Household Hints & Help
Related: About this forumI can't find laundry detergent in powdered form.
Liquid or pods.
Why? I could measure then combine the detergent with powdered color-safe bleach, put it in a pint plastic container and go to the laundromat. And have 20 of them ready to go. Plus the container for the detergent was cardboard, easy to recycle.
Someone please explain to me why?
Lochloosa
(16,068 posts)We've used them for a few years now. Here's a link for recommendations
https://www.thelaundryguru.net/best-laundry-sheets-2023?utm_campaign=ga_dg_tpv_core_broad&utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_content=675769734121&utm_term=laundry%20detergent%20sheets&utm_adgroup={adgroup}&campaignid=20397359406&adgroupid=151367489883&targetid=kwd-1604123249&matchtype=b&device=m&adposition=&location_id=9011548&gclid=Cj0KCQiA4NWrBhD-ARIsAFCKwWtSILGnlPX-WG3va75UdRVJ2pSsYiAw8BqsH6A01ETfvjgH3BDuI7EaAlSkEALw_wcB
KarenS
(4,087 posts)started using them a few months ago,,,, cut each sheet in half bec there's just 2 of us and we do small loads,,,, each pack lasts us 2 months. my skin is very sensitive so I started with just clothes and towels, switched to bedsheets last all without a problem. The laundry sheet just dissolves in water,,,, love these and will never go back. After trying them, I bought a dozen packs during a promotion Earth Breeze had and have now gifted a couple to my daughter and a friend I'm still set for a year and a half.
by the way I switched from Tide Free & Gentle Powdered,,,,
sorry if this sounds like a commercial but I really like them.
Lochloosa
(16,068 posts)bucolic_frolic
(43,296 posts)I can't find it either. But there's all you can carry in plastic bottles!
Dollar tree only had these little pouch detergents. 10 to a box.
Chipper Chat
(9,692 posts)And sometimes TIDE at Walmart.
I still use powder.
Scrivener7
(51,015 posts)and it works as well as what's on the shelves. You could make a powdered version in a minute.
A while ago one of the containers I have been reusing for years broke and I thought I'd treat myself and get a bottle of store bought detergent to use up and then use the bottle as my container. The store bought was a real disappointment. Things didn't come clean, stains didn't go away, ghosts of odors still stuck around.
I make my detergent a liquid, but you could do a powdered version. I put a quarter cup of Cascade dishwasher soap, a quarter cup of washing powder (big box found in laundry aisle) and a quarter cup of Borax in the gallon bottle and fill it with water.
As you prefer powder, just mix the three ingredients and add the mixture to your pint containers. But you don't need much. As I said, those three quarter cups make a gallon of great laundry soap.
MiHale
(9,781 posts)My wife has been using soap nuts for years and we get some really filthy sweaty clothes gardening is our life. We are not easy on clothes. I cant stand the smell of most laundry detergents soap nut have no odor. I cant stand to walk down the laundry aisle at the store. Gain is the worst.
Im not sure of the brand she uses the link is to the MRH blog and explains the way soap nuts work.
Not for everyone.
Whoa, meant to post to OP. sorry
Scrivener7
(51,015 posts)MiHale
(9,781 posts)Commented to wrong person.
patricia92243
(12,601 posts)japple
(9,841 posts)Their oxygen bleach is amazing. Their products used to be available at my Kroger, but they stopped carrying it, so I just order it online. Their bags are recyclable, too.
https://www.charliesoap.com/