Homemade Dish Soap

Dish soap can be expensive however without any difficult work you can make a cheap and stronger alternative. You can find a few different recipes online but I really like something that can cut through grease without any issue. You can see images at the bottom.

Ingredients:

• 1 2/3 Cup Hot Water
• 1 Tablespoon White Vinegar
• 1 1/2 Tablespoon Washing Soda
• 1/2 Cup Castile Liquid Soap
• 1/16 to 1/8 Teaspoon Tea Tree Oil
• 1 Wire Whisk
• 1 Large Bowl
• 1 Funnel
• 1 Empty Container
• (Optional) Food Dye

Directions:

1. Pour the Hot Water into bowl
2. Pour the White Vinegar and Castile Liquid Soap into the Large Bowl and use the Wire Whisk to mix the ingredients.
3. Add Washing Soda and Tea Tree Oil, quickly Whisking.
4. Let cool, usually takes over night to set properly. Leave in the Large Bowl so you can Whisk periodically.
5. Once set you can add the optional Food Dye. Use the Funnel and pour the soap from the Large Bowl into the Empty Container.

Pretty simple to make, most people already have the first two or three. You can pick up Liquid Castile Soap at Walgreens and you can pick up Washing Soda at Walmart. The Tea Tree Oil can be Melaluca Oil instead but lean more towards 1/16 Teaspoon instead of 1/8, it's super strong stuff. The reason you're using so little is because it will make your dish water greasy and you'll end up using more soap trying to clean that and just waste it.

You may notice that the mixture separates overnight, that's fine. Just mix up your soap or shake it and it's as good as new.

Finally, as an alternative to picking up those things locally, you can order them cheaply on Amazon.com. The most expensive thing is the Castile Liquid Soap but it stretches so long it's not bad at all. The really good deal on Amazon though is the really cheap Tea Tree Oil I found and linked below.
Castile Liquid Soap
Washing Soda
Tea Tree Oil