Have held off making this until I had time to research the effect of the salt on the dishwasher. There was a heated debate on it on a German thread, which is what made me check it out. As far as I can find, so long as normal salt doesn't go into the 'salt' section of the dishwasher, and dishwasher salt doesn't go into the 'detergent' section of the dishwasher, everything is absolutely fine. In fact, many of these 4-in-1 tablets include salt. So I now know that this recipe is, in effect, a 5-in-1 (similar to Finish). So there you go, a top of the range detergent (even if not in convenient tablet form) for a fraction of the price and environmental impact.
I've had the rinse aid sat in the cupboard ready to make this for some time, but it was waiting on my doing the salt research. I plan to make it in the next few days. My next batch I intend to try with vinegar, and see if there's a difference. I don't see why there should be, but then I would never know if I hadn't tried the original way first, would I?
Has anyone else already tried the white vinegar route to compare?
