Homemade Stain Remover and Laundry Detergent and Save Money

I have been using this detergent soap for more than five years now and really like it.  Now I am using my own homemade Oxiclean, clothes stain remover.

The recipe for the Oxi Clean Stain Remover is:

• 1 cup hot water (or I just soak the whites in the washing machine with the other 2 ingredients)


• 1/2 cup hydrogen peroxide


• 1/2 cup Washing Soda (you could use baking soda but it's not exactly the same)

This recipe will work best as you are doing laundry.  I really don't use it all the time.  Maybe once every other month when my kids clothes really need it.

1.  Put your whites load in with the hot water setting.

2. Mix -extremely well--1/2 cup of hydrogen peroxide and 1/2 cup washing soda.

3.  Pour mixture in the load and leave the washer lid open so the clothes would soak.

4.  After a couple hours, finish the wash.

Next time, I will try it without the soaking time and see the difference.  If you don't have a top loading machine, use a bucket to soak the clothes before washing them.

Laundry Soap Recipe

This is very easy, inexpensive and natural ingredients that won't pollute the environment or you and your family and home.

I make 2.5 gallons at a time because that is the container I have from my last purchase of detergent 6 years ago.  The measurements for 2.5 gallons are:

• Bar of any kind of regular size soap or half a bar of Zote laundry soap (You can easily find these at the mexican stores)


•  1/2 cup borax


• 1/2 cup washing soda


• hot water


• essential oil drops (optional, my favorite is lavender)


• 1/2 up baking soda (optional, I don't add it, but others do)

Boil water in a big pot (1-2 gal).  Cut the soap into small pieces, the smaller the faster it will dissolve in the hot water.  Add it to the pot and let it dissolve.  After soap is dissolved, add the borax and washing soda and stir until it thickens a little, 2-5 min.   Pour hot mixture into the container and add hot water from the sink.  Let it sit overnight.  The next day, just give it a mix.  Use 1/2 cup-2/3 cup per load.  I never measure it, I think I use 1/2 - 1 cup per regular load.

There you have it.

What recipe of homemade laundry soap and oxiclean do you use?  I would like to try others too.