Helpful readers: I am in desperate need of your help. I am looking for a dish soap recipe and dishwasher soap recipe. As you are probably aware, I love making my own cleaning products. I have tried and tried to make my own dish soap and dishwasher detergent, but every time it either doesn’t work, or turns out horrible. I want to “be green” and also be frugal at the same time. Here are a few things I have tried.
Dishwasher detergent recipes:
Mix and use per dishwasher load:
1 Tablespoon Borax
1 Tablespoon Baking soda
and
1 Tablespoon Borax
1 Tablespoon Washing soda
These recipes never seemed to get my dishes clean!
Dish Soap Recipes:
I’ve also tried melting soaps down to a liquid consistency and then using those as dish soap. I have a ton of bars of soap that I wanted to use up. I used Dr. Bronner’s bar soaps, melted them, and then used it as dish soap. The problem is that it doesn’t lather up very well. It works fine for hand soap, but when you put it in the sink to wash dishes it just stinks.
I have tried googling, asking around, and asking my mom, who normally knows how to make everything. No one has a dish soap recipe to make your own dish soap or dishwasher detergent!
Do you make your own dish soap and dishwasher detergent or know of a recipe that I can use?
This post was written by Mrs Money on July 15, 2008
