Soap powders, that is.
I must also begin with apologizing for the use of a terrible early-mid nineties song. Let us never speak of this again. Yikes.
I have a great recipe for liquid detergent (thanks to my dear friend, Hannah Tate) the only downfall is that it can be a little messy and it takes a good bit of time to gel properly. So if you're in a pinch for detergent and you don't want to use/can't get a hold of store-bought, what do you do? Whip up a quick batch of powdered detergent, of course! On the "For the Laundry" tab of this blog there is a good recipe for powdered detergent, however, I have found a simpler and less time consuming way of making it. Do you have a food processor? Great. Then we're in business.
Easier Powdered Laundry Detergent:
1 bar soap (Ivory/Dove/Fels-Naptha...)
1/2 cup Borax
1/2 cup Washing Soda (or Ph Plus, as long as it is Sodium Carbonate, it will work!)
-Cut the bar of soap into a few manageable chunks. Put in food processor until pretty well ground up.
-Add other ingredients to the ground soap in the processor and let it run for 30 seconds or so.
Really, you can let your processor run as long as you like...it just depends how fine you want your detergent to be. (The finer it is, the easier it will dissolve in cold water washes!) I tend to use somewhere around 1/4 to 1/3 cup for large loads. Hope this works well for you!
**Question: Does anyone have any good homemade fabric softener ideas that smell good? I know white vinegar works (and the smell rinses out), but I really like having the extra fresh scent. Any tips or ideas??
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