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Sunday, October 19, 2025

Homemade laundry detergent

 


20 years ago, the popular way to make homemade laundry detergent was just grated Zote soap, Borax, and washing soda. 

This one is different. All of the ingredients cost about $30 the first time I made it several months ago. We were getting low but not really anywhere near “out” so I thought I’d buy the ingredients again. This time, they were a little cheaper and totaled $26. They are:

One tub of oxy 

1 and a half bars of Zote soap grated. Kevin helped with this since I had some hand pain, and he laughed at himself the whole time. 

One box of borax

One box of washing soda

One four pound box of baking soda 

One tub of scent boosters 


The oxy comes with a scoop. Use this scoop to scoop the detergent. Only use 1/3-1/2 of the scoop depending on how soiled everything is. The lady online said this lasts her a year and she has five kids. She doubles it though. 

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Homemade laundry detergent

  20 years ago, the popular way to make homemade laundry detergent was just grated Zote soap, Borax, and washing soda.  This one is differen...