Coming out in the Wash

From this post by Boston to Salem @ DailyKos, how to make your own laundry detergent:

All you need is one bar of soap, 1 cup of washing soda and 1/2 cup of Borax and a 5 gallon bucket.

1. chop up the soap and melt in a quart of water on the stove.

2. Pour soap/water into bucket and add 4.5 gallons of very hot tap water.

3. Stir in Borax until dissolved.

4. Stir in washing soda until dissolved.

This will gel overnight. Use 1 cup per load. We wash 6 loads a week, so one batch of this will last us 2-3 months. The cost is less than 2 cents a load, and you will be able to make dozens of batches from just one box of the Borax and washing soda. Plus you are helping the environment by not purchasing and disoposing of large plastic detergent containers, etc...

Enjoy!

I'm going to try this the next time I get a chance to buy borax and washing soda--my next attemt to go a little more green :)

Cheers,

Sean