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12-18-2012 at 7:38 AM
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XP: ? about making your own detergent

I CD my almost 8 month old and have had success with Tide. But I am considering making my own detergent to save money and go more natural. The recipe I'm thinking of using calls for a bar of soap- the site recommends Dr. Bronner's. I've looked them up and the bar soaps only come scented, but the site says that "All oils and essential oils are certified organic to the National Organic Standards Program."

Does that mean that they are safe for cloth diapers? Here is the list of ingredients if that helps; 

Organic Coconut Oil*, Organic Palm Oil*, Sodium Hydroxide**, Water, Organic Olive Oil*, Organic Hemp Oil, Organic Jojoba Oil, Natural Almond Fragrance, Salt, Citric Acid, Tocopherol 

* CERTIFIED FAIR TRADE INGREDIENTS 

** None remains after saponifying oils into soap and glycerin

 

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12-18-2012 at 8:32 AM
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I wouldn't feel comfortable using castille soap on my CD. Google the EcoFriendly Family blog's CD detergent recipe. I believe it uses fels naphta. My personal opinion, I'd rather use something that will clean my CDs for sure so I would not go with a DIY detergent.
 
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12-18-2012 at 6:00 PM
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I make my own detergent and use fels naptha.  I wouldn't say it works as well as boughten detergent but its not bad.  If I have a really gross diaper that stains I just rewash it.
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12-19-2012 at 8:51 PM
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Thank you ladies!
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