Comments on: diy laundry detergent

By: kath_red

kath_red — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 23:36:01 +0000

Hi all
It hardly foams up at all – but still washes really really well.
I have seen recipes for making dry – powder and imagine it works just like washing powder works – having it wet though means it dissolves more easily and gets to work straight away.
I have not used it in a front loader – but have read of others and it works fine.
I do have a dedicated pot for this – however I just use my ordinary blender attachment and wash it well afterwards.
cheers
Kathreen

By: Alta

Alta — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 22:03:00 +0000

I love this! It looks like it would really be a fun family project. Thank you for sharing.

By: Alisa

Alisa — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 20:30:14 +0000

Hey, I really want to try this. Do you know if it works in HE, front load washers? Does is foam up a lot or a little? Thanks.

By: lekkercraft

lekkercraft — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 15:17:27 +0000

Looks great! Thanks a million. Do you have to dedicate a pot / blender attachment for this? Or is it ok to cook with them again after?

By: Abbington

Abbington — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 11:03:06 +0000

My container of borax has a laundry powder ‘recipe’ on the side, using similar ingredients, but excluding the water – they leave it to use in dry form – though I imagine that means the soap flakes don’t dissolve as well in the machine.

Does it clean well??

If you are looking for more great uses for borax, then check out the ‘Super Slime’ recipe on the Powerhouse Museum website! http://play.powerhousemuseum.com/makedo/slime.php Gave my kid hrs of fun!

By: Kathreen

Kathreen — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 04:54:08 +0000

my recipe is much more concentrated and will be more of a paste – but adding more water is absolutely ok – you just use less of it – if you decide to add more water and make it more of a slurry – then you use a little more.

By: Leah

Leah — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 00:41:57 +0000

Your tutorial doesn’t have as much water as Nathan’s does (10 ltrs??) is that still OK?

thanks
leah

By: eeloh

eeloh — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 02:22:58 +0000

Interesting…. I made up a recipe similar to this but it didn’t specify cooking it. Maybe that’s the key. The stuff I made wasn’t very effective at all.