Homemade Dish Soap

Here is my next project, homemade dish soap. For obvious reasons, we do not have space for dish washer, therefore, we have to wash dishes by hand. I am super interested in making all these detergents, soaps, body care, tooth care, and anything else we use daily, from items I can easily obtain and without a bunch of harsh chemicals and without breaking our pocketbook. With this soap I used all ingredients I already have: grated soap, vinegar, water, and tea tree oil.

2 cups boiling water

1/4 cup grated soap

1 tbsp vinegar

1 tsp tea tree oil

I boiled water, added grated soap let it dissolve, added vinegar, let cool then add teat tree oil. After it cooled I then poured into a clean jar. My first batch is pictured below. I placed it in this old pickle jar and cut a hole in the lid, then stuck a pump in it. 

So far, the soap thickened in a couple hours after cooled. I had to strain some of the grated soap that did not dissolve, so it would not clog the pump. I've used this for dishes and noticed it does not bubble up like commercial products, but it cuts the grease very good, which for us without a water heater is a nice thing. Sometimes when we wash a greasy pot or pan in cold water it just swishes the grease around. I will keep testing and tweaking, and update.