I originally found a recipe at iDreamofClean and tried that out. She says to use about 1/8 of a cup of regular dish soap and the rest of the foaming soap container with water.
I tired this combo and felt like it was still a little too watered-down for my taste. So, I increased the mount of soap and it was a little better but still not exactly what I was wanting as far as a dish soap goes. I may try increasing the soap again or I will go back to using the regular name brand recipe for bottles and the homemade stuff quick dishes, etc. Maybe I have just become a soap snob in that respect.
However, this combo, I believe, is PERFECT for hand soap. I read another article somewhere about using Dr. Bronner's soap for this very purpose. Well, wouldn't you know we have a bottle of that stuff sitting around waiting to be used. So, that will be my money saver for the week (month, and maybe the year!) I am sure that I will need to work out the ratio a bit for that but I did read that a 4:1 ratio is good (water to soap).
I know that you can buy refillable dispensers but I really like how Method has designed their soap bottles in that a) they don't tip over very easily and b) they have the best design as far as getting all the soap out of the bottle (and that goes for their "regular" hand soap as well.) So, I think that I will be heading to the store soon to buy some foaming soap and when they run out then out will come the Dr. Bronner's. Yippee!
Other options to try are doing this with your little ones bath soap if they have a thing for using a lot of soap. It will make it go a little farther if they like to play with the soap. Miss L is one of these people so I will be trying this out with her at some point.
One thing to remember though, don't use soaps that are "creamy" as they do not infuse well with air to make the foam and will clog your dispenser. I didn't do this but I have read about a LOT of people that have.
Have you made your own foaming soap?
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