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DIY Recipe for Liquid Laundry Detergent

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directions
  1. Fill a saucepan with 6 cups water and add grated Fels Naptha soap.
  2. Heat on low until soap is dissolved.
  3. Stir in Washing soda and borax.
  4. Stir until thickened, and remove from heat.
  5. Add 1 quart hot water to 2 gallon bucket.
  6. Add soap mixture, and mix well.
  7. Fill bucket with hot water, and mix well.
Heat 24 cups of water (1.5 gallons) to a low boil on the stove. Add 4 cups liquid castile soap, 4 cups washing soda, and 4 cups borax to a 5-gallon bucket. Pour the boiling water into the bucket with the other ingredients and stir until everything is dissolved.
Whenever you deal with cleaning agents, chemicals, or unfamiliar substances, it's essential to exercise caution and ensure you know how to handle them. While DIY laundry soaps seem like a good idea, they pose various risks and likely won't be as effective as commercially made detergents.
Overall, no. It's not worth it to make homemade laundry detergent when you compare the price per load of Arm & Hammer right now. However, if you need to make something at home that has less chemicals and additives, it's still a solid contender. Plus, it's a lot of fun to use a processor and get messy.
Surfactants. Surfactants. Anionic surfactants: branched alkylbenzenesulfonate, linear alkylbenzenesulfonate, and a soap. Surfactants are responsible for most of the cleaning performance in laundry detergent.

The Best Homemade Liquid Laundry Detergent Recipe (around 13 Cents per Gallon!)

With Only 3 ingredients besides water, you can make detergent that is every bit as effective as the $10 per gallon version you get...

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