DIY Natural Liquid Dishwasher Detergent Recipe
A DIY natural liquid dishwasher detergent recipe that really works!
Ingredients
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- 1/2 cup hot water
- 1 tbsp. Kosher Salt
- 1/2 cup White Distilled Vinegar
- 1/2 cup Dr. Bronner’s Sal Suds
- 16 oz. Squeeze Container (as pictured) or recycle a ketchup or mustard container
- 15 drops of Lemon Essential Oil and/or 1 tbsp. of lemon juice
- 3 tbsp. Citric Acid
- Printable bottle label from my Etsy shop
Instructions
In a small bowl, add the water and kosher salt. Stir until the salt it is fully dissolved. Add the Sal Suds. In your squeeze container, add the vinegar. Then pour the soap solution on top of the vinegar. Add the Citric Acid and essential oils and give it a gentle shake to combine. Use 1 tbsp. per load.
Notes
The salt must be kosher salt! Other kinds of salt do not work for this. The salt is used to thicken up the solution so it isn’t liquid, but a nice gel. Lemon essential oil is known for releasing stuck-on particles, so in this recipe, it helps make the dishes even cleaner and helps to reduce the vinegar smell.