How to make dishwasher tablets : here is the recipe to make a natural product at almost zero cost with ingredients that are easily found at home.
Who doesn’t like to save on household cleaning products? More and more people are getting into the DIY cult. This is for four important reasons: saving money, avoiding waste, using harmless products and preserving nature.
Recycling natural ingredients to create new products directly at home allows us to be accomplices of good environmental practices. Today we want to show you a simple and home-made recipe to make dishwasher tablets at home. With DIY dishwasher tablets we will also be sure to save on packaging; another small contribution to the environment!
How to make dishwasher tablets
Thanks to Mother Nature who provides us with effective ingredients in household chores, we can clean dishes without having to resort to toxic substances. And all this thanks to the production of a dishwasher detergent.
The procedure is simple and the ingredients are all easily available and natural. But let’s see in detail what we need to proceed. The “recipe” requires a large quantity of tablets. This way you won’t have to repeat the procedure many times. It is possible since the tablets can be stored without problems
DIY Dishwasher Tablets, What We Need
- Ice cube trays: the ones we usually have at home in the freezer, made of ice cubes
- 500 grams of baking soda
- 4 tablespoons of Marseille soap
- 1 litre of demineralised water
- 25 drops of lemon essential oil
- 50 ml of white wine vinegar
DIY Dishwasher Tablets, How to Make It
- Pour the bicarbonate into a clean bowl and then add the Marseille soap.
- Gradually pour in the demineralized water, essential oil and vinegar
- Mix all the ingredients until the mixture is thick and smooth.
- Once this is done, pour the batter into the ice molds and leave to dry until the tablets are hardened.
- Once hardened, place the tablets in a plastic or glass container
Product storage recommendations: Store the tablets in a dry place away from moisture and sunlight.
DIY Dishwasher Rinse Aid
Those who own a dishwasher know that together with the tablet you need to add rinse aid, a product that helps with washing. Once you have prepared the tablets, why not also make a homemade dishwasher rinse aid? Here’s how to proceed to make a rinse aid product, but also a descaler and limescale remover using only natural ingredients.
DIY Rinse Aid, What We Need
- 200 grams of citric acid: you can use some lemons or buy it in powder form
- Tea tree essential oil
- 5 liters of distilled water
- Container or bottle with cap
Tea tree essential oil, where to buy?
You can find it in shops specializing in natural cosmetics or natural products; but be careful, make sure you choose a quality essential oil . The success of a treatment is strictly related to the quality of the oil chosen; the active ingredients of essential oils are preserved only if the production process is followed with extreme attention so as to respect the characteristics of each plant.
For these reasons we invite you to buy (online or in trusted shops) only essential oils of proven quality. A good tea tree oil, with an excellent quality/price ratio is offered on Amazon on the page: Tea Tree Oil – 100% Pure Essential Oil . A 50 ml bottle is offered at the price of 8.99 euros.
DIY rinse aid, preparation
- Pour the distilled water into a pan and put it on the heat for a few seconds: the time it takes for the water to cool down.
- Pour the water into the bottle, add the citric acid, the drops of aromatic oil and shake.
- Use the product as usual instead of the classic rinse aid
NB: this product can also be used as a limescale remover to descale taps and kitchen ovens.
