Is Making Your Own Laundry Detergent Really Less Expensive?

The approximate cost of making 2 gallons of the liquid laundry detergent, using the Fels Naptha soap is .71 cents. With the 2 gallon recipe, you will have enough detergent to do approximately 64 loads of wash. That comes out to about .01 cent a load.

Here is the breakdown I found on the internet, but I can't remember where.....SORRY!!!! But please remember, they are using the prices they paid for these items and you may have paid a little more or a little less for your ingredients. Here in VA, I paid less for all three. I buy my soap when they have really good sales. However, this last batch I made, I used FREE (I love that word) soap I got from my close friend. Her husband travels a lot for work and he brings her back lots of hotel bar soap. Thank you, my close friend's husband!!!

Fels Naptha: $1.12 for a 5.5 oz bar. The recipes says use a 1/3 (approx. 1 cup) of a bar. They calculated 2 oz. just to make the math a little easier. The cost of the Fels Naptha per batch is: .40 cents.

Washing Soda: $2.23 for a 55 oz. box. This came to .17 cents per batch. They calculated how much per oz (2.23 divided by 55) and then weighed a half cup of washing soda (4.2oz.) and multiplied my per oz. price by 4.2

Borax: $3.27 for a 76 oz. box. This came to .14 cents per batch. Did the same calculations as above, however a 1/2 cup of borax weighs 3.5 oz.

For the final numbers they have .40 + .17 + .14 = .71 for 2 gallons of laundry detergent.

That means that 2 gallons = 64 - 1/2 cup portions. They then divided .71 cents by 64 which = .01109 which is approximately .01 cent per wash load.

Can you beat that? The answer is.......................NO, YOU CAN'T!!!!