Natural Homemade Liquid Dish Soap That Actually Works!

This recipe contains castile soap, baking soda, washing soda, vegetable glycerin, and optional essential oils for scent.

The castile soap is the soap part (duh) that cuts through grease and grime, while the baking soda and washing soda are both water softeners to help boost the cleaning efficiency of the castile soap and reduce any soap film that could be left clouding your dishes.

Vegetable glycerin is water soluble, and gives this soap its smooth gel factor, while cornstarch also helps thicken the consistency and ensures a streak free clean on glassware.

Ingredients

5 cups of water

2 1/2-3 tablespoons of grated castile soap

1/4 teaspoon of baking soda

1/4 teaspoon washing soda

1 teaspoon vegetable glycerin

15-20 drops of essential oil (optional)

3 tablespoons of cornstarch

White distilled vinegar (optional)

Directions

1. Put the cool water in a saucepan and stir in the cornstarch. Over medium heat add grated castile soap, and washing soda. Stir until all the ingredients have completely dissolved.

2. Remove from the heat and allow the mixture to cool for a minute or so before stirring in baking soda and vegetable glycerin.

3. Pour into a jar and allow it to cool overnight. In the morning give it a good stir and pour into your container.

4. If you have hard water, spritz some vinegar onto your dishes after cleaning them to make sure no film or soap scum gets left behind.

This recipe was found in the Everyday Roots Book (page 285) and republished with permission.