Frugal Friday Tip

Stretching Laundry Detergent & Fabric Softener

There are many recipes out there on the internet to make your own laundry detergent. I have made my own before but I'm not really into that whole "snotty" mixture so I have resorted back to the commercial type.

Here is how I make it stretch:

I buy Purex at Walmart. It cost me less than $8 for 150 fl. oz.

I take that Purex detergent & pour half of it into each of these old bottles.

They hold 150 fl. oz. each.

Then I fill each bottle to the top with water, replace the lid & give it a little shake to mix the water & detergent.

So I get 300 fl. oz. of detergent for under $8!

I also do the same with my fabric softener. I buy Gain (because I LOVE the scent!) for around $8.50 at Walmart. Sometimes I get it cheaper if I have a coupon.

I pour half of the Gain into an old detergent bottle. (You can see an FS on the blue bottle. That's so the kids don't get confused as to which one is fabric softener & which one is detergent when they are doing their laundry.)

Then I fill the blue bottle up with water & shake it to get it all mixed up. Our laundry comes out just as clean & scented as it used to before stretching it!