The Best Homemade Laundry Detergent Recipe
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Making your own laundry detergent is a great way to save a few bucks a year. We experimented with a few simple recipes and found that the winning combo of ingredients costs about 7 cents per load compared with about 20 cents per load for a commercial brand.
Plus, DIY detergent is a nice alternative if you’re sensitive to the fragrances in store-bought products.
Here are the simple steps:
Plus, DIY detergent is a nice alternative if you’re sensitive to the fragrances in store-bought products.
Here are the simple steps:
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For the experiment, we washed strips of cloth covered with an untreated mustard stain using different recipes. You can see how it looked after being washed with a commercial brand.
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It's much fainter with our winning recipe.
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Here's a look at all four, including the commercial version on the far left.
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Get the full recipe (and read about the test) here:
Want more details about this and other DIY projects? Check out my blog post!
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to Swan Road Designs - Your comment about the warning to not iron a garment while wearing it made me laugh. hmmmm, I suppose that might be one way to get warm on a cold day? But, really - where is common sense - apparently not around all that much anymore. lol. Thank you for the laugh
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I would love to read the whole article along with the other recipes you tried but there is no link for it.
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