For my recipe I use:
1 bar Ivory Soap, grated fine*
4.5 cups Borax
3 cups Arm & Hammer washing soda
1 cup baking soda
I mix it all together, making sure to break up any major lumps in the ingredients (Borax is especially prone to this).
I use one tablespoon per load of laundry. If the laundry is especially dirty, I will put an additional 1/4 to 1/2 teaspoon of detergent in the pre-wash slot of my machine.
*I use a Zyliss Hard Cheese Grater
This detergent has handled everything I have thrown at it in the way of farm clothing (dust, dirt, sweat, occasional blood and/or feces - farming is hard on the clothes). I am quite looking forward to giving it the ultimate test - diapers for two babies.
This time I had leftovers from the last time I made detergent (in December, I believe) and so it didn't cost me a penny out of pocket. However, in my last cost analysis, I erred on cost per load because I estimated that 1/8 cup (2 tbs) would be needed per load. Since only 1 tbs per load is needed, detergent is now running me 4 cents a load - not too bad!
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