Homemade liquid dish soap

Well now is as good of time and ever to post this...being that I just ran out of dish soap.

Lately my choice of dish soap is a bar of Octagon and a scouring pad or sponge. However, I like to have my liquid soap with antibacterial also. So heres the recipe..

Liquid Dish Soap

1 gallon of warm water

2 cups shredded bar soap (I will use Octagon but you can use Kirks also )

½ cup lemon juice (or lemon oil)

5 drops tea tree oil (Antibacterial)

• Mix warm water and soap flakes in a large pot.
• Dissolve the soap flakes in the water on the stove over low heat. Continually stir the mix while it is heating.
• Let cool until almost room temperature.
• then add lemon juice (or oil).
• Mix in tea tree oil.
• Pour the mixture into bottles and shake well.

Heres a trick to get away from plastic.  Get yourself some canning jars and drill a hole at the top. Then get a pump to put in the hole. That way you avoid the plastic yet again.

EASIER RECIPE

• 1/2 cup liquid castile soap (unscented or whatever your favorite scent is…I like using tea tree for the added antibacterial properties.)
• 1/8 cup water
• 4 drops essential oil scent of choice (orange, lemon)

Directions:

Simply mix everything together and store it in an old liquid dish soap bottle! Use as you would store-bought liquid dish soap

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