Homemade Dishwasher Detergent
If you're tired of paying high prices for a dishwasher soap, this homemade dishwasher soap is the answer! With all-natural ingredients, this budget friendly homemade cleaning recipe is easy to make and cleans your dishes better than any store bought dishwasher soap ever could! Make it today and you'll see!
Servings 6 Cups
Cost $3.00
Equipment
- Heavy Bottom Pot
- Liquid Measuring Cup
- Dry Measuring Cups
- Wire Whisk
- Quart canning jars
- Dry Measuring Spoons
Ingredients
- 10-15 drops Lemon essential oil or 2 tbsp lemon juice
- ¾ cup Super Washing Soda
- ½ cup Borax
- ¼ cup Liquid unscented Castile soap
- 4 cups Water
Instructions
- Place water in a large heavy bottomed pot and heat on medium-high heat until it boils.
- Stir the washing soda into the boiling water with a wire whisk. Reduce the heat and allow the mixture to cool for a minute or two.
- Add the Borax and stir until it is fully dissolved. Once the Borax has fully dissolved, add the liquid Castile soap.
- Once the washing soda and borax are dissolved, reduce the heat and simmer for 20 minutes making sure you whisk it often.
- If you are using lemon juice, add the 2 TBSP lemon juice now and whisk it into the mixture. Do not add essential oils yet if you are using them.
- Remove from heat and allow to cool completely.
- Once mixture has cooled and sat overnight, add essential oils.
- Pour mixture into mason jars and shake to combine well.
Notes
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If after making your homemade dishwasher soap, you find that your soap is too thin, you can thicken it by making a salt water solution. Add .5 oz regular table salt to 1.5 oz warm distilled water and stir until it is dissolved. Then, in very small amounts (1 ml or less), add to your soap and stir. Continue adding the salt water solution to your soap until you've got the consistency that you want.
How to Use Your Homemade Dishwasher Soap
To use for running a dishwasher, add 1-2 tablespoons of the soap mixture to your dishwasher and wash like normal. This homemade dishwasher soap can also be used for hand washing dishes. Fill your sink 1/4 with water, add the soap then continue running your dishwater like normal. Wash and rinse well.