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Christine
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Posted: April 18 2012 at 9:52pm | IP Logged Quote Christine
Has anyone tried the Duggar family's laundry detergent recipe? If yes, did it work?

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Posted: April 18 2012 at 10:34pm | IP Logged Quote misswallo
I am interested as well. As a matter f fact, I am planning to try making some hopefully this weekend.

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Posted: April 18 2012 at 11:39pm | IP Logged Quote JodieLyn
I haven't done so myself but i know some ladies who have. Generally they like it, though some have found that after a time clothes seem dingy. Others don't have that problem. Likely an issue of different types of water, some soaps/detergents just work better with different types of water, some need more or less soap too.

I'd be careful to keep a close eye on your cost.. making your own can save a lot or not enough to balance out the work involved.

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I've been making the Duggar's laundry soap recipe for about a year now, and it's a great money saver! We do have well-water though, and as Jodie said, after a while, the clothes do seem dingy. So on certain loads,like nice clothes, I do use Tide. Kids' play clothes, towels, jeans, I don't waste the Tide on.    
Older dc help out with making the soap--dd8 shreds the soap and cooks it down, and ds9 puts it all into jugs after it sets up.   

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