The recipe she posted recipe works beautifully (here's the link), and I thought I'd add to the blogosphere's general knowledge by posting my incredibly secret recipe for home made rinse aid for dishwashers.
- Ingredients:
- White vinegar
- Blue food colouring (optional *LOL*)
Yes, I know I could have posted a whole stack of extra ingredients that don't do anything at all but look impressive.
I could even start selling my own "Daharja's Natural Rinse Aid" product in tiny bottles for $7 apiece, just like those other bottles you see all lined up in the supermarket.
But the truth is, white vinegar as rinse aid in your dishwasher will do the job beautifully. And cheaply.
If you want to, you can save a rinse aid bottle from a commercial product, clean it thoroughly, then put your own home made product (white vinegar) in the small rinse aid bottle. No one will know the difference!
Or you can just go bulk and pour straight from the large bottle of white vinegar you probably keep under your kitchen sink.
White vinegar is safe if accidentally consumed, and causes no problems I know of in septic systems.
--You've taken the time to drop by: I'd love to hear your thoughts as well! Comments are really appreciated! Thanks!
5 comments:
I use white vinegar for several things, cleaning glass and mirrors, tiles,final rinse in the washing machine as well as in the dish washer.
Its brilliant.
Thanks for the EcoMILF link. I'll certainly be adding that to the list of regulars.
Is there anything vinegar can't do?
Oh buggger. We just spent ages looking for an eco-friendly rinse aid, couldn't find one, went with the one with least packaging. And bought a giant bottle of white vinegar on the same day too, to use for other cleaning tasks!
Live and learn, I guess :D
Except the powder in the link is a laundry one not for dishes :-(
But thanks for the vinegar tip - we currently don't bother filling up the rinse aid dispenser, just give things a wipe when they come out, I have even been known to get stuff out of the dishwaser before the drying cycle finishes so I can dry them myself before they get spotty. But if the vinegar works I may just use it :-)
Thanks for the info! I'm finding all sorts of things that vinegar can do. Who knew??
~~Lori
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