Homemade Dishwasher Soap

Making Dishwasher Soap

This all started after we made homemade laundry detergent. We have been hooked. Now we’re making as many household products as we can. It saves us money.

• 1 cup borax soap
• 1 cup washing soda
• ½ cup citric acid
• ½ cup kosher salt (for scrubbing action)
• 1 cup water (optional)
• White Vinegar (optional Rinse agent)

Instructions

1. Mix all dry ingredients together.
2.  Then pour all dry ingredients into an airtight container. Consider adding in a bag of uncooked rice in a clean cloth to help keep the dry mixture from clumping.
3. Add one tablespoon of dry powder mix to your dishwasher dispenser.

Use 1 Tbsp per load

If you are making tabs:

1. Add water, wait for fizzing to stop (about 1-2 minutes).
2. Then add your mixture to ice cube trays, pressing with your fingers or back of a spoon.
3. Let completely dry.
4. Remove and add to an airtight container.

Add one tab to the dishwasher dispenser.

Each batch yields approx. 24 ounces of detergent. We store our detergent in a Ball Glass container.

Optional rinse agent: simply fill the compartment with white vinegar.