DIY Laundry Detergent

It's no secret that I like to save money and am obsessed with Pinterest. This past week I was running low on laundry soap so I decided to try one of pins on Pinterest. My sister in law Lauren passed on a recipe she found too that was similar.

Seriously this couldn't have been any easier. It's 3 ingredients, all on the same shelf at Harris Teeter.

The recipe is:

1 cup of Borax
1 cup of Washing Soda
1 bar of soap (It called for Fels-Naptha, but others said you could also use Ivory, Pure & Natural or Zotex. I used Pure and natural because I had some already)

First step is to grate the bar of soap.  Fels-Naptha supposedly looks like cheddar cheese when you grate it, but Pure and Natural made a fine white grain, which I liked even though it easily went up your nose.)

It grated to about one cup. I then added the cup of borax and a cup of washing soda.  I stirred it around really good. 

I put the final three cups into a Rubbermaid container and volia, I have laundry soap.  You use 1 tbs. per load of laundry and it makes 64 loads. I used very little of the Borax and Washing Soda, so I can make TONS more.  I think somewhere said you would use 10 bars of soap for each box. 

The results: I think it did a good job! My clothes came out clean and fresh. 

So I've had people ask me does it really come out cheaper than buying laundry detergent on sale with coupons.  YES! I figured even with coupons and a good deal, I would spend about 6 cents a load.  With this, a PENNY a load! 

I mean really it was so easy, why not make it and save a little money in the process?! I know exactly what's in our laundry soap...it's a natural..and cheap...can't get much better than that.