homemade laundry detergent

So you all want to know how to make homemade laundry detergent! Well first you will need a couple of things.Some old laundry detergent bottlesA five gallon bucket from home depot or some placea box of Borax form target or Walmarta box of Arm and Hammer Washing Soda, NOT Baking Soda!!!a bar of soap like Ivory, Lever, or Dove! it all works!!!Now you can make Homemade Laundry SoapGrate 1 bar Ivory or other type of soap like you would cheese1 cup washing soda 1 cup borax powder Put the grated soap in a sauce pan. Add 6 cups water and heat it until the soap melts. Add the washing soda and the borax and stir until it is dissolved. Remove from heat. Pour 1 gallon hot water into the bucket. Now add your soap mixture and stir. Now fill the five gallon bucket up almost 3 1/2 more gallons, and stir it up. Let the soap sit for about 24 hours and it will gel. You use ½ cup per load. Seriosly this stuff ROCKS the stains... YOu can leave it in the 5 gallon bucket with a lid if you want or pour it into old detergent bottles.. Or fill up on old bottle use, refill etc...waa llaaaaaaa 5 gallons of laundry detergent for $2.50. Now that is awesome.

another user said...
I've been making my own detergent for over 10 years. I can't ever imagine going back to storebought. When i make it though, I use Fels Naptha and just super washing soda, no Borax.