I got caught with a mess of dishes and no Ecover tablets. So I decided to give two homemade recipes a whirl with stuff I had on hand.
The first is the easiest.
- 1 tbs of Arm and Hammer Washing Soda
- 1 tbs or Mule Team Borax
Jsut plop it in the little cup in the dishwasher and go.
You can add 1/4 cup vinegar for the rinse in the rinse area. I think I still had rinse in there so I didn’t bother with that part. Dishes came out ok in my type of water.
The second round was the smellier dishes, so they got this recipe:
- 1/2 cup Dr Bronner’s castille soap (I had peppermint)
- 1/2 cup water
- 1/4 cup white vinegar
- 3 drop tea tree oil
- 1 tsp lemon juice
Shake well in bottle and use 2 tbs per load.
This left a film in my type of water. So I wouldn’t do this one again… I prefer the other one.
But the two recipes are certainly is handy if you are stuck with no tablets!
