Kitchen Sink Dish Washing Cream

[achookwoman]

Kitchen Sink Dish Washing Cream.
This is still in the experimental stage.  I wanted a dish washing liquid, with no nasties and would have some bubbles, or if not bubbles then no scum on top of water.  I rinse my dishes before I put them in the dishwasher.  This makes 2 liters and a small squirt is enough for one sink full.

90g of pure soap
100g washing soda
300g lemon dish washing concentrate
200g boiling water
50g vinegar
1 teaspoon of either Tea tree Oil or Eucalyptus oil

Grate soap in TMX
Add washing soda and mix 20 seconds/speed 8
Add boiling water, vinegar, lemon dish washing concentrate and oil and mix.
Pour 1/2 into each  2 liter bottles and top up with warm water.(May need to be thinned further)
Cool and shake several times while cooling.

[judydawn]

Good one Chookie, another product we can make ourselves.  Will give it a go when I next need to top up on dishwashing liquid. Have all the ingredients except the lemon dishwashing concentrate.

[achookwoman]

Seems OK although not many bubbles.  Does a good job of cleaning the dishes.  My only concern will be to see if the oil is enough to prevent it going off.

[Cuilidh]

Although there is not much vinegar in it, would a little less give more bubbles? Is the lemon dish washing concentrate in with the dish washing liquids in the supermarket (never noticed it before ... but then, I have never looked before!).

[achookwoman]

Marina,  the lemon concentrate is the one we make.  I have put a link.

[KarenH]

Chookie, this is great.  I have been looking for a homemade dishwashing liquid for a while now.  At what stage do you add the lemon concentrate??

[achookwoman]

Karen,  OOps.  I added it with the boiling water vinegar and oil.  I will amend the recipe.  Thanks for pointing it out.

I have just done 2 very dirty wash ups with it.  I used 1 heaped tablespoon in hot water and it did a good job.
Needs stirring as it cools.  This seems to be the only issue.  I might try and boil and mix more in the TMX to see if I can make it more consistently creamy.

[judydawn]

Chookie, if you shook the container each time before you used it, that would work wouldn't it? I do that with all my home made liquid products.

[achookwoman]

Judy,  needed the power of the TMX to shake it up.   
  I have attached photo.

[achookwoman]

Kitchen Sink Cream

[cookie1]

Another thing I want to make.

[judydawn]

So it now squirts out of the bottle easily Chookie?

[achookwoman]

So it now squirts out of the bottle easily Chookie?

Yes,  but probably could be watered down more.

[droverjess]

How is it with your hands or do you wear rubber gloves?

[achookwoman]

JD, Inever wear gloves.  This recipe still needs tweaking.  It works well but has gone thick again.  Some sort of chemical action,  I think. Can still squirt easily from bottle with very small hole.  Maybe I am a bit too fussy.