Homemade Dishwashing Detergent

Some of main things my household goes through quickly are laundry and dishwasher detergent (and toilet paper, but i'm not about to make diy tp). I tried some dollar store dishwasher detergent and it did not work at all. We may as well have been just running hot water with no detergent. Then I thought of making my own detergent. I reviewed a few different recipes online for DIY detergents first. Luckily, borax and washing soda are the main ingredients in both detergent mixes. I already had salt at home, so I just bought Lemishine from Walmart to make my dishwasher detergent. The used the entire bottle of Lemishine, which equaled about 1 1/2 cups. Mix all of the ingredients and store in an airtight container. Use approximately 1 tablespoon per load.

DIY Dishwasher Detergent

1 1/2 cups Borax

1 1/2 Washing Soda

1 1/2 LemiShine

3/4 cup Kosher Salt

At the time I made this, I had not yet found washing soda. If you can not find it either, don't fret, you can make some out of baking soda! To do this, spread a few cups of baking soda on a baking tray and put it in the oven on 400 degrees for an hour. This changes the chemical composition to washing soda. Make sure to mix your ingredients quickly and place in an airtight container, as it can change back to baking soda when exposed to air. I strongly recommend wearing gloves and a mask when mixing washing soda and borax.

I stored my detergent in an old cereal container, which as you can see is way too large. The dishes came out very clean with NO residue, which is not the case with most of the dishwashing detergents we've tried.

I am mixing my laundry detergent tomorrow, and after that I have an entire Pinterest board just for DIY cleaning and organization, so there will be plenty more 'pinterest tests' for me to blog about!

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