Homemade Laundry Detergent and Fabric Softener

One of the best way to save money is start using “alternative” cleaning products. Actually the so called alternative cleaning products are simply cleaners made by you in the comfort of your home instead in a lab by a scientist. You can replace almost any commercial cleaner with its homemade alternative. Even the laundry detergents and fabric softeners can be replaced with their homemade alternatives. Here are 2 recipes that with which you create your own homemade laundry detergent or fabric softener.

To create a homemade laundry detergent you would require the following products: borax, washing soda and one bar laundering soap, that is it, you won’t need anything else. Now to create your own laundry detergent you should first grate the soap, then mix the pieces of soap with 1 cup borax and 1 cup washing soda. When you’ve mixed the ingredients together you should stir the mixture long enough until you receive a powder like substance. Then just store your homemade laundry detergent in a sealed box. Cleaners Charlton recommend to use somewhere between 30 and 60 ounces with each load of laundry depending on how dirty it is or how much clothes have to be laundered.

And if you think that creating your own laundry detergent is an easy task, then you will be surprised how much easier is to create your own homemade fabric softener. The ingredients that you are going to need to create homemade fabric softener are vinegar and essential oil. Mix half a litre of vinegar with 20-30 drops essential oil and store the mixture into an empty bottle with a cap. The choice of essential oil is entirely up to you. Use the homemade fabric softener by adding 1 cup of it to every washing cycle. Also follow the advice of cleaners Clapton to shake up the bottle everytime before using the softener to mix up the ingredients well.

Like any other commercial cleaning products the laundry detergents and fabric softeners have their homemade alternative. Not only that but in order to create your own homemade laundry detergent or fabric softener you just have to mix some cheap and easy to find products like vinegar, borax, washing soda, essential oils and washing soap.