This meant a lot of dirt, mud and grass stains. My children LOVED to play outside when they were small. In the past I’ve had people ask me why I put Gain (sometimes Tide) in my detergent. Pretty great, right? A Five Gallon Bucket Makes A Great Storage Container Now that my children are older, I only make detergent every 3-4 months! If you go halfway between those numbers and assume it lasts 3 months, you are spending about $13.34 a month on detergent. Now I haven’t ever actually counted the number of loads I get out of one recipe, but doing four loads of laundry a day, this lasted me 2-3 months. This detergent is so concentrated that you only need to use 4-6 tablespoons per load! My recipe will make enough detergent to fill a five gallon bucket about 5″ from the top. You can already see how much money you can save from the price breakdown above, but here’s the best part. 3 Bars of Fels Naptha Laundry Soap – $0.97 each.Now let’s do a breakdown of my homemade detergent using Walmart prices. ![]() I was spending somewhere between $52.00-$88.00 per month on laundry detergent! Homemade Detergent Price Breakdown When my children were small, a large box of detergent lasted me six whole days. So now you have to divide the 120 loads by five, giving you 24 loads of laundry from a large box of detergent. Most people are going to fill their scoop to the fifth line for a full load of laundry. ![]() Most laundry scoops have five lines on them. When you look at the corresponding information on the detergent box, you’ll find that you will only get 120 loads out of that box if you fill your scoop to the bottom line.
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