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Thursday, November 6, 2014

**UPDATE**: Homemade Dishwasher Detergent

FORMULA ADJUSTMENT:
I've altered my recipe a bit after deciding the dishes were not getting clean enough. Noticing sodium carbonate was the first ingredient in seventh generation's dishwasher detergent, I doubled the amount in mine.

2 cups Washing soda (sodium carbonate) per 1 cup Borax.

I'm still using 1/2 cup citric and 1/2 cup salt but the next test will be increasing the citric acid b/c there's still some slight residue coming out on the glassware - I'm not convinced about the vinegar handling the rinse so I would like to try and give it a boost with the acid to lower pH. 

Stay tuned... or try your own mix and let me know what works (and doesn't) for you!

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