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made my first patch of laundry detergent. sitting now till tomorrow.

No caustic burns or self-combustion fires to report of.

thank you guys for this recipe. Plan on sharing with my whole family.

The 20 mule team was $5.39 for 4lbs. 12oz.

A&H washing soda was $3.49 for 3lbs. 7oz.

We picked up some Clorox Greenworks Oxi $4.99 for a 3.5lbs. tub (this was on clearance $3.00 off)

We didn't see the Fels Naptha in the bar soap isle so we bought Caress soap. Grated it up then watched the video again and thought the Fels bar was bigger. So after googling the bar I found that the Fels is not a hand soap but a washing detergent enhancer and stain lifter like the borax and washing soda. So back to the grocery store and we found the Fels with the detergents.

The Fels was $1.73 a bar for 5.5oz.

I shredded the Fels and added a touch of the Caress soap. I did add some fabric softener we had in the cabinet.

Tomorrow I will do the final mix to make the 10 gallons.

This pics is 5 hours after making. We got a few suds during the melting process by adding some water after it started to melt.

10 gallons makes enough for 160 loads

We spent $16.00 dollars today. The price of one bottle of Tide. I will need to buy more Fels Naptha for the next batch but all the rest of the ingredients we will have. Enough to do this at least 10 more times.