Mini Laundry Room Make Over

When my mom was here we took a little break and organized my laundry room (tiny apartment closet).  And as usual, I forgot to take a before picture.  It honestly wasn't bad because everything was in some type of basket, but they were all different sizes and over flowing.  I have been making my homemade laundry soap for over a year now and have loved it!!  I decided to test out a dry version using Zote, and its equally as good, maybe even better since it contains oxy clean. 

 

Sorry for the terrible lighting, its in a hallway with no light.  We picked up these awesome wire and fabric lined baskets from Walmart!  They have a chalkboard square to write what's in it.  It seems much more organized to me! 

Okay here is the link to the liquid laundry soap:
http://www.onegoodthingbyjillee.com/2013/03/super-concentrated-no-grate-liquid-laundry-detergent.html

It uses dawn dish soap, washing soda, and borax.  Simple. I add those yummy smelling unstoppable things and keep it stored in an empty juice jug.  Its sooo cheap to make. Like a couple pennies a load.

  One batch uses .25$ for Dawn, .25$ for washing soda, and .50$ for Borax.  That  makes it 1.00 a batch which works for about 40-50 loads using 1/4 cup or a bit more per load.  That's 2 pennies a load.  Um WOW!

If you prefer powdered detergent I tried that too.

Here is the dry detergent:
http://www.onegoodthingbyjillee.com/2013/02/homemade-laundry-detergent-trial-size-version.html

I had tried a batch using Fels Naptha, but I didn't like how hard it was to grate, and I didn't care for the smell.  Zote grates easier than cheese, and smells way better.  Plus its pink, and who doesn't feel happy when washing with pink soap :)

I halfed the amount of oxy clean in the recipe, and ended up using the whole jar from the Dollar Tree.  Awesome Oxyclean bleach for 1$ is a pretty amazing deal.  Oh, and if you make this I subbed Zote for the Fels Naptha, so you actually use 1/3 of the Zote bar instead of one Fels Naptha.   FYI.

One batch makes 70 loads, give or take when using 2Tbs per load.  It cost about 5$ for one batch (which was exactly this jar full).  So that's roughly 7 cents a load.  Wait, seriously?!?!  Yea!  Regular laundry detergent (Tide, All, ect) is 15 cents a load at the cheapest price on sale with coupons.

So its not a crazy difference, but it is nice to know what goes into your laundry soap, and it just makes me feel a little proud of myself that I can make laundry detergent!