Home Made Laundry Detergent

I am a HUGE fan of saving money.

Awhile ago, I decided to make my own laundry detergent.

I was very leery of this. Positive in my mind that it just would never measure up to store bought brands.

But to my amazement, it worked. And it worked well!

I found this link from pinterest. Certain I would have to try at least 3 recipes before I found one I loved. But this was the one I used, and the one I will stick with. 

All of the instructions can be found on her page...

HowDoesShe

I purchased all of the items from the list on the previous website I just shared. 

And the total cost for me came to

$21.79

From my previous batch of this detergent, I got about 8 months worth of laundry.

I do an estimated 1 load of laundry a day.

That brings my total of laundry soap PER load of laundry to a grand total of about 

9 CENTS!

Yes, you read that right. 

It only cost me 9 cents a load for detergent.

I found this link for making Fabric Softener stretch farther.

Clarkscondensed

I haven't tried this yet. But I did soak my washcloths, and they smell so good.

I stored them in an airtight container.

And can't wait to see if they work.

If they work, I will be getting over 1000 "dryer sheets" per my bottle of Downy!

I hope they work! If so, it will cost me just a penny for each load!

I will keep you updated as to if they actually do in fact work for me.

***UPDATE***

The Downy Rags actually work fairly well.

Although, I don't seem to be able to get 10 loads from each rag.

I can get about 5 loads. 

Which is still a HUGE savings. I am getting FIVE x the amount I am paying for.

And that still makes me very, very happy.

How can saving money not make you happy, happy, happy!