Homemade Dishwasher Detergent – Easy With Natural Ingredients
This homemade dishwasher detergent is super easy to make, and also we like to use natural ingredients with no chemicals added. This may need adjusted for your dishwasher and your water, but this is how we make ours for our well water.
How Much Dishwasher Detergent Does This Make?
This recipe will fit into a 1 quart jar for a small batch. OR if you use a wet sea salt, it will solidify, and you can put these into ice cube trays to harden to make your own dishwasher pods. Also, this recipe can be quadrupled (x4) to make a gallon jar amount.
Can I Use This Recipe To Make Homemade Dishwasher Pods?
Yes! This same recipe can be used to make homemade dishwasher pods with just a simple adjustment. You will just need a wet kosher sea salt for best results, and a couple ice cube trays. However, if you don’t have access to a wet salt, you can add just a drop or two of water to the mixture for it to setup. They don’t need to be frozen, but will need to sit overnight to harden before removing them from the ice cube tray.
Ingredients To Make Homemade Dishwasher Detergent
- 1 cup of washing soda (soda ash)
- 1 cup of baking soda
- 1/2-1 cup of powdered food grade citric acid
- 1/2 cup Kosher salt (use a wet Kosher Sea Salt for the pods to solidify, and use a dry Kosher salt for a powder. I will put links below to the kinds we use.)
Instructions To Make Homemade Dishwasher Detergent
- Mix all ingredients together in a large bowl or air tight container you will be keeping the powder in. If you are making pods, you will need sone ice cube trays to fill and let harden with a wet sea salt like the one HERE.
- When making the powder, you will need a dry Kosher salt like the one HERE.
- Start out with the lower amount of Citric acid and see how your dishes come out. If there are white spots, then you will want to increase the amount of citric acid you are using to the larger amount in the recipe.
- Moisture in the container can cause the powder to clump, so you may need to break up the powder from time to time. OR you can try using a brown sugar bear like this one HERE.
- To use the detergent, start with 1 TBSP per load, and if that doesn’t work, you can use 2 TBSP per load. Everyone’s water quality and dishwashers clean a bit differently, so there is some adjustments to be made.
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Celtic Kosher Salt (Wetter Salt for pods)
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Homemade Dishwasher Detergent
Ingredients
- 1 cup of washing soda soda ash
- 1 cup of baking soda
- 1/2-1 cup of powdered food grade citric acid
- 1/2 cup Kosher salt use a wet Kosher Sea Salt for the pods to solidify, and use a dry Kosher salt for a powder. I will put links below to the kinds we use.
Instructions
- Mix all ingredients together in a large bowl or air tight container you will be keeping the powder in. If you are making pods, you will need sone ice cube trays to fill and let harden with a wetter Celtic Sea Salt Kosher Style.
- When making the powder, you will need a dry Kosher salt variety (Not a Sea Salt.)
- Start out with the lower amount of Citric acid and see how your dishes come out. If there are white spots, then you will want to increase the amount of citric acid you are using to the larger amount in the recipe.
- Moisture in the container can cause the powder to clump, so you may need to break up the powder from time to time. OR you can try using a brown sugar bear made from terra cotta to help absorb the moisture and deter the powder from clumping.
- To use the detergent, start with 1 TBSP per load, and if that doesn’t work, you can use 2 TBSP per load. Everyone’s water quality and dishwashers clean a bit differently, so there is some adjustments to be made.
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