Ever get tired of paying for "stuff" that you can make yourself??? I do! And now with all this extra time at home, I need something productive to do. And I love to save money, cause that's just more money for me to spend on something fantablous for my family. And I like the ideal that "I made it myself". Here's my project from last week.
Arm & Hammer Washing Soda $3.24
Borax Laundry Booster $3.36
1 bar of Fels-Naptha - $.97
plus .06% sales tax.
All found at my local Wally World in the Laundry section within 2 feet of each other.
Grade 1/3 of bar soap.
Melt graded soap into 6 cups of water.
After soap has melted, add 1/2 cup of Borax and 1/2 cup of Arm & Hammer Washing Soda. Dissolve.
Clean your storage bucket (2 gallons or more, I like to double my batch and use a 5 gallon bucket with lid). Fill bucket with 4 cups of hot water. Then add detergent mixture. Last add 1 gallon and 6 cups of cold water
Stir and let set for 24 hours. You will use 1/2 cup for each load. Substance will not be sudsy, it will have an egg noodle soup look.
Here's the break down....
The price below is for 2 gallons = 64 loads.
Arm & Hammer cost $3.44 divided by 55oz = $.07 per oz. X 8oz. = $.56
Borax cost $3.57 divided by 76 oz = $.05 per oz. X 8oz. = $.40
Fels Naptha cost $1.03 divided by 3 = $.35
And about 30 minutes of my time.
For a total of $1.31 which equals out to just a tad bit above $.02 per load.
I figured that I will save approximately $250.00 per calendar year by going Homemade!
This is not my ideal, it's a copy cat from HERE (which is very detailed)!
I've been washing with the detergent for a few days and no one has noticed the change or has had any breakouts, so I believe it's a "go" for the Maddox household. Now to make the Dugger Family laundry softener.
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