Homemade Liquid Laundry Detergent (with photos)
 
 
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Recipe type: Eco-Clean
Ingredients
  • 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
Instructions
  1. Grate the soap and melt it in 2 cups of water in a large saucepan.
  2. Pour the Borax in the container you're using, and add a cup of warm water to dissolve it.
  3. Heat the vinegar for a minute in the microwave.
  4. Keep whisking the soap until it starts to foam and it's all melted.
  5. Slowly pour the Sodium Percarbonate into the mixture, whisking the whole time.
  6. As soon as it starts to foam up, add the warm vinegar.
  7. Start spooning the foam into the container, using a funnel and warm water if necessary.
  8. In desperation (ha ha), use a turkey baster and your hands to get the rest of the foam in.
  9. Complete the container with warm water.
  10. Add the tea tree oil, and the lavender drops, if using.
  11. Shake a few times throughout the day, let sit overnight.
  12. 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/