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Dishwasher Soap
Washing soda, citric acid, and coarse salt, kept dry. No chlorine. One tablespoon in the cup.
This is how our household cooks, washes, and thinks. It is not medical advice, and it is not a substitute for a midwife or a doctor.
10 minutes · About 2 ½ cups
“Anyone with a wise heart is called discerning.”
Ingredients
- 1 cup washing soda
- 1 cup citric acid
- ½ cup coarse salt
Method
- 1
Stir the washing soda, citric acid, and salt together in a dry bowl. Pour the powder into a dry jar and label it. If the powder gets damp in the jar, it clumps and starts to react. Keep the lid on.
- 2
Use 1 tablespoon in the dishwasher cup. If you want a rinse, fill the rinse compartment with white vinegar. Do not put vinegar in the same cup as the powder.
- 3
Skip aluminum. It will darken. If glasses turn cloudy and the cloud does not wipe off, the powder may be etching them. Use less next time, or stop. A film that wipes off is hard water, and a little less powder, not more, is the first correction.
From the kitchen
- This is alkaline and acidic powders that wait until the wash to meet water. It is not food. Store it away from the baking ingredients, in a jar that does not look like something to eat.
- No chlorine, no fragrance, no borax.
My note
Kept on this device, beside the recipe, for the next time you cook it.
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