Have you ever thought about how much money you spend on laundry detergent each year?  The rule of thumb seems to be that larger families + younger children = an insane amount of laundry.

Well, my sister just gave me a homemade laundry detergent recipe.  It is extremely simple and the ingredients are easy to find at any local discount store.  Even better… pennies per load!

Powder Detergent:

-3 cups Borax               -2 cups Baking Soda          -2 cups Washing Soda             -2 cups grated mild bar soap

Mix all ingredients well and seal tightly in a container.  This recipe cleans your laundry as well as any leading detergent without all the extra ingredients and it uses only 1/8 of a cup per full load.  That’s 72 loads!

Hopefully this tip helps you save some Cents & Sanity.

Feel free to leave a comment or post your own recipe for making laundry detergent.