Homemade Liquid Laundry Detergent


Make your own homemade liquid laundry detergent with just a few simple and natural ingredients!
Today I’m sharing with you how to make homemade liquid laundry detergent! I’ve made powdered laundry detergent in the past, but I have been wanting to experiment with a liquid recipe.  I found this one and revised it to my liking.   Here is what you need:

Homemade Liquid Laundry Detergent

An empty (around 1 gallon) container (I used an old detergent jug)
1 cup liquid Dr. Bronner’s Soap
1 cup baking soda
30 drops essential oil (optional)
I started off by taking the spout off the old detergent jug to make pouring and mixing easier
Make your own homemade liquid laundry detergent with just a few simple and natural ingredients!
 


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Make your own homemade liquid laundry detergent with just a few simple and natural ingredients!
Break out the Dr. Bronner’s Soap and measure 1 cup.
Make your own homemade liquid laundry detergent with just a few simple and natural ingredients!
Pour it in.
Make your own homemade liquid laundry detergent with just a few simple and natural ingredients!
Add 1 cup baking soda
Make your own homemade liquid laundry detergent with just a few simple and natural ingredients!
Add about 30 drops of your favorite essential oil.  I already had tea tree oil on hand, so that is what I used. This step is optional…it’s just for nice smelling laundry!
Make your own homemade liquid laundry detergent with just a few simple and natural ingredients!
Now, fill it up with warm water (if you use warm, the baking soda will dissolve better)
Make your own homemade liquid laundry detergent with just a few simple and natural ingredients!
After you shake it up, you are done with your homemade liquid laundry detergent! You can use the cap to measure out about 1/4 cup per load!
Make your own homemade liquid laundry detergent with just a few simple and natural ingredients!
So, this was an experiment for me…here are my thoughts.  I think that the powdered detergent is much cheaper.  This takes quite a bit of liquid Dr. Bronner’s soap which is much pricier than just one bar of natural soap for the other recipe.  But, the powdered is a little more labor intensive as you have to grate the soap up.   Both clean pretty well and the liquid recipe ends up smelling better because you can add the essential oils which you can’t do for the powdered kind. So, either recipe would be great, just whatever floats your boat, I guess!!
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