Homemade Dish Detergent

 Below is the recipe I used and it did NOT work. So I changed it. I added 1 cup epsom salt and 1 cup Lemi-Shine. That worked! So here's the Recipe:

Recipe for 1 batch of Dishwasher soap:
1 cup Borax
1 cup Arm & Hammer Washing Soda
½ cup salt (I used epsom salt)
½ cup citric acid (I *HIGHLY* recommend Lemi-shine. Walmart sells it for less than $4)


Now I that I have made several homemade things for around the house I decided that when I found the dish detergent that I would give that a try since everything worked out so well. I tried the first recipe since I had everything already from making the laundry soap and for Christmas my mom bought me cute plastic containers to put the soap in! so here's the first recipe I used:

DO NOT USE THIS RECIPE!

• 1 cup borax
• 1 cup washing soda
• 4 packages of lemonade mix

 I also put vinegar in the rinse compartment. I read several places that it can get clumpy so I'm glad I expected that because it do that but if I give it a quick stir I don't think that will be a problem. But this recipe still isn't quite getting my dishes clean. It is leaving residue on my clear glasses so I will try different recipe. Other recipes have used baking SODA instead of washing soda or used salt/kosher salt/pickling salt/epsom salt... I don't know which to try first! There are so many and I HATE wasting things!!!! Does anyone have any suggestions?