Will this detergent work...?

[mamaecho]

Before I go out and buy the ingredients, can you check out this laundry recipe:

Homemade Laundry Powder
(Makes approximately 5 cups)

2 cups (finely) grated castile soap*
1 cup borax
1 cup baking soda
1 cup soda ash (washing soda)

(via soulemama.com)

and let me know if you think it will make residue on the diapers? Thanks!

[octobermom]

might depend on your water. For ours  YES icky yucky residue that sluffs off in REALLY annoying sticky white flakes that rub onto EVERYTHING. I can't do any homemade that uses ANY kinda soap. THe clothes seem clean but add wet skin and rub and soad scum rubs onto everything.

[mamadiamond]

that is what i use. i wash on hot and run an extra rinse though. and i use vinegar in the final rinse which really helps prevent buildup. but with those considerations, i really love it for diapers. any other detergent has left them smelly, but never had any smell with the homemade.

[mamayogibear]

Castile soap will leave a build up if you do not rinse with vinegar. For a while I was washing my dipes with a similar mix minus the soda ash since I cant find soda ash locally. If I did not wash a second time with vinegar there would be build up and after a few washes my dd would get a diaper rash. Once I started doing a vinegar rinse it went away.

[octobermom]

Sadly the vinager rinses did nothing to eleminate the soap scum.Too bad but homemade jsut does not work for us.