eco friendly homemade dishwasher detergent!

homemade dishwasher detergent. continuing my quest for homemade, eco friendly and cheap cleaning products i mixed up a batch of dishwasher detergent. i test drove the recipe and the dishes came out clean and free of specs & water spots. turns out, it’s good for my dishes and good for the planet. most of the ingredients are readily available, with the exception of the citric acid and washing soda. i wrote washing soda, not baking soda. i didn’t see it anywhere i shop, so, i called besser hardware and they ordered up a few boxes. as for the citric acid, i still haven’t found where to purchase that, but, a substitution is 2 packets of lemonade flavored kool aid. i mixed the detergent in a plastic container that has a lid and threw in a wooden spoon that is the size of a tablespoon. use 1 tablespoon of mixture in the each dishwasher cup & press start. hey! your carbon footprint just shrank! here’s how:

1 cup borax

1 cup baking soda

¼ cup kosher salt

¼ cup citric acid or unsweetened lemonade-flavored Kool-Aid 

pour each ingredient into container, shake until thoroughly mixed.