Comments on: Make Your Own Laundry Detergent http://chickensintheroad.com/house/crafts/homemade-laundry-detergent/ Life in Ordinary Splendor Sun, 12 Feb 2012 14:59:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: mrsdmahogany http://chickensintheroad.com/house/crafts/homemade-laundry-detergent/#comment-127460 mrsdmahogany Thu, 14 Apr 2011 17:40:58 +0000 http://chickensintheroad.com/?p=4912#comment-127460 Whew! Good to know...I thought I did something wrong. This soap is the BEST thing I have ever made...except for chocolate chip cookies ;) Whew! Good to know…I thought I did something wrong. This soap is the BEST thing I have ever made…except for chocolate chip cookies ;)

]]> By: Suzanne McMinn http://chickensintheroad.com/house/crafts/homemade-laundry-detergent/#comment-127281 Suzanne McMinn Wed, 13 Apr 2011 18:58:23 +0000 http://chickensintheroad.com/?p=4912#comment-127281 mrsdmahogany, it does gel up, that's normal, and no, it doesn't suds up as much as storebought soaps (they have suds enhancers to make people happy). mrsdmahogany, it does gel up, that’s normal, and no, it doesn’t suds up as much as storebought soaps (they have suds enhancers to make people happy).

]]> By: mrsdmahogany http://chickensintheroad.com/house/crafts/homemade-laundry-detergent/#comment-127272 mrsdmahogany Wed, 13 Apr 2011 17:24:47 +0000 http://chickensintheroad.com/?p=4912#comment-127272 I made this wonderful smelling detergent for the first time this past weekend. I decided to make the concentrated version. Wonderful stuff! I do have a question though. Once it cooled and sat, the top did "gel" up and harden a bit, but stirring it up, using my hand seemed to do the trick to blend it together again. My question is that my recipe seemed to turn out rather "liquidy" and using 3-4 Tablespoons in my load of laundry didn't have the "suds" that you would normally get with store bought soap. Did I do something wrong? With thanks, Dianna I made this wonderful smelling detergent for the first time this past weekend. I decided to make the concentrated version. Wonderful stuff! I do have a question though. Once it cooled and sat, the top did “gel” up and harden a bit, but stirring it up, using my hand seemed to do the trick to blend it together again. My question is that my recipe seemed to turn out rather “liquidy” and using 3-4 Tablespoons in my load of laundry didn’t have the “suds” that you would normally get with store bought soap. Did I do something wrong?

With thanks,
Dianna

]]> By: Suzanne McMinn http://chickensintheroad.com/house/crafts/homemade-laundry-detergent/#comment-125879 Suzanne McMinn Sat, 02 Apr 2011 17:02:18 +0000 http://chickensintheroad.com/?p=4912#comment-125879 Cody, it does that, you have to stir it back up every time. If you want a homemade laundry detergent that's liquid and stays liquid, you can make your own homemade liquid soap. I do that for laundry detergent now. You can find the tutorial and my laundry recipe here: http://chickensintheroad.com/house/crafts/how-to-make-liquid-soap/ Cody, it does that, you have to stir it back up every time. If you want a homemade laundry detergent that’s liquid and stays liquid, you can make your own homemade liquid soap. I do that for laundry detergent now. You can find the tutorial and my laundry recipe here:
http://chickensintheroad.com/house/crafts/how-to-make-liquid-soap/

]]> By: Cody http://chickensintheroad.com/house/crafts/homemade-laundry-detergent/#comment-125878 Cody Sat, 02 Apr 2011 16:56:36 +0000 http://chickensintheroad.com/?p=4912#comment-125878 I have been using a homemade dry powder detergent but it didn't work will in my HE washer so I made your recipe, however after the mixture cooled the soaps & sodas solidified on top of the water, any idea why or how to fix it? I have been using a homemade dry powder detergent but it didn’t work will in my HE washer so I made your recipe, however after the mixture cooled the soaps & sodas solidified on top of the water, any idea why or how to fix it?

