We ran out of our homemade laundry soap last week, and everything in our house came to a grinding halt. Luckily I had a couple of small containers of laundry detergent to limp along until I could afford the luxury of making more soap. This time, I was planning to go to our local hardware store to get all of the ingredients for making powdered laundry soap because they sent me a high-value coupon: $7 off of any $20 purchase!
I went to the store and purchased what I needed. Here's the cost breakdown:
2 bars of Fels Naptha $1.89 each- $3.78
Oxiclean $6.99
Borax $4.99
Washing Soda $6.49
4 boxes Baking soda $3.96- (I already had these on hand)
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Total Cost $26.21
Coupon - $7.00
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Discounted Cost $19.21
My laundry soap batch usually lasts our family of five about six months. Less than $20 in detergent will last our family through the next six months!
The link above includes adding a scent booster of some kind, but I leave it out of my big batch and add in some kind of fragrance to individual loads if I want. The Fels Naptha adds a nice clean smell on its own. I like the plain detergent on my kids' clothes, and I add Downy Unstopables to bath towels and adult clothes to make them smell great.
There's nothing that feels like getting a great deal on an already awesome homemade detergent!
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