How to make your own dishwashing liquid with black soap
A very popular cleaner in France, the black soap lends itself to multiple uses. It is used in many recipes for ecological and economical household products and is one of the star ingredients for DIY (Do It Yourself) enthusiasts. You can use it for example to make your own washing-up liquid.
Black soap, essential in every home
Composed essentially of vegetable oils and potassium, black soap has been known since antiquity. Its composition makes it a particularly ecological product, harmless to soil, waterways and groundwater. Black soap is used to clean floors, and is effective for washing tiles, concrete or terracotta floors, tiles or linoleum. Black soap also removes stubborn stains on your clothes, carpets or linens, and is used in the composition ofa homemade washing powder.
In the kitchen, it can be used to effectively degrease an oven or a hood. You can also use black soap inyour home-made dishwashing liquid recipe.
La Corvette - Savonnerie du Midi produces black soaps based onolive oil orlinseed oil. You can choose between a liquid black soapeasy to use, and a black soap pastea more concentrated one.
The many advantages of black soap dishwashing liquid
Homemade dishwashing liquid with black soap is an excellent alternative to commercially available household products. You control the totality of your recipe, and you banish the ingredients likely to have an impact on your health. In particular, you can eliminate perfumes, dyes and, more broadly, any allergenic or irritating molecules.
You reduce the amount of waste produced. Indeed, you can easily keep your washing-up liquid in a glass bottle, and thus consume less packaging. Moreover, the water used for your dishes is evacuated with the wastewater: a recipe of homemade dishwashing liquid preserves the quality of the water courses and the water tables.
You also save a lot of money. Indeed, the ingredients used to make your washing-up liquid are affordable, and are proposed in large format packaging, at attractive prices. The cost of a liter of DIY dishwashing liquid is lower than that of a conventional product.
The recipe for black soap dishwashing liquid
Several recipes of dishwashing liquid with black soap are proposed. We propose you a tested and approved recipe, for an efficiency to the appointment!
The ingredients
To produce your dishwashing liquid, you will need the following ingredients:
● 500 ml of water,
● 40 grams of liquid black soap,
● 4 tablespoons of baking soda,
● 10 drops of lemon, tea tree, lavender, eucalyptus or orange essential oil.
The preparation
Simple to prepare, your dishwashing liquid will be ready in just a few minutes:
● Heat 500 milliliters of water in a saucepan;
● Stop at the first simmering of the water;
● Pour the black soap and baking soda into the pan;
● Mix until you get a homogeneous aspect;
● Add the essential oil of your choice;
● Pour the resulting mixture into a reusable bottle.
The use
Simply pour a little dishwashing liquid on your sponge and start washing your dishes.
After several days, you may notice a deposit forming. To obtain a homogeneous mixture again
shake your bottle before use.
Cleaning your dishes in an ecological way
You want to go further in your zero waste approach? You can choose the vegetable sponges to synthetic sponges. More resistant and totally biodegradable, they have a better ecological impact. You can also trade disposable sponges for a reusable washable sponge. These sponges are simply cleaned with a washing cycle in a washing machine.
A DIY approach in the home and garden
Black soap is your best bet for a successful zero waste commitment. This versatile household product can be used, for example, in a homemade floor cleaner, and helps to nourish and protect parquet, terracotta, concrete, tiled or plastic floors. In the kitchen, black soap can be added to your dishwashing liquid, and can effectively degrease the oven or the hood. In the garden, the black soap allows to move away or to eliminate harmful insects and molds. It can also clean outdoor furniture, planters, shutters, garage doors or the barbecue.
