Homemade liquid laundry detergent

A simple recipe with baking soda, lavender oil, and tea tree oil. And with vegetable soap flakes.

How to make liquid washing machine detergent

A liquid laundry detergent that will naturally clean and soften your clothes. The addition of soda ash makes the liquid laundry detergent an effective product for softening clothes. Let's see how to make it at home. Here are the ingredients for a laundry detergent. washing machine effective in cleaning and washing laundry naturally.

Necessary

  • Immersion blender
  • Pot and lid
  • Wooden spoon
  • Empty 2-liter bottle
  • 200 g of soda ash (Soda solvay)
  • 100 g of bicarbonate
  • 2 lt of water
  • 10 drops of lavender essential oil for fragrance
  • 10 drops of tea tree essential oil to sanitize
  • 120 g of vegetable soap flakes

Method

  • Take the vegetable soap (Marseille or other) and grate it. If you want to skip this step, you can find ready-made soap flakes in health food stores.
  • Boil water in a pot and pour in the soap flakes. Stir well until the flakes are completely absorbed.
  • Add the bicarbonate and the carbonate and blend the mixture with the immersion blender.
  • Transfer the mixture into the empty bottle and add the drops of essential oil.
  • Let it rest and stir occasionally.
  • Shake vigorously before using the detergent.
  • It can be stored for approximately 35 days in a cool, dry place.
  • It is used in the washing machine, like a normal laundry detergent.

What can you use in the washing machine instead of detergent?

DIY detergent is already an excellent alternative to the classic one, but if you want there are other ones, from sodium bicarbonate, which can be added to the basket using a special dispenser and also sprinkled on the clothes if necessary, to the juice Lemon; andwhite vinegar, the smell of which disappears when the clothes dry.

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