Save Money On laundry Detergent

In today's post I want to look at another area where we all tend to over spend, Laundry. We spend money on Laundry soap, softener, static sheets, and countless other items, that we are told we need, to keep our clothes white, bright, soft, and full of color.Before I go into the savings, let us first look at what a person might spend if they decided to buy name brand laundry detergent.

For a 150oz container of Gain, which does 96 loads, you will pay $14.97 at Walmart. So if used as recommended you will pay roughly $0.16 per load. Which isn't bad, but come on, you know we can beat that.

 

For a 150oz container of Tide you will pay $17.97 at Walmart, which at 96 loads would bring you too around $0.19 a load.

 

Now of course there are cheaper options of premaid laundry detergents, but homemade tends to always run cheaper. So here's the recipe..

 

LAUNDRY DETERGENT

 

1/3 bar of Fels Naptha Soap

1/2 cup Washing Soda

1/2 cup Borax Powder

A 2gallon or bigger bucket.

 

Grate the soap and add into saucepan with 6 cups of water. Heat until soap completely melts. Add soda and borax and stir until desolved. Remove from heat. Pour 4 cups of hot water into bucket. Now add soap mixture and stir. Finally add 1 gallon and 6 cups of water and stir. Allow to set for 24 hours until product becomes a liquid gel. (product won't completely gel, it will be runny). Use 1/2 cup per load of laundry, will make 64 loads worth of detergent. *** Can also add essential oil if you want your detergent to have a specific smell. Otherwise it will smell like lemon.

 

 

This recipe will make enough to do 64 loads of laundry. And here's the cost.

• Fels Naptha 5.5oz bar - $1.12 (about $0.37 per recipe)
• Washing Soda 55oz box - $2.23 (about $0.17 per recipe)
• Borax Powder 76oz box - $3.27 (about $0.14 per recipe)

 

So for 64 loads of detergent we pay $0.68 or about $0.01 per load. You're litterally paying almost nothing for laundry detergent, and your clothes will be every bit as clean as the name brand detergents would get them.

 

 

****As an extra side note for the people of Cassville. If you don't want to spend extra money on a bucket, to put the detergent in, then stop by our local Ramey's Supermarket and ask the deli if they have any frosting buckets. They will give you a 5gallon bucket with lid for free, just to get rid of them.

 

Hope this helps you all save a little extra.