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Homemade Natural Laundry Detergent Powder

This homemade natural laundry detergent powder is really effective and much kinder to the water ways. 

Prep Time 45 minutes
Total Time 45 minutes
Servings 3 1/4 cups
Author Tess Masters

Ingredients

Instructions

  1. In the bowl of your stand mixer, pour in the castile soap. Stir in the washing soda, and then the baking soda, and then add the vinegar 1/4 cup at a time as the mixture will foam. Whip it at a medium speed like egg whites for 5 to 10 minutes until the mixture thickens, and turns into a powder.

  2. Transfer the mixture to a sealed container, and allow the mixture to stand for about 30 minutes. The mixture will expand and become even more powdered, resembling a heavy powdered detergent. Store in a sealed container. Then, use 1/2 cup per full load of laundry.

Recipe Notes

*Note: when you switch from your commercial detergent to this laundry soap, the residue from your detergent can mix with the soap and cause yellowing. For your first green wash, use 1/3 cup of washing soda for a normal load. This will remove the detergent residue.

Recipe from Full Circle Home.
Photo by Trent Lanz and styling by Alicia Buszczak