Doing the dishes is one of my least favorite chores, but it must be done. I have shared a few different dish detergent recipes and dish liquid recipe that can be found HERE. Now I want to share a super simple Homemade Liquid Dishwasher Detergent that only has a few household ingredients. This liquid dish detergent is safe for all dishwashers and will leave your dishes sparkling clean and disinfected too!
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Just 1/2 tablespoon of my homemade liquid dishwasher detergent will get your dishes clean, and this formula will also leave your kitchen smelling lemony fresh! If you are interested in the Mason Jar Pour Spout I use, you can find it HERE.
What You Will Need:
1 cup of Castile Soap (Click HERE to Purchase)
1/4 cup of distilled water
1 teaspoon of lemon juice
5 drops of Lemon Essential Oil (Click HERE to Purchase)
Mason Jar or other airtight container (Find Mason Jars and Pour Spouts HERE)
Start by pouring 1 cup of Castile Soap into your container.
Castile Soap is a vegetable oil based soap.
Next, add 1/4 cup of distilled water.
Now add 1 teaspoon of lemon juice.
Finish up with 5 drops of Lemon Essential Oil.
Give it a good stir.
Place a lid on it!
Your homemade liquid dishwasher detergent is ready to use! Just pour about 1 tablespoon into your dishwasher’s detergent compartment and run as usual!
Extra Tip: Add distilled vinegar to your dishwasher where the rinse aid goes for spot free sparkling dishes!
If you’d like to print and use my Cleaning Labels, you can find them HERE for free!
You can find hundreds of Cleaning Hacks, Recipes and Home Tips HERE on my Home Tips Page!
Jeanne says
atIf you would type the ingredients in a short list and include the directions we could make a copy of it since you don’t know how to make printable copy. This would save us from having to write down all the recipes.
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Susan Eitel-Bush says
atWhy do you use distilled water? Can you use filtered water since the water that flows into the dishwasher is regular tap water anyway?
Jessica says
atHi, Susan! I use distilled water in all of my homemade cleaning recipes because it helps the mixture last longer. Hope this helps! ~Jess
Jamie says
atCan you use lemon juice from real lemons or does it have to be concentrate in the bottle?
Melissa Mensing says
atIs it a requirement to use essential oils?
Jessica says
atHi, Melissa! You don’t have too, but they do help with cleaning and disinfecting. Castile soap is a great cleaner on it’s own with some water, so you can absolutely give that a try! ~Jess
Jody says
atOnce again you were reading my mind. I hate paying $8 for a large bottle of detergent that does not last month!
I was just thinking this morning it was time to start searching for a homemade recipe.
Thank you again for somehow knowing what I need when I need it.
Not the first or the last I am sure.
Teresa Aimer says
atI’ve used almost the same ingredients about six months ago to make a dishwasher detergent but it was to watery, is yours to watery? what could I of done wrong ?
Kathleen says
atI found with my water it leaves alot of soap bubbles, but i have made your tablets that can be used for toilet or dishwasher and they are totally amazing. Love your site ????
Kat Little says
atDo you refrigerate it since it has lemon juice in it?
Thea says
atOk, so O just made this recipe, but once I added the lemon juice into the castile soap/water mixture, it turned into white lumps and they wouldn’t mix… why??