How to Make Liquid Detergent

dishwashing detergentLiquid detergents are used to clean our kitchen utensils and our dinning utensils like fork,dishes, spoon, knives, pots and pans. Pinoy entrepreneurs who wish to make their own liquid detergents can use the instructions below. The materials and chemicals needed to start making your own liquid detergents can be bought to chemical stores.

For the main ingredients you need to buy the following chemicals listed on the first column. The measurement used is for one kilo liquid detergent on the second column but you can use the percentage calculation if you wish to make more than one kilo on the third column.

Utensils:

•teaspoon
•beaker
•graduated cylinder
•stainless steel container and electric mixer
•stirrer
•mixing bowl or small pail
•flask
•weighing scale

Ingredients:

Qty (grams) ( % )Percent To Total Weight
SLES (Sodium Lauryl Ether Sulfate) 80-130 8-13
CDEA ( COCO DIETHANOL) 50 5
Sodium Triphosphate(STPP) 30 3
Table Salt or Sodium Chloride 5-10 0.5-1
Lemon Fragrance 5-8 0.5-0.8
Water 772-830 77.2-83
Total 1000 grams 100%

How to Make Liquid Detergent:

1. Using a graduated cylinder on a weighing scale, measure 80-130g SLES. Measure also 772-830g water.

2. Transfer the SLES to a beaker and add a little water. Stir the SLES very well.

3. Add 50g CDEA to the SLES. Mix well with a stirrer.

4. Continue stirring the mixture until it becomes creamy. Add water once in a while to prevent the mixture from foaming while stirring.

5. Meanwhile, dissolve 30g of STPP in a little amount of water. Mix well and set aside.

6. If the CDEA-SLES mixture is already creamy, transfer it to a small pail or a stainless steel container. Add a little amount of water while stirring continuously.

7. Transfer the mixture to the mixer then switch on. When the mixture is already foamy, add the dissolved STPP slowly while mixing continuously.

8. Dissolve the salt in a little amount of water. Add this ti the mixture, which is being mixed continuously.

9. Next, add 5-8ml lemon drops as fragrance.

10. Continue mixing until the mixture thickens. Set aside.

11. Once thickened, pour the mixture into a clean container and set aside for about 2 hours.

12. When there are no more suds, pour the liquid detergent into clean bottles.

13. The liquid detergent can be used after 24 hours.

Source: Entrepinoy, TLRC


Posted by Manuel

Manuel Montala was an online entrepreneur who enjoys blogging about entrepreneurship and gathering information for his blog to help budding entrepreneurs. You can also reach him on twitter: http://twitter.com/mmontala

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{ 66 comments… read them below or add one }

1 jeprox 11.20.07 at 3:48 pm

i appreciate your posting relating to the liquid detergent making. thank you so much.

2 bert cristobal 12.20.07 at 7:55 pm

maraming salamat po sa pagpapahalaga niyo sa aming mga katanungan thank you very much and goodluck po sa inyo!

3 Jos´r Ramírez Villapudua 12.30.07 at 2:42 pm

Le agradecería que me mande como hacer detergente para lavar ropa.
I would thank you to send me how to make detergent (liquid ang powder) to wash clothes.

4 Manuel 12.30.07 at 11:15 pm

Hello Jose’R,

I’ll make another post for liquid laundry soap. Thanks for your comment.

5 Renren 01.07.08 at 10:02 pm

Wher to buy those ingredients?

6 Manuel 01.08.08 at 3:51 pm

Hi Renren,

You can buy it here:

ASC MomCares Marketng
Suite 208, 2nd Floor, Dona Consolacion Bldg.,
Gen. Santos Av, Araneta Center, Cubao, Q.C. (Beside New Farmers Plaza)
Tel: 5414501/09052438172
Web: ascmomcares.multiply.com

7 ulaganathan 01.13.08 at 9:14 pm

please contact me … i want to start the detergent business.

thanks

8 vilma gestiada 01.26.08 at 5:12 pm

Hello to all

I am a new subscriber, a former jollibee employee, i wanted to know sana how to go on perfume making business, for i will now be devoting my time with my kids i wanted to put up things that can help our finances

9 Manuel 01.28.08 at 2:50 pm

Hi Vilma,

I’ll try to post a how to make perfume. Thanks for your comment!

