Home made dishwasher detergent???

[lukenick1]

Anyone make their own and care to share a recipe??? I'm tired of paying high prices to clean my dishes with chemicals!!!!

 

[rock_doctor]

Google it, i bet you will find a mix but it usually costs more to make it then just to buy it... In honestly, i just get a box from the dollar store (dollar tree) and it works just fine.

 

[beansmom]

http://www.diynatural.com/simple-effective-jabs-homemade-dishwasher-detergent-rinse-agent/

the first asks for 'citric acid' the second just wants Kool-aid--plain unsweetened kool=aid.

http://www.domesticcents.com/saving-money/homemade-dishwasher-detergent/

 

[Mom2Ben02]

http://beingcreativetokeepmysanity.blogspot.com/2011/01/dishwasher-detergent.html?m=1

 

[pampam]

Has anyone used the homemade dishwasher detergent? How well does it work?

 

[Piper]

I tried several different ones and they didn't work well for me. I was very disappointed.

 

[Kycha]

Anyone make their own and care to share a recipe??? I'm tired of paying high prices to clean my dishes with chemicals!!!!

You do realize that any homemade dishwasher detergent recipe you use will have chemicals in it too.

Has anyone used the homemade dishwasher detergent? How well does it work?

I used to make it and I thought it worked pretty good and was a great moneysaver. I could get all the supplies for around $20(enough to make at least 2 batches) And a single batch would last for 6 months. You only had to use a couple tablespoons at a time. The recipe I used had Borax, washing soda and grated Fels Naptha bar. And it did a good job of cleaning the dishes. But, my glassware came out so cloudy and milky, it looked etched.

After doing some googling, I found that my extremely hard water was to blame. And adding a couple packets of unsweetened Koolaid lemonade to the mix worked wonders! The citric acid in the koolaid is what did it. I also use lemonade koolaid as a cheap alternative to Dishwasher Magic(dishwasher cleaner).

I haven't made the homemade stuff since I got into couponing. I was able to get a bunch of dishwasher detergent(Electrasol) real cheap(almost free). But once that stash runs out, I'm going back to homemade.