DIY Liquid Laundry Detergent

One of our biggest expenses at the grocery store used to by liquid laundry detergent. Well, not anymore. I have found a cheaper solution to spending $14 for a jug of detergent. 

 You'll need:

5 gallon bucket with lid
Gallon milk jugs (about 10)
Arm and Hammer super washing soda about $3 in the laundry isle)
Fels-Naptha soap bar (about $1.60 in the laundry isle)
Borax (about $3 in the laundry isle)

Grate the bar of soap completely. Dissolve the soap shavings in 4 cups of hot water over medium-high heat, stirring constantly. It will be a little foamy at the top. Make sure soap is completely dissolved. This will take about 8-10 minutes. 
Fill the 5 gallon bucket with hot water along with the soap mixture. Add 1/2 cup of Borax and 1 cup of washing soda. Stir. Fill the rest of the bucket with water and stir again. Cover and let sit overnight. It will be slightly thicker when you open it up the next day. Stir again. 
Use a funnel to pour the detergent into empty detergent bottles or milk jugs. 

This will do about 640 loads of laundry in a front-loading washing machine (about 180 in top-loading). For HE washers, use 1/2 cup of detergent. Because the soap used for the detergent is pure soap, it will not produce suds so it is safe for an HE washer. 

This costs just pennies per load!