10 harvey 07.26.08 at 9:57 am

where can we buy this ingridients

11 jude 10.16.08 at 5:38 pm

PLEASE LET US KNOW THE VOLUME OF THE LIQUID DETERGENT PRODUCED USING THIS RECEIPEE

I NEED A RECEIPEE THAT WOULD GUARANTEE HIGH YIELD OF THE LIQUID DETERGENT

12 rasheed 11.07.08 at 7:08 am

thanks for your posts i always appreciate them but i have been trying to access other posts on production but failing, kindly direct me on how to access them on your site especially on detergents, perfumes, soaps and cosmetics, thanks

13 Joanne 12.11.08 at 2:30 pm

can somebody tell me what chemical that is added to fabric conditioner formula, so it wont create bubble?

14 nimfa from Cebu 01.09.09 at 11:44 am

Hi,
Our company is planning to do an environmentally friendly video infomercial for natural / organic all purpose liquid cleaner . We are looking for liquid cleaners using surfactants that are plant base biodegradable, non toxic, etc. in short an earth friendly product. You had featured E-Z Clean whose inventor is Mr. Gomer Dy, can you share his contact numbers so I can call him? I had been making inquiries about him for a month now, I hope you can help.

15 Manuel 01.09.09 at 10:41 pm

@nimfa from Cebu

Sorry I didn’t feature EZ Clean on this post.

16 Joanne 01.14.09 at 4:10 pm

Can somebody send me on how to make powder detergent soap, thanks!

17 Manuel 01.14.09 at 5:22 pm

@Joanne
Just follow this link >> homemade laundry detergent

18 Joanne 01.15.09 at 1:24 pm

Thanks Manuel for the info. But my question is what is the chemical name of MAGIC ULTRA? What chemical is that?

19 Max 01.22.09 at 8:02 pm

Hallo,
Thank you for these in formation.
I would like to know how to make detergents or bleach for the cleaning of Toilet bowels and ceramic tile. Could you be in position to avail?

20 phil 06.17.09 at 8:18 pm

How do i improve the clearity of my liquid detergent. please i need the answer urgently

21 perla miranda 08.08.09 at 8:57 am

where can i buy ingredients for making liquid detergent soap?

22 Clean and Scented 09.19.09 at 2:07 am

For Raw materials need
Visit Clean and Scented Store
# 327 Bgy Katipunan, Roosevelt Avenue, Munoz Quezon city
Tel No. 407-89-12

23 LORE 10.01.09 at 9:58 pm

pwede bang bumili ng raw mat kahit walang training.?

twing kaylan training nyo may saturday ba or sunday?

24 clean and scented 10.04.09 at 12:00 am

yes po pwedeng bumili ng mga raw material even without attending trainings

25 clean and scented 10.04.09 at 12:03 am

Salamat sa gumawa ng site na ito. Malaking tulong sa mga Filipino. Keep it up ! More power !

26 chin 10.06.09 at 1:59 pm

hello can you please give me an email add for clay creation?

27 Madelene Impang 10.13.09 at 2:48 pm

hello,
where can we buy the ingredients to make detergent soaps in cebu? thanks

madelene

28 Madelene Impang 10.13.09 at 2:54 pm

as well as the empty plastic bottles too..thanx.

29 Mannix Antaran 12.07.09 at 12:23 pm

Mga Kababayan,

Soaps and Detergents are must haves in our grocery list.It touches our lives everyday.
Now you dont have to buy them.Yes, you can make them for your personal consumption and earn money, on the side. Self Reliance in challenging times is a must nowadays.
Invest in your Skills.Learn how to make different varieties of Soaps and start your Own Home and Personal Care, Home Based Business Made Super Easy..
You can save as much as 15,000/Year from your Household Products alone, if you will be making your own, based on your personal consumption only.

