of washing soda and 1 cup of Borax.
Im not sure if I liked the liquid as a cleaning agent as much though, although I just left it in the 5 gallon bucket. It turns into a gel consistancy, so maybe if I had used a funnel and dumped it into a smaller detergent container and shook it before every use it would have worked better. I am going to try it one more time in the liquid form before I give up on it for good. I t was super simple to make, and it made a lot. I also use cloth diapers, and it got them very clean and odor free. I think the botto line ith the liquid is make sure you shake it or stir it up really well before you use it, because it will gel.
It was very cheap to make I found every thing I needed at Kroger ( my local grocery store)
Have fun!
I like the powdered better. I made a big batch of liquid because my kids are coming home from college and they do a lot of laundry. I had added a small sixteen use bottle of cheer to the liquid detergent and use one cup, i imagine 150 loads for this batch.
i make the liquid it seems to work but i have to pretreat tough stains i dont think i will go back to store bought detergents because with 7 children its more economical
I will head on over to the poll link in a few, but had to chime in. I make both powder and liquid. The liquid is about $2.00 for 5 gallons, and I use about 1/4 cup per load. The powder is for hubby’s clothes, he’s in construction and sometimes need an extra boost, I put the powder in (with baking soda added) run through a rinse cycle and then a regular cycle, no smelly hubby upon his return.