Laundry Washing Powder
1 cup of Ivory soap flakes
1/2 cup washing soda
1/2 cup borax
This recipe shows you how to make your own laundry washing powder.
Mix all the ingredients together and store in an air tight jar. To use add 1 tbs of powder to your washing machine drawer. For heavy soiled loads use 2 tbs.
By Shellie Wilson. Shellie is the chief creative editor for Craftbits.
Instead of soap flakes, you can grate a bar of Ivory soap.
I use this, leaving out the washing soda, for my delicate hand-washables. It's inexpensive, it leaves my things smelling fresh, it works. The problem is that Ivory Flakes are getting harder to find around here.