Stop buying laundry detergent

[Oldeagle66]

Having worked in a chemical plant that made detergents, most people over pay. One product goes into several different company bottles all from the same batch. Plus the average home has all the ingredients to make your own very easily.

 

[MarciKS]

I agree with January. More work than I'm willing to go to.

 

[PeppermintPatty]

Normally I’d be all over this ( love dr. bronners castle soap) but I’m fairly lazy. Those small laundry pods are so convenient. They are inexpensive and super clean and tidy

 

[TeePee]

Yeah, I don't use fabric softener or detergents that contain fabric softener.
Or dryer sheets, either. They feel gunky.

I don't either. I do it to save money and I can't tell that big of difference in texture from when I used it.

 

[Murrmurr]

Having worked in a chemical plant that made detergents, most people over pay. One product goes into several different company bottles all from the same batch. Plus the average home has all the ingredients to make your own very easily.

That's why I started making my own. I was pretty pist when my usual bargain-price detergent suddenly shot up from $5 to over $12 at the start of the pandemic, but when I found out companies were already charging 1,000s of times more than it costs to produce, I was done.

Next time I went up to the cabin, I got that old recipe and brought it home with me.

 

[Coconut]

Did you see my post about fabic softner @Murrmurr

 

[Murrmurr]

Did you see my post about fabic softner @Murrmurr

About the natural fabric softener, yes. Thank you. Most of our clothes don't get static-y, so we don't normally use them, but I'll ask Michelle. She might want to try it.