Do you want an eco-friendly product for washing up by hand? You're in luck! Although all washing up liquids in supermarkets are made with harmful chemicals, you can make your own sustainable washing up product at home with only a few eco-friendly ingredients.
Making your own dishwashing soap produces less waste and, therefore, helps the environment. Moreover, this kind of eco-friendly cleaning products are also beneficial for our hands, because these natural cleansers are not at all aggressive.
Do not wait to discover in this oneHOWTO article how to make homemade eco-friendly washing up liquid step by step.
- 2 cups of white vinegar
- 6 cups of water
- 1 cup of grated soap (natural soap, glycerine, pure soap...)
- The juice of one lemon
- 4 tablespoons of bicarbonate of soda
- A handful of salt
The first step to make homemade eco-friendly washing up liquid is to grate neutral or pure glycerine soap. To do this, you just need a grater that you use regularly in the kitchen; it is more appropriate to have one exclusively for the manufacture of soap and do not mix with those that come into contact with food.
Also, note that in some chemists and supermarkets you can also find neutral soap flakes that will be ideal for this task. If you have them, you can skip this step.
The next step to make homemade washing up liquid is to put white vinegar and water in a saucepan and heat it over a medium heat. When it begins to boil, reduce the heat and simmer on low heat.
The next step will be to add the ingredients one by one to the pan and bring the temperature back up to a medium heat and stir it without stopping; it is essential that before pouring an ingredient you make sure that the above is completely dissolved.
First, add the sea salt, then the baking soda.
Fill with the water and vinegar solution. Keep moving the container in which you're mixing with circular movements so the mixture does not erupt.
Mix in the soap, and finally add the lemon juice. Your homemade washing up product is almost done!
You might also be interested in our vinegar and lemon multi-purpose cleaner recipe.
Once you've poured in all the homemade washing up liquid ingredients, mix until you obtain a uniform and homogeneous mixture of a whitish color. Let it cool completely before packaging it and use it to leave your dishes, cutlery and glasses clean.
We recommend that you re-purpose a washing up liquid or liquid soap bottle so you can dispense the washing up liquid more easily. This way, you also recycle a bottle that you would otherwise throw away and produce less waste.
To learn more about recycling, you can visit our article on recycling rubbish. We also recommend our article on how to have more sustainable eating habits with eco-friendly containers.
This is our method to make homemade eco-friendly washing up liquid. If you have your own methods and tips, please tell us in the comments section!
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