The same time I was learning how to make laundry detergent, I found this tutorial on how to make dish detergent. Since it had mostly the same supplies as the laundry detergent, and I already had all of that, I decided to give it a try. I really hate buying dish detergent even more than buying laundry detergent. It always seems so expensive, and it never seems to last as long as I think it should.
And use 2 Tbsp per load.
...And find/make a label if you want to beautify your detergent, because that really is necessary :)
I used the same label that I tweaked for my laundry detergent; I just tweaked it a little more...
This was less than five minutes to make. It is so easy and so cheap!!
I've found that you probably want to use vinegar as a rinse aid to keep film off of your dishes (it sounds like that may be an issue with this detergent...but I've been having that problem with any detergent I've used lately anyway). I've read that you can also try to use a little less detergent (1 to 1 1/2 Tbsp instead of 2 Tbsp) or put a few drops of liquid dish soap in the box with the dry detergent.
so this is probably a dumb question: can this be used in both a sink and a dishwasher? I like the idea of making my own instead of spending $3 something on a small bottle for doing the dishes.
ReplyDeleteI don't think you would want to use this in the sink, but I actually saw how to make dish soap here: http://www.gerberadesigns.com/triedandtrue/?p=293. You still have to buy a bottle of Castille liquid soap, and I don't really know how much that would be...I might try it when I run out of dish soap, though.
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