Comments on: All Natural Homemade Dish Detergent without Borax (and desiccant)

By: Robin Konie

Robin Konie — Wed, 12 Jun 2013 00:42:30 +0000

Aw, thank you!

By: RN

RN — Tue, 11 Jun 2013 23:16:17 +0000

I normally resist the temptation of leaving a comment on a blog, but I couldn’t this time because this is my second time brought to your website.

The first time was when I was looking for information about liquid intake. You wrote on the topic, detailing how your habit of water intake—too much and too frequent—was affecting your health and how changing it made a difference. One of the comments left on the blog was, I thought, nasty and also baseless. Then you wrote a very thoughtful response to it. I was impressed!

Thank you for the dishwasher detergent recipe. It’s been working pretty well. Keep up with the good work!

By: Amanda

Amanda — Mon, 10 Jun 2013 10:57:42 +0000

Would this recipe work with Epsom salt rather than sea salt?

By: Robin Konie

Robin Konie — Tue, 04 Jun 2013 12:59:21 +0000

Hmmmm… yeah, play around with the mixture a bit. More salt or maybe more citric acid will help with the cloudy issue.

By: Rachelle

Rachelle — Tue, 04 Jun 2013 02:04:23 +0000

I’m having the same issue– it was fantastic at first– better than any of the “natural” dish detergents I’ve tried lately, but now everything is coming out cloudy, which is totally bumming me out. We don’t have hard water, so that isn’t the problem here. I’ll try adding more salt to the mix and see if that makes a difference, because I really don’t want to go back to store bought who-knows-what-is-really-in-this detergents.

By: robin

robin — Mon, 06 May 2013 13:17:29 +0000

You could probably use a regular kosher salt just fine.

By: Dani

Dani — Mon, 06 May 2013 12:35:39 +0000

Riddle me this,
Can I use Kosher Salt? Is Sea Salt a must? I realize that it has more minerals than kosher, but just checking! Thanks in advance,
~Dani

By: robin

robin — Sun, 24 Mar 2013 01:52:43 +0000

Hi Lindsay,

Do you know if you have hard water or not? I’d start first by running an empty load with some vinegar and a couple lemon peels. You can play with adding a little more salt if hard water is your issue… or more citric acid as it’s a natural rinse aid, too. Let me know if any of those help.

By: Lindsay K

Lindsay K — Sat, 23 Mar 2013 23:28:12 +0000

I have been using this detergent for a few weeks, and at first, I loved it! Then, a film started to form on the dishes, and they didn’t get as clean. I use vinegar as a rinse, and that still isn’t preventing the film. Any suggestions? I’ve just been hand washing while trying to figure out what’s going on. Thanks!

By: Emm

Emm — Fri, 22 Mar 2013 07:23:58 +0000

I use organic black cherry powder for vitamin C and as an anti-inflammatory for fibromyalgia and arthritis. I couldn’t stomach the taste of acerola.