Homemade dishsoap?

[Flor]

Any recipes?

[Flor]

Anyone? I have all these recipes for scrubbers, all-purpose spray, etc, but nothing for dishes. I tried plain castile soap but it didn't seem to work too well.

[sunnysandiegan]

I have no idea, but am curious, too...

[earth]

dish soap

hi, i,ve tried several different kinds of homemade dish soap and none of them seem to work, they make the dishes feel greasy or leave a film on them. we make our own laundry soap and other cleaners, but the dish soap has me stumped:

[bwylde]

This is the one that I have trouble with too. No idea and haven't found any recipes.

[counterGOPI]

: i need one too!

[Flor]

So strange. What is in store bought dishsoap that we can't replicate?

[Gwendolyn's babies]

Are you trying to stretch your dollar or going for more of a natural approach?

[Gwendolyn's babies]

http://www.homemakingcottage.com/home/Dish%20Soaps.htm


found this site. Might be helpful.

[Flor]

Originally Posted by Gwendolyn's babies

Are you trying to stretch your dollar or going for more of a natural approach?

A little of both. Basically, I don't like Palmolive but it's what I should buy (money-wise). I like Method, but it's around 4 times as much. I thought if I could make my own I could control the scent, harshness, etc.

[GenB]

This is a toughie. I've never been successful either and make all my other cleaning products myself, even laundry soap. The problem is the film it leaves on my dishes, especially glasses. Some folks on this site say it is our hard water but mamas from all over seem to have this problem.

I resorted to Palmolive eco dishwasher detergent and found it on sale at Walmart so I bought a whole bunch of it. Hopefully I'll figure out something one day that will be cheap, green and leave my dishes sparkling.

[Flor]

Originally Posted by Gwendolyn's babies

http://www.homemakingcottage.com/home/Dish%20Soaps.htm


found this site. Might be helpful.

That is a good start! I'll try those especially the advice to add vinegar to the water. Does anyone know what citrus seed extract is?

[Abarat]

Are you wanting dishsoap for hand washing dishes?

I make my own soaps, bar and liquid, from scratch, so of course it just made sense to try this one out. I've yet to replicate store bought ones because they are detergents, not true natural soap. I don't want to add anything like SLS, or other funky chemicals. What I've come up with is my own concoction....I use a few squirts of my own liquid soap, and a few squirts of a mixture I made of grated bar soap and water blended together. Either one alone doesn't work nearly as well as mixing the two.

What you could do at home is grate some soap and let it sit in some water 'till soft, say enough to at least cover it. Then blend it together and put it in a bottle. You can use castille soap in place for my liquid soap, so use a few squirts of that.
With the castille soap it seems to take a lot for a sink of dishes, so it may not be very cost effective, but worth a try.
You wash water will be cloudy/milky but that's normal and won't affect your dishes.


As far as dish washing machines, we used to have one before we moved and had very hard water. We used a mix of half baking soda half borax for the powder. Then I'd just throw a cup or two of vinegar in the bottom of the dishwasher just before starting it...that'd get rid of any film left on the dishes. If you still have a film, up the borax in your mix.

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[Synchro246]

I think it's basicly the same as the laundry soap.Soap+ Equal parts borax and washing soda (sodium carbonate) with citric acid to battle the filmies. I think a lot of people get film from using too much detergent, but in the case of calcium caused film the citric acid should do the trick. I've read that using unsweeted lemonade powder as a source of citric acid is very inexpensive. I haven't tried this on my dishes yet, but I have excellent results with my laundry soap.

[Flor]

What I've been doing lately is wash with castille soap and rinse with vinegar and water. The vinegar seems to do the trick. However, I don't think it is very cost effective. Castille soap is like 8 dollars for the same size dish soap is 1 dollars. And, I think it takes more castille soap. Still trying. . . .