Previously, I spent about $18 on Rockin' Green. I really liked the detergent, but hated how much it cost. I will keep some in the house for times when I need to strip (aka, super duper clean) the cloth diapers. When you use Rockin' Green for stripping diapers, it's called "Rock A Soak". I did it, I liked it. I'll write about it later. Anyways, $18 for 45 loads of diapers was not a good deal. Especially since I throw a load of diapers in the wash each night before bed!
My recipe that I settled on includes Borax, Washing Soda, and Oxy Clean. These three things mixed together is a magic combination that should work wonders! The Borax breaks down into hydrogen peroxide when it hits the water, this makes an awesome cleaner. Washing Soda is great for making hard water soft and is a good degreaser. Oxy Clean becomes Sodium Carbonate and Hydrogen Peroxide. This helps remove stains, soften water, degrease, and cleans amazingly!
The Recipe
1 cup Borax
1/2 cup Washing Soda
1/2 cup Oxy Clean
I made a huge batch (filled up a 7.7 quart plastic container with a locking lid) but made it by the exact recipe a few times. This let me mix the ingredients together very well. I also opened a window, turned on the ceiling fan, and protected myself with gloves and a mask since the borax and washing soda aren't the greatest thing to have on skin or in lungs. (however, both are totally safe to have on your clothes!)
I use 2 Tablespoons of the detergent for each load of laundry. Holy cow, this will last for-eeev-veer!
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My washing routine goes like this:
1. hot rinse, no soap.
2. hot cycle, 2Tbsp of detergent. I also add 15 drops of both Grapefruit Seed Extract and Tea Tree Oil to help disinfect.
3. hot rinse to make sure all of the detergent is out of the diapers.
I hang the diapers up to dry.
I used so many different resources, I don't remember them all. However, Fractured Fairy Tales is who really made this make sense to me!
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