#The laundry guy soap flakes update

And the bar of Fels Naptha was only a buck and each batch equates to 40+ loads. Here’s the kicker – there’s enough Borax and washing soda to make something like 5 batches of this, uh, stuff. One regular load of laundry only needs one tablespoon of this mix, so I put an old, mini coffee scoop in the jar to use for measuring. While we could’ve left the mixture in the tupperware, I spruced up the display by using an on-hand Ball jar instead. Update: Buy a bundle of ingredients straight from Amazon right here. In fact, it’s so easy, I can sum up the steps in a sentence (hey, there’s a first for me!): Grate an entire bar of Fels Naptha with a cheese grater into a bowl (we used a Rubbermaid container, same diff), then add 1 cup of Borax, followed by 1 cup of the washing soda, and mix. Especially if you’re like us and spend an afternoon in every carry-all store in the city until you find what you needed at the first place you should have stopped. I kid you not, the steps are even easier than getting in your car, driving to the store, and buying the 3 ingredients. You’ll need Borax, Fels Naptha soap, and washing soda:

Found on That’s Church via Tall Tales, the three ingredients were purchased at our local grocery store for a total of $10 (of course, I discovered this after first trying Ace and then Target – but only finding 1 ingredient of each in both), and it was so dang easy. Four months later, winter happened and all those loose to-do projects started getting done. Did I score in the man department or what?įirst mentioned here, I decided to heck with it all, and I went and did something about it. I always knew I was thrifty, but even that took me by surprise. The last time I purchased laundry soap, I threw a fit in the cleaning aisle and spent the drive home moaning over the high coast of detergent.

#The laundry guy soap flakes update

Please read through the comments for more Q&As, as you have all been so wonderful to share your experiences!Īnd if you’re looking for even more information on our DIY suds, see our sudsy update to this post, right here.

Update: If using a HE washer, our readers have suggested throwing the mix directly into the wash load, rather than the soap dispenser.