Homemade Liquid Dish Soap

So here is my attempt at Homemade Dish Soap..There are things I like about it and don't like about it. Basically I love that it doesn't smell bad LOL I also love that it cuts grease well. The downfall I have with it is I left out the glycerin and noticed my hands felt a little dry afterwards. If you are worried about this, definitely add the glycerin. So here it is:

Homemade Dish Soap

1/4 cup soap flakes or soap shavings, I used Lava because it is a good grease fighter

2 cups water

1-2 Tablespoons distilled white vinegar

 or lemon juice, I used vinegar cause I'm not a huge fan of lemon

1 Tablespoon glycerin (optional, helps keep hands from drying out or chapping)

So first I took a butter knife(i don't own a grater..i know i know crazy huh) and shaved my bar of soap onto a plate and than poured it into my measuring cup. I dumped this into my pan. Than I added 2 cups of warm water. You will want to heat the soap and water until the soap melts completely but do not let it boil. Stir every now and than to check to see if the soap has melted.

Once all the soap is melted turn the burner off and as it cools you can add your vinegar or lemon juice and/or glycerin. Give it a good stir and than let it cool completely.

You can also add essential oils if you want it to smell like a certain scent..I just want mine to wash LOL

I poured mine into a bottle I had left over from some name brand dish soap I had. You can use any type of dispenser you like.

 

Before                                                                                                              After

So as you can see I made Sloppy Joe's for lunch which is by far greasy and also has ketchup which tomato can be hard to clean as well. I think it did pretty darn good if I do say so myself :) I figure the cost of this dish soap is less than $.50 to make each time.

So you may freak out once you pour your mixture into water. If you have never made your own homemade cleaning products before you will notice there is a LACK OF BUBBLES. This does not mean it won't clean. Bubbles do not = CLEAN :)