Do visit: http://ascmomcares.multiply.com

We are now offering Free Shampoo Making na rin..

Greetings of Prosperity to filipinoentrepreneur.com

30 asc-momcares 12.11.09 at 6:34 pm

You may start your own DO-IT-YOURSELF Soap and Perfume Business right straight to your HOME.

Affordable and High Quality raw materials.

ASC-MOMCARES Mktng Company will help you set up your business thru our FREE Livelihood Training program happening every 1 P.M. (daily including weekends)

MOMCARES business innovation will enable you to experience a ONE-STOP-SHOP Negosyo. We retail raw materials for House Hold Cleaning products and Personal care products. Packaging and labels are also available.

Today, you can make your own DISHWASHING LIQUID, FABRIC SOFTENER, DETERGENT POWDER, LIQUID BLEACH, TOILET BOWL CLEANER,lIQUID HAND SOAP, CAR SHAMPOO HAIR SHAMPOO, PERFUME, LOTION, BODY SCRUB and more!

Lahat… libreng ituturo sa’yo.

ALL AFFORDABLE and HIGH QUALITY!

Start a difference… make your products for greater savings and ideal for NEGOSYO.

for more details please call:
(02)4379470
09228144800
or visit our official website http://www.asc-momcares.com

Company address:
ASC-MOMCARES MARKETING COMPANY
Suite 208 Dona Consolacion Bldg.
Gen. Santos St., Araneta Center, Cubao, QC
Near Farmers Plaza, at the back of Allied Savings Bank

31 anes 12.26.09 at 8:01 pm

hi there I would like to know if you are selling the matterails you have mantioned above to make the dishwashing liquid or to make the detergent powder please adivse

best regards
e-mail moobigmoo@yahoo.com

32 asc-momcares 12.29.09 at 12:45 pm

dear ma’am anes,

Good day!

RAW MATERIALS for household products and personal care products are primarily our line of business.

These raw materials are contained in an affordable D.I.Y. kit called negosyo-kit. Have time to visit our company. Free training starts at 1PM daily including weekends. The free training includes: 1. teaching you the process on how to make your product (with actual demo) 2. give you input on how to set up your soap and perfume business at home.

You can visit also our official website at
http://www.asc-momcares.com or contact us (02)4379470 / 09228144800 Maraming salamat po.

Happy new year to you.

ASC-MOMCARES MKTNG CO.

33 anes 01.09.10 at 4:02 am

as you know I ‘m from country far from you if Im not getting any adea about price of the matterals to do colculation I can’t visit you I need to know if you export that matterails I can make money of it before traveling to you there from Iraq to do trainee
best regard

34 makotosing 03.28.10 at 2:53 pm

the end product was cloudy…
where did i go wrong?
i want the liquid to be crystal clear

35 Rovin 03.31.10 at 7:38 am

Hi, I’ve notice that the unit measurement that you use is in grams for all raw materials including water. But your procedure tells us to use graduated cylinder which we all know the physical state to be measured are or should be in liquid form which is in ml. My question, How do you convert grams into ml? SLES is light yellow liquid, do you mean to say we have to weight 80-130 gms of SLES using graduated cylinder? how?
Just making clarification.

36 Manuel 03.31.10 at 3:59 pm

@Rovin
Sorry for the confusion. I corrected the post just today. The graduated cylinder is used for holding the SLES, not for measurement.

