Homemade Liquid Laundry Detergent (with photos)
From: Lady Jennie
Recipe type: Eco-Clean
- 1.5 gallon container
- ¾ cups grated soap - Ivory or Dr Bronner's.
- ¼ cup Sodium Percarbonate or Washing Soda (the former is just Washing Soda with hydrogen peroxide built in)
- ¼ cup Borax
- 1 cup white vinegar, warmed
- 15 drops essential oil of lavender, if you're not using the lavender vinegar
- ⅛ teaspoon tea tree oil
- water to complete the rest of the container
- Grate the soap and melt it in 2 cups of water in a large saucepan.
- Pour the Borax in the container you're using, and add a cup of warm water to dissolve it.
- Heat the vinegar for a minute in the microwave.
- Keep whisking the soap until it starts to foam and it's all melted.
- Slowly pour the Sodium Percarbonate into the mixture, whisking the whole time.
- As soon as it starts to foam up, add the warm vinegar.
- Start spooning the foam into the container, using a funnel and warm water if necessary.
- In desperation (ha ha), use a turkey baster and your hands to get the rest of the foam in.
- Complete the container with warm water.
- Add the tea tree oil, and the lavender drops, if using.
- Shake a few times throughout the day, let sit overnight.
- Use ½ cup to 1 cup, depending on size of load.
Recipe by A Lady In France at https://aladyinfrance.com/homemade-liquid-laundry-detergent-with-photos/
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