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I have been using natural recipes for healthy and inexpensive household products for a long time.

Why ? Because homemade products have 2 enormous advantages over commercial products.

First you realize considerable savings long term on the purchase of your cleaning products.

But above all, YOU choose the ingredients that make up your household cleaning products.

Thus, you avoid exposing your family to the real dangers of toxic substances that go into the composition of household products sold on the market!

So, without further ado, here is the easy and inexpensive recipe for Homemade dishwasher tablets:

Ingredients

For a recipe of 28 to 56 dishwasher tablets:

- 180 g of baking soda

- 180 g of citric acid powder

- 90 g of unrefined and untreated coarse salt (you can also use magnesium sulfate, the famous "Epsom salt")

- 12 cl of white vinegar

- 15 to 20 drops of lemon essential oil

- 2 ice cube trays, like these silicone ice cube trays

These doses are sufficient to fill 2 ice cube trays (it depends on their dimensions). By cutting each piece in half, you get between 28 and 56 dishwasher tablets.

How to do

1. Combine all the dry ingredients in a large container such as a salad bowl.

2. Gradually add the white vinegar and mix thoroughly.

3. Stop adding white vinegar once the mixture begins to clump together.

Note: the mixture sparkles slightly when you add white vinegar.

4. Add and mix lemon essential oil.

5. Transfer the mixture to the ice cube trays.

Note: tamp each compartment of the container carefully, until the pellets are compact.

If you are successful in packing each compartment well, your mixture should fill about 2 ice cube trays.

6. And now the easiest part: wait ! To dry your tablets, choose a dry and sunny place, for at least 24 hours.

7. Once the lozenges are totally dry and well solidified, you can unmold them.

Store your homemade dishwasher tablets in an airtight container like these glass jars that won't let in moisture.

And there you have it, it's a great alternative to commercial dishwasher tablets. Now you know what to replace the dishwasher detergent with. Convenient, isn't it?

How to use your homemade lozenges?

For each wash, add 1 tablet to the detergent drawer of your dishwasher.

For even more cleaning power, you can add 3 drops of dishwashing liquid. But beware, no more than 3 drops, otherwise you will have foam all over the place!

And if your homemade lozenges are too big because of the dimensions of your ice cube trays, they can easily be cut in 2!

Finally, don't forget to add a little white vinegar (10 to 20 cl) in the tub of your dishwasher before starting a cycle. If your water is hard, this is an essential step to avoid water marks on your glasses!

Why does it work?

• Baking soda has powerful degreasing properties. It is also one of the best multi-purpose cleaners!

• Citric acid is a natural alternative to phosphates which softens water. It is particularly effective in erasing traces of limescale and has powerful antimicrobial properties.

• Unrefined and untreated coarse salt reduces the effects of hard water. It also works with Epsom salt, if you have used it.

• White vinegar is a powerful 100% natural cleanser that also acts as a binder for the other ingredients in this recipe.

• Lemon essential oil increases the cleaning efficiency of the lozenges and has powerful antibacterial properties. And in addition, it smells super good!

Results

There you go, now you know the recipe for homemade dishwasher tablets :-)

I have been using this recipe for a long time to wash my dishes. And as you can see in the photo above the result is impeccable !

In addition, these homemade lozenges are even more effective than commercially purchased lozenges - except that YOU choose all the ingredients.

Convenient when you want avoid toxic substances that the big manufacturers of household products impose on us!

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