She directed me to the blog she got her recipe from: Lady with the Red Rocker . Seemed easy enough, and I liked the cost break down! In case you don't want to go blog hopping and read her post too, here's how I made it!
Ingredients:
1 cup Borax
1 cup washing soda
1/2 cup of kosher salt ( I used regular salt that I already had in my kitchen and it works perfect)
1/2 cup of citric acid ( Double this if you have hard water. You can buy Lemishine from the dish soap isle at the grocery store if you don't know where to buy citric acid. I didn't know so I bought some Lemishine!)
As a rinse aid simply put white vinegar in that compartment. Works awesome!
Simply mix all the ingredients in a bowl.
And pour it into the container!
She warns that the mixture will clump! So I put some rice in a cheese cloth and fit it in the middle of the container to help absorb moisture.
Use 1 Tablespoon per load.
I have been using this for about a week and honestly will not go back to buying regular dish washer detergent! Using this instead of store bought soap only costs 1/2 as much, and using vinegar as a rinse aid costs only pennies per fill!
Not to mention it feels pretty great to be using something I made myself with natural ingredients. :)
So what are you waiting for? Go save some money!
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