Liquid Laundry Detergent

laundry detergent 

I don't know about you but  I truly hate paying to much for anything. When it comes down to laundry detergent .... two words.. OH MY... so this recipe and 15 minutes of your time is roughly going to cost you 3 dollars to make and you will have 416 ounces of the best, cleanest, most ecological sound laundry detergent that actually gets your clothes clean and doesn't leave them feeling greasy or nasty or make you itch afterwards.

pail

No need to pay for a container... (if you know of someone that owns a cat(s) ask for there plastic pail (40 pounds) that was housing the kitty litter) Not only are you stopping one pail from making it into the land fill your saving money. Wash it out real well and there you go.

4 cups water
Bar of soap ( I use Dr. Bronners)
1 gallon container
5 gallon container/lid or a used kitty litter container( 40 pounds)
1 cup of washing soda
1/2 cup Borax

3 "ingredients"

grated soap flakes

Start heating the water and cheese grate the bar of soap into flakes. Right before the 4 cups of water boils add the soap flakes and turn down a bit. Stir until all of the soap has dissolved. Once the soap has dissolved add 3 gallons of hot water to the large pail, dump in the soap mixture and add the washing soda, stir until its dissolved and then add the borax and again stir until its dissolved. If you let it sit over night it will thicken into a gloppy mess, If you keep a spoon handy you can just stir it back up. But you can use it right away.