Tuesday, August 23, 2011

Home made lemon detergent




No food today, but maybe you will like this:



I always use eco cleaning products, or go for the 'home remedies' like baking soda, vinegar and methylated spirit, but I always fantasized about making some myself. I found some good ideas on Galline 2nd Life, a blog that I like very very very much! I was immediately attracted by the washing up and dishwasher detergent, but for a different reason: it reminded me of a beautiful lemon salt scrub for the body that someone presented me years ago. It smelled great and was so nice to use under the shower... it even looked like the one in the picture... So I tried!


Ingredients, as given by Lo in Galline 2nd Life

3 lemons
200 g salt
400 ml water
100 ml white vinegar

Slice the lemons, keeping the peel but discarding the pips. In a food processor blend the lemons as finely as possible with the salt and a little water (taken form the 400ml). Place in a pot, add the rest of the water and the vinegar. Bring to the boil and simmer for 10 minutes. Once cold place in a jar.

I tried to use it for the dishes and it works quite well, unless the dishes are really greasy. For the dishwasher Lo suggests to put 2 tbsp in the dishwashing powder compartment, I did and tried at different temperatures, but I think that it works better if doing the dishes by hand.

Lo also says that it can be used for wooden chopping boards, and I used it for the kitchen sink and marble benches (very good, and with a nice lemony smell). Then I took it into the shower and use it on myself! This is where I liked it best: a mild exfoliant, particularly nice for the feet, especially if you are one of those New Zealanders who spend half of their life in jandals or bare-footed!

In a few words: a real multipurpose detergent! Thank you Lo!

Recipe by Lo and Photo by Alessandra Zecchini ©


7 comments:

  1. This sounds wonderful. I hate buying soaps & stuff!

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  2. Great! I hate to buy all that chemically stuff too. Thanks for this.

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  3. I love it! I love home made soaps and detergents!

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  4. Awesome post! I use baking soda and vinegar in my dishwasher and think it works better than the store bought stuff! :) cheaper, too!

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  5. Actually Michelle, I noticed that if I add a little baking powder to this mixture it works even better :-).

    ciao
    A.

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  6. I'll have to try this out. I love the idea of a body scrub. :0). Thanks for sharing.

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