Which brings me to dishwasher soap. Even with a great coupon and a sale at Target, it comes out to 30 cents a load! I knew I could do better.
Since I'd already tried making laundry detergent (more on that later), I searched for dishwasher detergent and hit upon this recipe in The Naturally Clean Home.
The players:
1 cup Washing soda
1/2 cup Baking soda (optional)
1/2 cup Borax
Edit (7/3/09): The baking soda gave the glasses a cloudy film. I left it out of subsequent batches and the cloudiness went away.
I combined everything...
...mixed it up thoroughly and put it in a recycled jar. I made a small batch since it was my first time and I wasn't positive it would work. You can see that the jar will hold a jumbo batch in the future though.
Here's what the new dishwasher soap was up against. Stir-fry sauce, sippy cups, and all the stuff we dirtied making Brown Sugar Banana Bread.
Would it work? I loaded up the dishwasher, measured the 2T of detergent, and waited.
(Thankfully, there were 8 zillion things to do around the house during that time.)
And when the dishes were done? SUCCESS!
Yes, I know my plates don't match. I'm OK with it.
The stir-fry sauce is gone, the sippy cups are clean, and the best part of all--it only costs 9 cents a load!
Give it a try! Get this and many other great cleaning recipes in The Naturally Clean Home.
6 comments:
make sure you add white vinegar to the rinse aid section (jet dry usually goes in there) I have found my homemade dishwasher detergent gets gunky in dishwasher after awhile if I don't. No rinse section in dishwasher, put a cup full of white vinegar on top shelf of dishwasher before you run cycle, by end of cycle it will dump (use a plastic cup.)
I make homemade laundry soap which I love.
Thanks, that's a great tip. Homemade laundry soap is coming soon...stay tuned!
Becky, what is your recipe? The same?
Just realised I got 'laundry' and 'dishwasher' mixed up.... DOH I use homemade
laundry goop
This sounds awesome! I can't wait to try it!
I will have to try it--thanks.
For the past few months I have been finding great deals on dishwasher detergent at Rite Aid--often there are coupons and a rebate and I have been able to get it for free or only about $1 but I will try this too. I use vinegar for the rise aid now--I love home made cleaning!!
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