Is not that hard to make. I recently made my second batch, and I remembered to take some (not so awesome) pictures while I was at it.

All you need to do is:

1. Get a clean container and a scoop;
2. Grate one bar of plain Ivory soap, and put it in the container;
3. Add one cup of washing soda;
4. Add one cup of Borax;
5. Add one cup of Oxyclean (the kind without fragrance or any other extra stuff);
6. Put a lid on the container and shake to mix;
7. Add, five drops at a time–shaking to mix between–15 drops of tea tree oil; and…
8. Wash your clothes.

It takes maybe 20 minutes to do, and our first batch lasted a good long while. I’ll see how long this batch lasts.

There are a lot of homemade laundry detergents out there, even liquid, if that’s your thing. Here’s where I got started.

This can be messy!

Contrast between washing soda and grated soap.

Oxyclean.

Ingredients and finished product. I can get all of these, except the tea tree oil, at my nearby mainstream grocery store.

Related posts:

1. A quick lesson from my mistake.
2. Sadie’s birth in pictures: Part I
3. Sadie’s birth in pictures: Part IV
4. Sadie’s birth in pictures: Part II
5. Sadie’s birth in pictures: Part V