Easy Homemade Dish Soap

This is a quick and easy recipe for homemade dish soap that I found on howtodothings.com. You only need three ingredients: 1 cup liquid castile soap (I prefer Dr. Bronner's), 1/4 cup water, and a drop of essential oil.

Step 1: Gather the Ingredients

You will need a bottle of liquid castile soap (available online or at health stores), two glass measuring cups, a bottle of your favorite essential oil (I used Bergamot), and an eye dropper or straw. Lastly, you will need a glass or plastic bottle to hold the finished dish soap.

Comments

[altamyrannm]

Add white vinegar, lemon, or lime juice to cut the grease.

[babysaving]

Thanks. About how much?

[bferron]

a few years ago about the time that they came out with the "Ultra" dish soaps I noticed that commercial dish soap doesn't work as well as it used to. Before I could put the dishes on to soak and I would barely have to wipe them, but now dish soap doesn't work that way, and the "ultra" doesn't work any better.

[THELOVEOFGREG]

I have found this leaves a sticky build up when I rinse my dishes.Am I doing something wrong?

[mmaggie]

I notice the same thing (always have, even using for the bath), and I can see the difference in the water. I'm pretty sure most things get clean, but when washing my dog's dish (stainless), I can still faintly smell the food. I'm going to try the lemon juice; and distilled vinegar if that doesn't work. Glad to see someone else has this question: it's exactly what I've been troubling about.

[Rustar]

If you have hard water it could be soap scum.

[Openeyehealth]

I have never noticed any sticky buildup; I usually sprinkle 5- 6 drops for a half-full sink of hot water. I would just make sure to rinse them well, maybe with hot water (I tend to rinse with cold water). Hope this helps!

[AmyLuthien]

Step 6:  Add label to bottle so no one thinks it's olive oil!

(Something like that actually happened to my grandfather once, my grandmother was using a mustard bottle to keep her dish soap in, forgot and put it in the fridge.  Grandpa discovered the mistake when he went to take a bite of his ham and soap sandwich! )

[poppylongstocking]

This is a great recipe for dish soap but I always put lemon juice in mine or it won't cut through the grease on the pans.

[Openeyehealth]

You are right- two measuring cups really isn't necessary. Good catch!

[stephenniall]

Cool Will do this later Love the glass what was it used for Was it one of them Oil glasses ? Have seen glassess like that with cooking oil in lol A+

[zach911]

lol we have botttles like that with olive oil in it

[Openeyehealth]

Yes- it is an oil bottle I bought from Target. I have also seen them sold at JoAnn Fabrics & Crafts- I hope you enjoy it!

[shilohjim]

I curious why you use two measuring cups? If a person has a measuring cup bigger than 1 cup,wouldn't that work as well? Why not pour the water and then use the same cup to measure the soap?