Making a dishwashing detergent in the dishwasher

Everyone wants to reduce the amount of chemicals in their daily life, this also applies to detergents that are designed for dishwashers. In this article we will tell you what you can make powder for a dishwasher with your own hands, and other means are necessary. We will also describe the pros and cons of their use, whether they will be safe or will harm the unit.

Preparing the detergent

Most powders and other items for washing dishes are made of active chemical elements, due to which they foam when in contact with water. In addition, they include a variety of acidic substances that help eat away fat and other similar additional elements that have similar properties:

• bleaches;
• sodium silicates, which prevent corrosion of metal elements;
• various enzymes;
• thickening agents;
• other.

As you yourself understood, it is not known how safe they are for the human body. Of course, in small quantities, they can be harmless to the body. But now we’ll talk about whether it’s possible to make a dishwasher tool with your own hands, in which there will not be the above elements.

Method number 1

We take one glass of hot water and dissolve a teaspoon of soda ash in it and then add hydrogen peroxide in the same volume. This detergent may not be able to wash burnt pots and pans, but it can easily wash ordinary dishes, cutlery, and other things. Most importantly, when using this product, be sure to use salt with it.

Method number 2

The following detergent can be prepared using mustard powder, as it foams well and can wash away grease. For this we need:

• 100 grams of mustard powder;
• boron in the same volume;
• a full glass of soda ash.

This mixture is best stored in a dark place and in a container that does not allow light to pass through. However, some users of dishwashers who use a mustard mixture as a detergent have problems with the powder being poorly soluble in an aqueous medium, which is why it clogged nozzles, but everything may depend on the quality of the mustard itself.
In addition, there is a small plus in that the powder mixture can be used for washing dishes by hand.

Method number 3

This detergent can be called economical, but it still uses active chemical elements. But their concentration in the product is negligible, they will not be able to harm your body, well, except in those cases if you are allergic to these elements.

To make such a dishwasher detergent with your own hands, you need the following:

• neonol - 25 grams;
• sulfanol - 25 grams;
• baking soda or soda ash - 950 grams.

The first chemical elements are designed so that the detergent foams well on contact with water. This tool is based on soda, since 30 grams of powder is loaded into the machine for one dishwashing, and it is impractical to pour from 1.5 to 2 grams of active elements.

Well suited for use in so-called "soft water", and for "hard" water, it is imperative to add a small amount of salts to this solution.

See also - What's in the dishwasher set

Method number 4

Now we will tell you how to make a “pill” with your own hands. They are the most popular detergents for dishwashers, but they are quite expensive, and therefore a solution was devised how to create a kind of semblance of them. To create a "tablet" you need the following elements:

• ordinary laundry powder - 350 grams;
• plain or soda ash - 150 grams;
• ordinary water, as an element for the formation of bonds.

Now we take a small container and mix the dry ingredients in it, gradually adding water, you should get a kind of "porridge". After you achieve a thick consistency, take the molds and fill it in there (for example, ice molds and similar things).

Advantages and disadvantages

In this article, we told you how to make a dishwasher detergent with your own hands, we will justify what the plus of the application and their cons are.

Merits

1. the most important thing to note is the cheapness of the ingredients from which you can make the detergent. Which is beneficial in itself;
2. the ability to change the chemical composition of detergents, depending on the specifics of the dishwasher;
3. while cooking, you know what you are putting in your dishwasher.

A little about the disadvantages

1. you will have to spend your time making;
2. the funds will not have an aesthetic appearance, but this is not so important;
3. the most significant disadvantage is that you will have to experiment some time to find the necessary ratio of all elements.

It is up to you to decide whether to create a detergent or not, and based on this, you yourself will have to give preference to the option you like. In order to understand how much better it is, read the specialized forums.