Q&A for How to Make Your Own Laundry Detergent

Baking soda is sodium bicarbonate while washing soda is sodium carbonate. You can also make washing soda from baking soda at home.

Clothes are softer, especially towels. You clothes will last longer (less lint in your dryer filter), and the cost is about 20 cents a load cheaper.

From my experience, you can use 3% hydrogen peroxide (3%). Replace the plastic cap on the bottle with a spray nozzle and you can use it for killing bacteria and cleaning.

Yes, because the Borax you put in your detergent is slime activator. But, the thickness of your slime depends on how much Borax you put in your detergent.

You can use regular laundry detergent, as long as you don't add a fabric softener or put fabric sheets in your dryer.

Yes, though I would suggest not using colored liquid dish soap if you want to be really sure that no color is transferred.

Washing soda plays the most important role in cleaning clothes, so it's not certain what you're reading or why it's leading you astray.

Yes. It shouldn’t do any harm. Just don’t add any harsh chemicals that might bleach your clothes. Also, if you need to get a bad smell out of something, you can add some baking soda into your wash.