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Tidy Aprons
True Blue Farmgirl
99 Posts
Oney Farmgirl #638
Colorado
USA
99 Posts |
 Posted - Jul 03 2009 : 09:17:07 AM
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Would this work? Why can't I use the homemade powdered laundry soap in the automatic dishwasher?
~Oney~
"There's something a little holy in taking care of the places we inhabit, in summoning sheen. And there's a power in watching over our spaces, the rooms we move within, the sets where our life stories unfold." ~Lori Hall Steele |
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1930sgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
233 Posts
Joyce
Alberta
Canada
233 Posts |
Posted - Jul 03 2009 : 09:40:24 AM
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Hi Oney,
I don't really know the answer to this question, but I'm guessing that the homemade detergent would bubble up too much and leak out of the dishwasher. Maybe some of the other girls will have a more definitive answer.
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Tidy Aprons
True Blue Farmgirl
99 Posts
Oney Farmgirl #638
Colorado
USA
99 Posts |
Posted - Jul 03 2009 : 10:03:34 AM
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Hmmm... good point. Thanks Joyce.
~Oney~
"There's something a little holy in taking care of the places we inhabit, in summoning sheen. And there's a power in watching over our spaces, the rooms we move within, the sets where our life stories unfold." ~Lori Hall Steele |
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willowtreecreek
True Blue Farmgirl
4813 Posts
Julie
Russell
AR
USA
4813 Posts |
Posted - Jul 03 2009 : 12:23:13 PM
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I think you would get too many bubbles. Bubbles can sneak through the seals in your dishwasher adn you will end up with a wet bubbly mess on your floor!
Farmgirl Sister #17
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www.willowtreecreek.wordpress.com
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Aunt Jenny
True Blue Farmgirl
11381 Posts
Jenny
middle of
Utah
USA
11381 Posts |
Posted - Jul 03 2009 : 4:38:30 PM
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Maybe the borax and washing powder without the grated soap added. I bet the soap in it would make it leave a film on the dishes too. But maybe the borax and the washing soda alone. I say ...do a test run and let us know!
Jenny in Utah
Proud Farmgirl sister #24
Inside me there is a skinny woman crying to get out...but I can usually shut her up with cookies
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Windsong
True Blue Farmgirl
309 Posts
LaVonna
Decatur
Tx
309 Posts |
Posted - Jul 03 2009 : 10:19:43 PM
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I have said before that I use a liquid soap from one of the companies that I sell. It is just liquid and the one I use is Sunshine Concentrate from Nature's Sunshine but similar products are available from Shaklee, Amway, and Miracle II. Probably far more than that. But you can fill your little soap cup with baking soda and then add 6-8 drops of this soap and a few essential oil drops- citrus I would say, and it will wash fine.
I know this is not what you are using but maybe you could use it to adapt to your program.
LaVonna
www.windsongwellnessandtherapyshoppe.com
http://sadiesfarm.blogspot.com/ |
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carycamille
True Blue Farmgirl
163 Posts
Camille
Cathlamet
Washington
USA
163 Posts |
Posted - Jul 06 2009 : 7:11:17 PM
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I tried my homemade laundry soap in the dishwasher and got lots of bubbles!!! I just poured in some vinegar and they disappeared instantly. Then I made up the laundry soap with out the soap, just borax, washing soda, baking soda and it works perfectly.
Camille |
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Windsong
True Blue Farmgirl
309 Posts
LaVonna
Decatur
Tx
309 Posts |
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carycamille
True Blue Farmgirl
163 Posts
Camille
Cathlamet
Washington
USA
163 Posts |
Posted - Jul 07 2009 : 08:39:18 AM
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It works great!
Camille |
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Lorie Marler
True Blue Farmgirl
265 Posts
Lorie
Guymon
Ok
USA
265 Posts |
Posted - Oct 13 2009 : 12:52:15 PM
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Alee
True Blue Farmgirl
22941 Posts
Alee
Worland
Wy
USA
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Lynner
True Blue Farmgirl
225 Posts
Sheri
Missouri
USA
225 Posts |
Posted - Oct 23 2009 : 04:09:28 AM
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Here is the recipe I use, and I love it.
1 Cup Borax
1 Cup Baking Soda
3 Tablespoons citric acid
Just add enough of this mixture to your dispenser, and fill the rinse with white vinegar.
Dishes will be squeeky clean.
I tried other home made dishwasher soap and had problems with white film. This recipe however, really cleans them nice, and little or no white film. We do have hardwater. This recipe came from one of the farmgirls on the farmgirl connection.
Sheri
Many Hands Make Light Work!
...God made the seed to grow...1 Cor 3:6
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Edited by - Lynner on Oct 23 2009 04:12:32 AM |
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MasterGardener
True Blue Farmgirl
572 Posts
Chandra
Louisiana
USA
572 Posts |
Posted - Oct 23 2009 : 07:27:15 AM
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Sheri, thanks so much for posting the recipe...can you tell me how the citric acid is sold, is it liquid, etc. & where to buy? I absolutely love the idea of the white vinegar in the rinse agent. Do you fill it every wash, or does it stay in the dispenser like the other rinse agents? Very cool info!
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She considereth a field, and buyeth it; with the fruit of her hands she planteth a vineyard.
Proverbs 31:16 |
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MasterGardener
True Blue Farmgirl
572 Posts
Chandra
Louisiana
USA
572 Posts |
Posted - Oct 23 2009 : 07:28:36 AM
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Sheri, thanks so much for posting the recipe...can you tell me how the citric acid is sold, is it liquid, etc. & where to buy? I absolutely love the idea of the white vinegar in the rinse agent. Do you fill it every wash, or does it stay in the dispenser like the other rinse agents? Very cool info!
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((¸¸.•´ ..• -:¦:- -:¦:- Chandra
-:¦:- ((¸¸.•´Farmgirl Sister #64
She considereth a field, and buyeth it; with the fruit of her hands she planteth a vineyard.
Proverbs 31:16 |
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