Homemade Dishwasher Detergent
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.
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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Notes
To Make a Gallon you can use:
4 cups washing soda
4 cups of baking soda
2-4 cups of food grade Citric acid
2 cups Kosher salt