37 Clean ans Scented Store 04.01.10 at 12:28 am

@makotosing

base sa mga naging karanasan ko nung nag uumpisa pa lang ako, kaya cloudy ang mixture dahil hindi gaano na dissolve ang mga solid ingredients tulad ng industrial salt…kailangan na-mix nang mabuti ang iyong ginawa.

pwede ding reason ang quality ng ginamit mong raw materials

38 MAU 05.02.10 at 4:21 pm

HOW CAN I REALLY MAKE PROFIT FOR SOAP MAKING. AND HOW CAN I CONVINENTLY GET THE RAW MATERIALS

39 Manuel 05.03.10 at 11:20 am

@MAU
Selling if the only way to profit from it.

40 Nenita Henderson 05.03.10 at 1:48 pm

Hi Manuel, I really enjoyed all your information that you given through this website , it really helps. My question this time is how to start a small grocery store ? how to get distributors/suppliers ? How much you think the person can start with this types of business ?

41 Manuel 05.04.10 at 1:09 pm

I think you need to attend a training but as of now I don’t have any info regarding the training. There is a Operating a Retail Store Business seminar given by TRC but it was last seen on December 2007.

42 Nenita Henderson 05.06.10 at 10:11 am

Hi Manuel,

If you have any new information of Operating Retail Store business seminar please let me know. Thank you

43 Rovin 05.08.10 at 8:19 am

Hello,

Kuya Manuel, meron kabang recipe and procedure on how to make fabric conditioner. Pls. paki post mo naman para sa mga katulad kong hindi maka-aatend ng training. Thanks

44 alma flor 05.08.10 at 4:26 pm

gud day. i want to atend seminar regarding detergent making . kindly send me the schedule to start business.

45 Manuel 05.08.10 at 9:53 pm

@alma flor
There is a training in TRC this May 2010 Laundry Soap and Detergents and the date is 24-25. See latest post on TRC training for the month of May 2010.

46 Manuel 05.08.10 at 9:55 pm

@Rovin
As of now wala pa akong makitang procedure for making fabric conditioner. Hayaan mo pag may nakita ako i-po-post ko agad.

47 Mannix Antaran 05.09.10 at 12:04 am

Sir Manuel,
I can share my little knowledge on Detergent Powder and Fabric Conditioner Making Procedure and raw materials.Im going to Robinsons Place Angeles in their Activity Center to do just that, as part of their Mother’s Day Event “Made Only for Moms” tomorrow,May 9 Sunday.Business-savvy mothers will have their hands full on this day as Robinsons Malls hold a series of Business Ideas Workshop.

I can send Procedures and formulations for 8 products,including Fabric Softeners, Detergent Powders, Dishwashing Liquid, etc..FREE.
email me at antaran23@yahoo.com.ph

Madali lang talaga.

I can send Procedures thru email.

48 Manuel 05.09.10 at 12:58 pm

@Mannix Antaran
Okay thanks I’ll email you and post it here and give you the credit. Thanks again.

49 MALIK MANSOOB 06.19.10 at 12:46 pm

thanks for soap making procedure but i m confuse in soap laboratory testing. how i test the quality of soap.
kindly send me lab. testing procedure

Malik Mansoob

50 Manuel 06.20.10 at 1:36 pm

@MALIK MANSOOB
I’ll try to find that info.

51 Douglas Rey B. Berido 10.21.10 at 12:37 pm

Sir Manuel,

I hope God will “go and multiply” Good Samaritans like you who are enthusiastic enough to share ideas – FREE. I will understand if you charge for a fee but you simply did it without reservations.

I tried emailing experts on this detergent powder making but haven’t got any response yet despite them posting on web that it is for free.

