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Monday, August 4, 2014

Homemade Dish Soap that works great with lots of bubbles.



 UPDATE: The glycerin was recently added to this recipe to make the bubbles last longer.  It works great .
WARNING: This is not totally homemade .

I found a homemade dish soap that worked great, only problem was no bubbles. I am a big bubbles girl. I know they don't do anything to help  clean the dishes.  But on those cold days,there is nothing better then sticking your hands into a hot sink full of bubbles.
I tested this dish soap for a week before posting it. I wanted to make sure it would work as well as the store bought. I am happy to say it does. ( I have now been using this recipe for two years.) Recipe originally posted  in 2012.

                                           My own bubbling dish soap
2 cups water
2 tablespoons of moisturizing shampoo ( I used VO5 that I got at the dollar store )
1 tablespoon Borax
1 tablespoon Baking Soda
1 tablespoon Vinegar
   6 to8 tablespoon Dawn dish soap.
 2 to3  squirt of glycerin

Mix all ingredients in a bowl with a spoon. Using a funnel  pour into a large empty dish soap bottle .
 The original recipe  calls for clear shampoo. I used moisturizing shampoo since I like the way it makes my hands feel. I added Dawn and glycerin to the recipe for my bubbles. You could probably use just 6 tablespoon of Dawn since it makes so many  bubbles.

Using 6 tables spoons of Dawn add 18.4 cents a bottle. Using 8 tablespoon adds 25 cents. Without the Dawn your dish soap will run about 10 cents a bottle.

4 comments:

  1. Thanks for sharing the idea. Actually I have never made home made soap before. That's so interesting.

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  2. Awesome, thanks. We do use Dawn every day here. It's the only soap that gets male goat smell off your hands etc. I might try this soon.

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  3. I just made this and have used it one time. I can tell you there are bubbles galore..It cuts grease and lasts a long time..great job Michelle.

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  4. Doesn't make sense to add vinegar AND alkali (borax, baking soda) -- they counteract each other.

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