Ingredients (all found at Walmart):
2 cups Lemi Shine
2 cups Super Washing Soda
2 cups Borax
1 cup Kosher salt
White vinegar for rinsing aid
Instructions: mix and dump. 1 Tbs per load.
Cost breakdown:
Lemi shine (used all): 3.77
Borax: .71
Washing soda: 1.12
Salt (had on hand, but whatever): 1.00
Vinegar (had on hand) : not including because this is a rinse aid
Total cost: $6.60
Number of loads: 112
Cost per load: $0.059
Compare to Cascade (75 ounce package): Cost per load: $0.65. BUT, this is per TBS and Cascade recommends more than this per load.
Conclusion: So it saved a few bucks in all. And I'm not a scientist...so I can't set whether the ingredients in the Arm & Hammer and Borax are "healthier" than those in Cascade. But I think over the long run this will be cheaper and easier, especially when you only use 1/4 to 1/3 of the boxes of washing soda and borax...you'll only need to buy the Lemi Shine every other month or so. Makes things easy.
Bigger-Deal Conclusion: My dishes were cleaner and shinier. Glasses weren't grimy and "foggy", but squeaky clean and sparkly. For this reason, I love the homemade dish soap!
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4 comments:
Your baby food looks awesome!
Totally going to do this dishwasher soap when I'm out of my current stuff. I just can't find a brand that does the job and this sounds fantastic!
I was waiting to hear if it made your dishes shinier. So glad it did! I'll have to hop on the bandwagon! :)
Ooooh Im going to try this!
I'm with Katie. Hopping on the bandwagon. We buy the Target or HyVee cheap stuff, and it does about as well as Cascade, but I like the sound of this better. And white vinegar--my staple cleaner--why haven't I thought of that? Thanks, Liz! --Jess
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