Please help me how to make powder detergent soap with ingredients and procedure…. Thank you…

Sincerely,
Frustrated Samaritan

52 Manuel 10.21.10 at 3:15 pm

@Douglas Rey B. Berido
Thanks for the kind words. I’m not very knowledgeable in this area but I already posted some liquid soap making procedure which were also given to me. There is a seller of raw materials and who conducts seminars on soap making. If you are interested try to contact Mannix. This is his contact info: Mannix (antaran23@yahoo.com.ph) or visit: http://ascmomcares.multiply.com

I also posted an Eco friendly detergent and hope this will help also. See it here: http://www.thefilipinoentrepreneur.com/2008/07/01/making-eco-friendly-detergent-soap.htm

53 asc-momcares 10.21.10 at 5:51 pm

Dear Sir Manuel,

I’d like to inform you that your friend, Mannix Antaran, died already last July 30, 2010 due to heart attack. All inquiries are still being answered by his wife. But you can also direct everything to us thru our official website http://www.asc-momcares.com or kindly give them our landline (02)4379470 or our mobile 09288144800.

We will be most glad to accommodate all your referrals.

To date we have new raw materials for the following products: hand sanitizer, hair shampoo, high quality detergent powder and more.

Thank you very much and more power to you.

Regards,
Mr. Ed Cachuela
Operations Manager

54 Manuel 10.21.10 at 6:45 pm

@Mr. Ed Cachuela
Thanks for the info. Sad to know that and please give my condolence to his wife.

55 Marion Zamora 11.11.10 at 4:37 pm

ASC-MOMCARES

November 11, 2010

Sir/Mam:

May I request a copy of the anti-bacterial certification of our products like the MOM Cares liquid dishwashing and liquid hand soap from your company. This is in regard to my business proposal with the company where I am currently employed which is situated in Clarkfield, Pampanga. I am in the process of introducing some of the products we carry in MOM Cares. Hopefully, I’ll be able to engage a good business with the company where i work now. As of the moment, our Purchasing Department is requiring me to furnish them a copy of the certification for the purpose it may serve them.

Hoping a favorable reply from your good office.

Thank you.

Respectfully yours,

Marion Zamora
MOMCARES
I.D. #101-920

56 MOMCARES 11.12.10 at 11:35 am

Dear Ms. Zamora,

This site is a blog owned by Sir Manuel. Please send your formal request to contactus@asc-momcares.com or visit our official website at http://www.asc-momcares.com

MOMCARES

(PS. Sorry Sir Manuel)

57 billy del rosario 01.04.11 at 5:05 pm

dear manuel, i am very interested on the things that you teach us. i am very interested in hand sanitizer making, hand soap making, and dishwashing and maybe powder soap making. i have 2 restaurants and these materials are costing me a lot. i want to learn the making of these necessities for my personal use.

your seminars if i have to attend, how long will it take and how much do i have to spend?

your response is highly appreciated.

092388331480

salamat po

58 Manuel 01.05.11 at 12:58 pm

@billy del rosario
Hello, I’m not organizing nor have a training but I only post TRC training schedules and post some articles concerning soap making and other things that will benefit my readers. Or you can contact momcares:

http://www.asc-momcares.com
(02)4379470
09228144800

59 REBECCS 04.23.11 at 3:29 pm

I am in Ghana, pls can I produce these soaps without CDEA or is there any local alternative. Thanks

60 sammy 05.19.11 at 12:33 am

Manuel i appreciate what you are doing. I would appreciate knowing how to make liquid hand wash, dish wash, toiletries

61 Manuel 05.20.11 at 10:10 am

@sammy
Thanks. I’ll try to find the procedures but for the meantime you can visit mom cares (http://ascmomcares.com) and ask them if they have a training for it.

62 melaku tekle 06.10.11 at 9:03 pm

How do i improve the clearity of my liquid detergent. please i need the answer urgently

63 Tom Omondi 06.17.11 at 4:05 pm

I like what you are doing , pliz help me know how to make soap detergents

64 Alvin 06.24.11 at 7:17 pm

Can you also make a procedure for car shampoo and ingredients??

65 kiiza samuel 11.30.11 at 10:09 pm

hi manuel, thanks for this generosity. could you avail me with some information on how to manufacture shoe polish. thank you

66 Abigal 02.04.12 at 8:44 pm

your reciept does not includeany colouring eg the dyes.Can i make the dishwasher without coloring

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