Home made dishwasher soap (Mel this is for you)

[The Purple Fuzzy]

Found this for dish washer soap:

Dishwasher Detergent

Here's a simple recipe for dishwasher soap:

• 1 cup of borax
• 1 cup of baking soda
• ¼ cup of table salt
• 2 packets (half an ounce) of unsweetened lemon Kool-Aid

You can try to save even more by buying ingredients in bulk, but another idea is to find smaller and much cheaper boxes at your local dollar store: a good idea to since you'll want to try a small amount at first to see if you like the results. The amounts listed above are good for 16 loads -- one tablespoon each -- so even small batches will last a while.

Other recipes online vary: For example, we found one that suggested combining only borax and baking soda, 1 tablespoon each per load. Another suggested adding a little citrus essential oil to make it smell nice: We didn't try that one, however, because we had difficulty finding inexpensive citrus oil online. Then there's this recipe, which goes in a different direction altogether:

• 2 bars of shredded Octagon soap
• 1 cup of baking soda
• ¼ cup of washing soda
• ¼ cup of lemon juice

This one calls for melting the shredded soap in five quarts of water and then mixing in the other ingredients. If that sounds a little like the recipe for laundry detergent we wrote about last year, that's because it is.

http://finance.yahoo.com/family-home/article/112897/make-simple-cheap-detergents-moneytalks

[Lynx]

HA!  So I'm NOT the only one who scrolls through the yahoo newsbites!

[MelodyB]

[Melody]

We use that, lemon extract works too.  & I use the laundry soap one & use it for dish soap too Except I prefer using liquid castille soap instead of dissolving a bar. After so many bars of soap, it gets tedious.

[SippinTea]

Ooo... I seriously had just asked Chris a couple days ago if he knew of any make-your-own dishwasher soaps. He didn't. So. Thanks, Sandra!

[Chseeads]

This one is super cheap:

Water
Elbow Grease


Mix hot water with a hefty portion of elbow grease.  Dishes come out spotless. 

[taco_harvell]

This one is super cheap:

Water
Elbow Grease


Mix hot water with a hefty portion of elbow grease.  Dishes come out spotless. 

The problem is though, unless you have a giant dishwasher most peoples elbow grease wont fit inside when the door is closed. LOL

[Chseeads]

Just put em in the kitchen and close the door.