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Homemade Dish Soap
Have any of you made a homemade dish soap recipe? I made one today and it didn't thicken...Did I do something wrong or in your experience is that how it comes out?
Thanks!
Here was the recipe:
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Liquid Dish Soap
1 gallon of warm water
1/2 cups liquid castile soap (Dr. Bronner's)
Large pot
2 Tbl. liquid glycerin
? cup lemon juice
2-5 drops essential oil
5 drops tea tree oil (Antibacterial)
- Mix warm water and soap in a large pot.
- Continually stir the mix while it is heating.
- Stir in the glycerin and remove from heat.
- Let cool until almost room temperature.
- then add lemon juice (or white vinegar).
- Mix in your favorite essential oil and tea tree oil.
- Pour the mixture into bottles and shake well.
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