Homemade Laundry Soap (Powder)

1- 4 lb 12 oz box Borax, (2.15 kg or 76 oz)      found in the detergent aisle
1- 4 lb box Arm & Hammer Baking Soda (1.81 kg) found in the cooking aisle
1 box Arm & Hammer Super Washing Soda 55 oz (3 lb 7 oz) found in the detergent aisle
3 bars Fels-Naptha Soap, found in the detergent aisle (you can also use 2 Zote bars instead.  Zote can be found at Home Depot)
2 Small containers of Oxy Clean or store brand equivalent (try to get about 3.5 lbs total (1.58 kg)) found in the detergent aisle
I also added a little bit of generic powdered Clorox 2 (you can use it on colors and whites.  It's supposed to keep colors brighter and whites whiter.)

You should be able to find all of these items at your grocery store.

Use 1-2 Tablespoons per load.  I know that does not seem like enough, but this recipe does not have fillers like the store bought detergent so you only need 1-2 T.

This detergent is fairly mild smelling;  it's not overpowering.  If you love a strong scent, you may want to add a fabric softener or laundry crystals to each load.  (I added Purex Crystals)  You can find laundry crystals in the detergent aisle.

Directions

1.  Start out by grating your Fels-Naptha soap just like cheese.  You can use a food processor or just use your hand-held grater, whatever you have.  Those of you with a HE washer may want to run the mix through the grater again to get an even finer mix.  **Don't worry- the Fels-Naptha will dissolve in your washer even if you only use cold water like me.**

2.  Toss all the ingredients into a 5 gallon bucked lined with a garbage bag.  This part makes your whole house smell great.

3.  Once everything is mixed, store soap however you like.  The recipe makes a bout 2 gallons worth of detergent.  Walmart has large glass jars in the kitchen dept.

Fromt this website:  http://beingcreativetokeepmysanity.blogspot.com/2010/11/homemade-laundry-soap.html