Fake It Expensive Laundry Soap

Credit - Soap.com

Ingredients:

2 bars of sunlight laundry soap ($2.19)

1 1/2 cups of Borax (aprox. $6/box but makes 6 tubs)

1 1/2 cups Arm and Hammer Washing Soda (aprox. $6/box but makes 8 tubs)

Ice cream pail with lid

*Optional 1/2 cup of Oxy clean no name brand laundry booster NOT necessary, but my hubby works in the oil patch and well....sometimes it just makes me feel better to add it in =)

Grate both sunlight bars right into a old ice cream pail WITH lid!

Add your Borax

Add your Arm and Hammer

Stir it up and done!

ONLY PUT IN 2 TABLESPOONS OF DETERGENT!!  

That is ALL it needs, if you have a front load add the soap first.

Make sure that you seal the lid while storing your soap as it will dry out. I put the recipe right on my ice cream pail that way anyone can make more without the excuse of not knowing how!

Use the cold cycle for washing machine which saves further. Clean laundry at a fraction of the cost.

The Fake-It Yourself Breakdown:  

Fake Tide Coldwater HE ($3.12/pail)

Total Fake-It Cost:  $0.06/load

Compare to Actual Tide Coldwater ($15.95 for 63 load box, $0.25/load)

Total Fake-It Savings:  $7.17 or $0.19 per load!

Thanks again to Teresa for sharing her awesome recipe for saving money!

Fake Tide Coldwater HE

Today's Great Fake is a Guest Submission by one of Fake-It Frugal's wonderful readers, Teresa Braun from Alberta, Canada!  She writes, "I have an oldie but a goodie. I have made my own High Efficiency Tide for a couple of years now. This recipe costs next to nothing to make and it is better than Tide!"
 http://fakeitfrugal.blogspot.com/2012/04/fake-tide-coldwater-he.html