]]> By: m.t.dodson http://chickensintheroad.com/house/crafts/homemade-laundry-detergent/#comment-122748 m.t.dodson Sat, 12 Mar 2011 14:51:30 +0000 http://chickensintheroad.com/?p=4912#comment-122748 i have been looking into making my own liquid laundry detergent since i saw something about it on my local news station. while researching about it online,i found a website that says: "Washing soda is Sodium Carbonate Decahydrate. Baking Soda is sodium Bicarbonate. Baking soda (Sodium Bicarbonate) slowly turns into washing soda (Sodium Carbonate, a.k.a. soda ash) when heated above 140 degrees F. The carbon dioxide released is what makes things rise. If you heat baking soda to 350-400 degrees, it’ll turn into washing soda fairly quickly. Washing soda is also sold in pool supply stores as “soda ash”, and is used to raise the pH of the water. (Read the label to make sure it is 100% Sodium Carbonate).." this from tipnut.com/10-homemade-laundry-soap-​detergent-recipes also, other posters have left their experiences and i have condensed them to the following: "The Vinegar is a light acid. The alkalinity softens hard water… the Vinegar reverses the alkalinity & this helps with the rinse being clean, I see that people are adding Oxyclean too. That is great but I can save you money just put in a 1/2 cup of 3% Hydrogen peroxide. The stuff in the brown bottle. It is a great disinfectant too. I wash produce with 3% hydrogen peroxide and white vinegar solution. It washes away every thing and does not leave a taste." also, there was a post that for extremely smelly or greasey clothes to soak the clothes in a 1/2 cup of borax and as hot-water-as-clothes-will-handle over night then wash as normal. i have been looking into making my own liquid laundry detergent since i saw something about it on my local news station.
while researching about it online,i found a website that says:
“Washing soda is Sodium Carbonate Decahydrate. Baking Soda is sodium Bicarbonate. Baking soda (Sodium Bicarbonate) slowly turns into washing soda (Sodium Carbonate, a.k.a. soda ash) when heated above 140 degrees F. The carbon dioxide released is what makes things rise. If you heat baking soda to 350-400 degrees, it’ll turn into washing soda fairly quickly.

Washing soda is also sold in pool supply stores as “soda ash”, and is used to raise the pH of the water. (Read the label to make sure it is 100% Sodium Carbonate)..”
this from tipnut.com/10-homemade-laundry-soap-​detergent-recipes

also, other posters have left their experiences and i have condensed them to the following:
“The Vinegar is a light acid.
The alkalinity softens hard water… the Vinegar reverses the alkalinity & this helps with the rinse being clean,
I see that people are adding Oxyclean too. That is great but I can save you money just put in a 1/2 cup of 3% Hydrogen peroxide. The stuff in the brown bottle. It is a great disinfectant too.
I wash produce with 3% hydrogen peroxide and white vinegar solution. It washes away every thing and does not leave a taste.”
also, there was a post that for extremely smelly or greasey clothes to soak the clothes in a 1/2 cup of borax and as hot-water-as-clothes-will-handle over night then wash as normal.

]]> By: Karen Anne http://chickensintheroad.com/house/crafts/homemade-laundry-detergent/#comment-104357 Karen Anne Thu, 09 Dec 2010 12:15:45 +0000 http://chickensintheroad.com/?p=4912#comment-104357 I can buy the Fels Naptha, Washing Soda, and Borax at my local Ace Hardware. I email them in advance and they round it up from their other stores in the area if necessary. I can buy the Fels Naptha, Washing Soda, and Borax at my local Ace Hardware. I email them in advance and they round it up from their other stores in the area if necessary.

]]> By: Suzanne McMinn http://chickensintheroad.com/house/crafts/homemade-laundry-detergent/#comment-102342 Suzanne McMinn Sat, 27 Nov 2010 16:57:10 +0000 http://chickensintheroad.com/?p=4912#comment-102342 Carni, I just use less water! And to use, I use less, percentage-wise on how much less water I put in. Carni, I just use less water! And to use, I use less, percentage-wise on how much less water I put in.

]]> By: Carni http://chickensintheroad.com/house/crafts/homemade-laundry-detergent/#comment-102339 Carni Sat, 27 Nov 2010 16:42:49 +0000 http://chickensintheroad.com/?p=4912#comment-102339 Suzanne, Could you elaborate a little more on making the concentrate version and using it. Thank you Suzanne, Could you elaborate a little more on making the concentrate version and using it. Thank you

]]> By: nerosmom http://chickensintheroad.com/house/crafts/homemade-laundry-detergent/#comment-101634 nerosmom Tue, 23 Nov 2010 04:09:50 +0000 http://chickensintheroad.com/?p=4912#comment-101634 @ Keri....I wonder if you could make your own dishwasher detergent!!! That stuff is getting very expensive too! I have been making the laundry detergent. We love it...and I estimate we spent about $45 for supplies that have made a year's worth. For our family of five we were spending about $350 a year. @ Keri….I wonder if you could make your own dishwasher detergent!!! That stuff is getting very expensive too! I have been making the laundry detergent. We love it…and I estimate we spent about $45 for supplies that have made a year’s worth. For our family of five we were spending about $350 a year.

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