Homemade Fabric Softener: Inexpensive Recipe

Hyacinths would make a great scent for fabric softener.

Everyone knows the prices of the essential things in life just keeps rising, therefore, making your own homemade fabric softener with this inexpensive and easy recipe is a must try.

Vinegar has many good properties and fabric softener is no exception. I know people that use nothing but vinegar, however, I like my clothes to smell and feel a little better.

Ingredients for Homemade Fabric Softener:

• 6 Cups water
• 3 Cups of white vinegar
• 1-15 ounce bottle inexpensive hair conditioner/cream rinse
• Empty bottle

 

Instructions for Homemade Fabric Softener:

1)    Knowing you were going to make your own homemade fabric softener you saved the last bottle from the one you purchased. If not any plastic jug will work.

2)    You can purchase the vinegar and hair conditioner at any store using any brand. The dollar stores or local grocery stores are a great place to purchase them. Our local Martin’s grocery store features V05 products many times very inexpensively.

3)    By using hair conditioner, you can make your fabric softener any scent you prefer. I like the light floral scents.

4)    Vinegar is the same way; no need for the overpriced name brand, the cheap store brand white vinegar will work; when it is on sale simply stock up.

5)    Mix the vinegar, water and hair conditioner in a bottle, shake up and use!

There you have it, another inexpensive recipe. This one is homemade fabric softener, have you tried my homemade laundry soap recipe? 

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Homemade Laundry Soap Recipe

Ingredients for homemade laundry soap

Have you joined the ranks of consumers who are tired of paying inflated prices at the stores? Have you ever considered making your own laundry detergent to help save money? 

Using three ingredients, you can make 5-gallons of liquid laundry soap for pennies per load. Why waste your hard-earned money; make your own laundry soap and save money.

Ingredients for Homemade Laundry Soap Recipe:

• 1 bar Fels Naptha Laundry Soap; grated 
• 6 cups water
• 1 ½ cup Arm and Hammer super washing soda
• 1 ½ cup 20 mule team borax
• 5-gallon bucket
• Empty laundry soap bottles/milk jugs
• Mixer; optional 
• Lavender Essential Oil; optional

Instructions for Homemade Laundry Soap Recipe:

1.     Using a large pan, heat 6 cups water, add the Fels Naptha soap and keep simmering until the soap melts. If you need more water, simply add hot water.

2.     While still on low heat, stir in washing soda and Borax, continue stirring while keeping it on the heat and until the powder is dissolved.

3.     Taking the 5-gallon bucket, fill it ½ full with hot water, add the hot soap mixture and stir.

4.     Fill the 5-gallon bucket with cold water to make 5 gallon of homemade laundry soap; mix until well blended. After cooled add a few drops of lavender essential until desired scent is reached.

5.     Let the laundry soap sit for 24 hours. The soap will thicken and look like gel. Using a mixer, (I was blessed to have an electric drill with dough hook from elephant ear making days) stir the bucket full until it is smooth enough to pour into empty jugs.

6.     Use ½ cup for each load of laundry.

Mix or shake up to pour in bottles

There you have it, 5-gallons of easy to make and inexpensive homemade laundry soap. Wow why buy commercial laundry soap when you can save money by making it at home.




Homemade Fabric Softener