Homemade Laundry Detergent

With 18 loads of laundry to do each week, I need another money saver!  This is a super cheap but easy recipe and it gets all the stains, smells and yuckiness out of the rough tough boy clothes.  It's a winner with being HE safe and I bet you will love it too! 

1 4 lb 12 oz box Borax (2.15 kg or 76 oz) found in the detergent isle

1 4 lb box Arm & Hammer Baking Soda (1.81 kg) found in the cooking isle

1  box Arm & Hammer Super Washing Soda 55 oz (3 lb 7 oz) found in the detergent isle

3 bars of Fels-Naptha soap, found in the detergent isle (if you use Zote bars use 2 bars instead, Zote can be found at Home Depot)

2 small containers of Oxy Clean or store brand Oxy Clean (try to get about 3.5 lbs total (1.58 kg)) found in the detergent isle.  You can make this without the Oxyclean and baking soda but it makes my clothes soooo clean with a family of boys that I dare not try it without! 

Unwrap and grate the 3 bars of Fels-Naptha soap into a large and sturdy trash bag.  

Add all the other listed ingredients to the large trash bag.  Just a caution with the Borax...pour slowly or the dust cloud will appear!  ;)  Close the bag and hold tightly as you slowly mix/shake/roll the trash bag around to mix contents completely.   

Put into seal tight containers for storage.  I keep the little cups that come in the Oxy Clean to use for exact measurements for the detergent.  Makes about 800 1Tbls loads for about $12.00!  That's enough to last me 9 months!