Easy DIY Laundry Soap

 

So I have been looking everywhere and trying everything to make my own laundry soap. I have 4 kids, plus myself and husband along with 2 dogs and a cat. SO we do a ton of laundry!

Anyways I've been searching for a "good" home made laundry soap to help cut the costs of our everyday living. I tried a few and found a lot just didn't have the cleaning power.

So After many attempts, all different measurements, and a lot of laundry later, I found the perfect ratio of ingredients!

Its super easy, and works great. You will most likely never buy laundry soap again!

What you will need

2 cups Borax
2 cups of Arm & Hammer WASHING Soada
1 bar of Ivory Soap (purex, sunlight, and others should work as long as its a soap bar not a beauty bar *moisturizer bar*)
Cheese grater for the soap
Downy Unstoppables or essential oils - Optional

put the 2 cups of each borax, and washing soda in a container. Grate up your bar of soap. I found using the small side works so much better then using the larger side of the grater. The small pieces incorporate much easier.



Now this can be it and you can be done there.  If that's the case you just made yourself 5.5 cups of laundry soap and only need to use 1 - 2 tablespoons at a time. 1 or smaller less soiled clothes, and 2 for larger or heavier soiled clothes.




Or if you want a more fragrant smelling laundry soap you can add down unstoppables (which I did) or you can try adding your favorite essential oil. Don't use anything but these 2 things. I tried many different things trust me, and everything BUT these ruin your batch. If you choose to use essential oils you still only need the 1 - 2 tablespoons , however if you use the downy unstoppables, I added 2 full  cap fulls so I use 3 tables spoons of laundry soap.


 
I hope you all love this as much as myself and my family do!