You might remember that a few days ago, I made my own, homemade laundry detergent using the Duggar’s recipe found here. I also made my own, homemade fabric softener with the recipe I found here.
I promised to report back after I had tried them out, so that’s what this post is about!
Let me first tell you that I am dumb sometimes. If you’re a family member, there’s no need to comment with “Amen” to this statement.
The whole time I was reading the instructions for the detergent, I kept thinking, “Why are they saying that this makes ten gallons when you’re only supposed to put everything in a five-gallon container?”
Well…duh.
I figured it out…after the fact.
First, let me back up a bit.
When last I left you, I had mixed the detergent and left it to cool off overnight.
What happens when you do this is that the mixture turns into a gel.
When I washed my clothes, I used 1/2 cup of the gel…BEFORE reading that you’re supposed to put the gel mixture in some sort of container…halfway…and then fill up the rest of the container with water.
Hence, you double the amount of the detergent, making ten gallons out of five.
Ding, ding, ding!
Hence my stupidity.
Regardless, the full-strength detergent did not harm my laundry at all. The Hawaiian-smelling essential oil made my laundry room smell like a tropical island.
Ahhh…
I had also used some of the oil in my fabric softener, so it was smelling really good when the laundry finished washing.
After my clothes dried, I pulled them off the lines and folded them. I did notice that the washcloths and tshirts weren’t as crispy, as promised by someone who had reviewed the fabric softener. They also did not smell like vinegar…a primary ingredient of the softener.
I am going to keep using these recipes…that’s how happy I am with them.
This morning after church, I took an old, empty container of store-bought detergent, washed it out, and filled it halfway with the gel I’d made. I topped off the bottle with water and wrote the following instructions on it:
I am pleased beyond compare. This is a very frugal, eco-friendly way to do laundry.
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