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kittenpants

Dishwasher Detergent

Sep 15, 2009 22:03

::EDIT:: Okay, due to some misinformation (THANKS, INTERNET) I'd made a mistake here. Fixed it now ( Read more... )

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geekatlarge September 16 2009, 11:30:10 UTC

*was last seen in an explosion of paper near his desk, the only sounds being of paper falling everywhere and the faint scratching of a pen*

kittenpants September 16 2009, 17:19:13 UTC

Er, be sure to use washing soda, not baking soda.

geekatlarge September 16 2009, 17:35:49 UTC

Update duly noted.

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kittenpants September 16 2009, 15:35:48 UTC

I think I tried that stuff too, and was not impressed. I'll give a full report, no worries.

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Re: Mason jar kittenpants September 16 2009, 15:34:23 UTC

I can't tell you. It's SECRET.

Maybe it depends on what kind of apron you're wearing while you make it.

saffronhare September 16 2009, 14:41:37 UTC

I'll be interested to hear how this works once you've given it a try!

Also: citric acid. I'm so very ignorant. Is that a powder, and easy to find somewhere? All the other ingredients seem to be dry.

kittenpants September 16 2009, 15:30:29 UTC

Citric acid is a powder, and not impossible to find -- I've seen Bob's Red Mill packaging it for sale. It's like 99% of the ingredients in unsweetened powdered instant lemonade, so you could use that as well (and your detergent will have a friendly yellow or pink tinge and smell lemon-fresh).

saffronhare September 16 2009, 16:06:29 UTC

Pink lemonade dishwasher detergent? How awesome would that be? Very. (I currently use Mrs. Meyers Clean Day in pink geranium.)

kittenpants September 16 2009, 17:19:36 UTC

check my edit-- use washing soda, not baking soda.

kittenpants September 16 2009, 17:24:28 UTC

So, in my very-quick research last night, I saw the following on several websites:

"washing soda is the stuff that Arm & Hammer sells, you can find it in the grocery store"

"washing soda and baking soda are the same thing..." (but since I was looking at this on Google, I didn't read the crucial end of that sentence, which makes it clear that they aren't the same thing at all)

Etc. etc. etc. So I thought they were the same thing.

Washing soda and baking soda are NOT the same. Washing soda is sodium carbonate, and baking soda is sodium bicarbonate. Washing soda is more basic, caustic, and can eat through twice the amount of acid that baking soda can. YES, Arm & Hammer sells it, but it'll be in the laundry section of the store (and it might be called soda ash).

Sorry for my research fail. Fixed now.