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| Homemade Laundry Sauce! |
Not only is this laundry "sauce" fun to make (and play with), but it is also a frugal, quality laundry detergent using 3 main ingredients: Borax, Washing Soda, & Fels Naptha. A friend of mine shared the recipe with me, found at the blog,
Budget 101. I basically followed her same directions, except for a few modifications. Thanks to a tip from the lady at Ace Hardware, I heated the Fels Naptha bar in the microwave for 30 seconds before grating it, which made it
a lot easier to grate. And my blender did not fit the lid of my mason jar like Budget101's, so I simply scooped the detergent into the blender and then blended.
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| 1 C Washing Soda, 1 C Borax, 1 Bar Fels Naptha (not pictured)... Easy peasy. Excuse the messy counter tops, that's how I roll. |
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| Fels Naptha, grated. |
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| Mixed the Borax and Washing Soda. |
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| Melted the Fels Naptha in 4 cups of water, stirring for 10 minutes. |
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| Added the Borax/Soda mixture to Fels Naptha liquid and stirred 3 minutes until dissolved, then poured evenly into two 1-quart mason jars. |
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| Added water, leaving 1 1/2 inch headspace at top, then put the lids on and let the jars sit UPSIDE DOWN for 4 hours (this is important, but I'm not sure why). |
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| Looking a little shady after 4 hours.... |
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| Scooped the mixture out of my jars, one at a time, and blended it for a minute. |
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| Look at the awesome paste it forms, so cool. |
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| Voila! 2 jars full of laundry sauce... use 1 tablespoon per load of laundry! This lasts for about 128 loads. |
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