How to make your own dishwasher detergent.
Tuesday, March 6th, 2012 at
4:00 pm
I’ll show you how to make your own dishwasher detergent. It’s super easy, it’s environmentally friendly, and it’ll save you money, too.
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Tagged with: Detergent • dishwasher
Filed under: Organic Recipes
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From eHow Home: Many recognize borax and washing soda as general household cleaning products, especially for laundering clothes. They complement each other when used together to remove stains. Borax, however, has many more applications beyond housekeeping, whereas washing soda is specifically designed to soften hard water.
Read more: Borax Vs. Washing Soda ehow.com
White vinegar, made from white grapes. Mildly acidic, it’s also a mild antibiotic agent. I use it regularly in my clothes washer to keep the soap scum from building up.
@womanofsoul1 When I can foods in my pressure canner I add vinegar to the water to combat the white residue from the water. The harder the water the more residue. Vinegar negates the problem. Try it.
@sveajack try using vinegar as a rinse agent to avoid the spots. Maybe you have hard water?????
Water Quality VARIES. This means that my water may have more lime, or iron, than yours, and the previous poster complaining may have even more than I do. These means an ADJUSTMENT is in order. Borax is a water softner so you may need to UP the borax ratio. You are going to have to conduct your own trials to see what works for you. Or you can scout around and find other version of detergent.
16 loads for about $1.45
@sveajack
Some Homemade formulas recommend adding citric acid in powder form to the mixture which is supposed to combat the white residue.
In Canada citric acid is available at Bulk Barn for $4.59 for 3.4 ounces.
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Thank You for making this video I am saving me a lot of money making my own detergent.Keep up the good work
@sveajack Try WASHING Soda instead of BAKING soda…The baking soda is probably why it’s doing that
People she said dishwashers VARY and that you may need to alter the amounts used for making the dishwasher soap. Also put plain vinegar in the container where you usually put the FINISH liquid in. This should remove ANY film left by ANY dishwasher soap.
@womanofsoul1 You could put vinegar in the “RinseAid” automatic dispenser. Then it does the job for you.
@womanofsoul1 You could put vinegar in the “RinseAid” automatic dispenser. Then it does the job for you.
I made a batch up of this recipe. Only I added 1/2 cup more salt than instructed. My dishes came out super clean. I did not have to rinse the dishes b4 the wash. I also gave some of the mixture to my niece to try and she really liked it too. Dishes came out shiny and clear, no residue. I thought it worked amazingly better than both of the name brands I always use. If u add the extra salt I wouldn’t recommend putting your non-stick pans in the wash.. I don”t think it’s recommended anyway
I have been using this recipe for a while now and do find that some glasses have that white powder all over them. I have not tried the vinegar in the rinse. I usually run the dishwasher at night when we are all asleep, so this would be really inconvenient to get up and put in the vinegar. Any other suggestions??
This is the same basic recipe I have been using for years. It is not for dried on foods, but a good natural basic cleaner that is much cheaper than store bought. It will leave a residue only if you use way too much. I also use distilled vinegar in the rinse agent compartment which will help with hard water and spotting. Vinegar also works as a fabric softener alternative for your laundry’s final rinse.
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add trisodium phosphate if you want this to work
Add some lemonaide koolaid (non-sweetened) to it, something to do with the citric acid…
@sveajack That would be the salt.
baking soda ? can i use washing soda instead ?
aluminum could be affected by this mix, it’s the borax .. be sure you DO let your washer go thru the rinse cycle…
I had so much trouble with my dishwasher with food still on the dishes. Even after rinsing before placing them in the dishwasher. We were saving up to get a new one when I tried this. The dishes came out so clean and shiney! The first time, I thought it was a fluke. But after three times…. I’m convinced. I’ll never buy high end, extra strength paste again!
@shel1l444 Just another thought. Instead of mixing it with water do you think mixing it with vinegar would help my hard water problems. If so the same question applies. What do you think the ratio would be?
Amber, I have crazy hard water & all recomendations for helping my dish washer is to use Liquid detergent. Do you have any suggestions? Maybe one would blend your mixture with water prior to use? If you think that would work. What do you think the ratio would be?
I don’t rinse my dishes at all–and I have crusty oatmeal bowls in almost every wash. I use Cascade Complete (no phosphate) in the prewash part of the dispenser and this creation in the main wash part of the dispenser and my dishes are spotless. I have used Washing Soda instead of Baking Soda because someone suggested doing that. Also, to provide more of a scrub I’ve substituted Kosher Salt for table salt. Of course, when my stockpile of dishwasher detergent is gone I’ll use just this.