I got back from a trip last night which always means I have laundry to catch up on which made me think about a few emails from friends I've gotten and some facebook posts I've seen about making your own laundry detergent. The recipe is pretty simple and I tried it once years ago. It worked ok but gathering the washing soda, borax, large air tight container and the soap I wanted to use took several trips to different stores. I only did it once. As it seems to be making a resurgance in popularity I wondering if anyone has done a load to load cost comparison between homemade and Charlie's Soap? Charlie's Soap a NC company so for those of us in NC it's buying local and at Whole Foods an 80 load bag of powder is right at 10.00. if you add NC sales tax (I approximated at 8 cents per dollar) it's 13.5 cents a load. It works well and clothing comes out soft. Another thing I've noticed is lack of static cling this winter. It might be the Charlies Soap or it might be that fewer of our clothes are synthetic. They also sell a liquid soap.
If you've made your own detergent and have noted the price per load please comment w/ how much per load your detergent cost.
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