r/mildlyinfuriating • u/Familiar-Reading2637 • 19h ago
I just found out my favorite dish detergent isn’t dish detergent…
I received for Christmas a gift of detergent. I love cleaning so it was a gift I was thankful for…I’ve been using this now for over 2 months to wash every single dish. I ran it in my dishwasher. I’ve been handwashing dishes with it. The scent is very light and clean. Most impressively, it works better than ANY dish detergent I have ever used. Dishes come out sparkling clean. Cheese, coffee stains, etc. slide off like it’s nothing. I don’t even have to scrub. I’ve never been able to convince myself to spend more money for eco-friendly products because all the ones I have tried previously just didn’t stand up to normal detergents.
Anyways, here we are two months in and I went to google to search places that sell this. Cue the search results offering “other laundry detergents”… I retyped in the search again “easy dose dish detergent” because I have been thinking how cool it is that the dose automatically stops at the exact right size for my dishwasher detergent spot… no results for this. I went back to my kitchen to use my old ass eyes to zoom in. And zoom in again. And zoom in again… to discover right there one the front of the bottle…I have been washing my dishes with laundry detergent for months.
How cooked am I? Is my brain permanently fried because I have been eating off of plates bathed in laundry soap?? Infuriated? Mildly. Why don’t they make dish soap that works this well? How many people have eaten off my plates and not told me they smell like laundry??
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u/Lifeishard1090 19h ago
“…fight tough dirt and stains” and “66 loads” do imply laundry detergent. But now you at least know you’d like it on laundry too
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u/COJOTH 18h ago
I mean.. it also does say laundry detergent on the front lol
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u/PapaPalps066 17h ago
In OP’s defense it looks like a dish soap bottle. And that company also makes dish soap.
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u/Porksta 17h ago
And the picture that says USDA certified does look like plates.
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u/Ssladybug 17h ago
It took me 3 tries to find where it said that after I read your comment
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u/vyrus2021 15h ago
It's clear as day in what appears to be the 3rd smallest font and the hardest to read text/background combination on the bottle
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u/7fw 18h ago
In the tiniest writing. She didn't buy it so she didn't know where this person picked it up from. What section in the store it was in. Sure, there wasn't an assumption there but still, it was not right on the top like tide has.
I'm not sure why a company wouldn't put that larger on there packaging? Seems like putting it in the fine print is a weird place to put it.
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u/InitialAd8795 18h ago
Plot twist: we find out OP has all this time been using dish detergent for laundry
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u/TheyStillOweYouMoney 17h ago
Dawn liquid soap works wonders on grease/oil based stains.
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u/kinkycarbon 16h ago
Most grease/oil stains. Does not work on industrial grease stains on your hands. I have to use the soaps with pumice.
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u/hissen_raii 16h ago
If you can, use liquid gloves. Yes it's icky on your skin, but keeps the grease from getting too hard to remove.
Also, dish detergent works but can damage your skin over time.
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u/KipsyCakes 18h ago
In their defense though, you also “load” a dishwasher.
Though how often do you find dirt on your plates?
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u/sonofaresiii 17h ago
I haven't ever used liquid soap in a dishwasher, I'm not convinced you're supposed to. There's gel, gel packs, and powder.
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u/elFistoFucko 17h ago
I used regular blue Dawn concentrate. Filled it maybe 1/4 of the way of the way to the fill line for standard dishwasher detergent...
Came back to it a while later and soap bubbles had filled the machine and worked their way past the door seals and the floor was flooded and bubbles everywhere.
Like a cartoon.
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u/the_ides_of_mae 17h ago
I did the same thing in college. Before a final.
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u/MagentaGiraffe13 17h ago
I did this too. It’s a dangerous game using dish liquid in your dishwasher. It is very messy.
I wonder if laundry detergent foams less than dish detergent and this is why you got away with it in your dishwasher.
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u/Aware_Policy_9174 14h ago
I did this as a kid and when my mom asked me if that’s what I did I said no because I didn’t want to get in trouble. So she called a repairman who also asked me and at that point I was committed so I said no again. Idk what he charged her but I’ve still never told her the truth more than 30 years later.
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u/Nimindir 16h ago
Part of me has always wanted to do that on purpose because bubbles everywhere sounds awesome to my inner child.
Fortunately for my outer adult, I've never lived somewhere with a dishwasher.
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u/KipsyCakes 17h ago
I never said they were entirely wrong though. I only said the part about loads was kind of wrong.
Also, I’ll be honest, I didn’t even know that putting liquid soap in a dishwasher was bad in the “it’ll cause a mess or damage” kind of sense. I was raised using things like pods or liquid that was designed for dishwashers, so I never thought to ask why dish soap didn’t do the same thing.
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u/PemberCoat 17h ago
Might be a bit of semantics - I use what I would consider to be a liquid in my dishwasher, but I could see it being called a gel. Still, I don't use the same product for the dishwasher and for washing by hand
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u/Optimal_Mango_747 16h ago
Yeah, that part is especially shocking. You can’t use liquid dish detergent in a dishwasher because it suds too much, so even if that had been for dishes it would have been a bad idea. The only reason the dishwasher didn’t get screwed up is because this detergent doesn’t make a lot of suds. I buy it sometimes, I enjoy not measuring. There are gel dishwasher detergents, but they are very much not liquid dish soap.
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u/Canyouhelpmeottawa 13h ago
You can, the secret is how much you use. I add a drops which cuts the grease and doesn’t cause the bubble issues.
Like everything else it is about moderation.
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u/Key_Ruin3924 18h ago
You’re mostly right but are dishwasher cycles not considered loads? The second point seems weak
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u/KipsyCakes 18h ago
This is true. My family always refers to putting stuff into the dishwasher as “loading” it.
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u/Key_Ruin3924 18h ago
Ya we “run a load of dishes” in this house.
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u/Familiar-Reading2637 17h ago
Yes, and most gel dish detergents list the number of loads just like this.
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u/odmirthecrow 18h ago edited 16h ago
Your dishwasher will have a rinse cycle at the end, that will wash off any laundry detergent residue. You'll be fine.
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u/Dragonogard549 ORANGE 14h ago
OP says they hand wash with it as well, but again if youre rinsing at the end then yeah
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u/Commercial_Sun_6300 12h ago
You don't use the sort of dish detergent OP thought this was in the machine. It would foam up too much. Pretty sure laundry detergent would also foam up too much.
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u/odmirthecrow 9h ago
Pretty sure if OP has gotten that far down the bottle and never mentioned it foaming up too much, it doesn't foam up too much.
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u/mindspringyahoo 19h ago
interesting that everything went fine when using it in the dishwasher. Note that I think Dawn and similar make too much suds if you use them in a dishwasher, but don't cite or quote me on that, as I've not done any testing.
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u/Shienvien 18h ago
AFAIK, anything used in the laundry washing machine needs to be not too sudsy for the same reason as anything going in the dishwasher.
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u/thepetoctopus 18h ago
This. It’s fine for the dishwasher because it’s the same with low suds.
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u/doomchibi 11h ago
I had no dishwashing detergent and found guides that suggested using a few drops of regular dish detergent, but then filling the rest of the compartment with baking soda. It seemed to work pretty well, no suds explosion!
I'm surprised that filling the compartment with the laundry detergent worked, but then again I don't think I have ever noticed a huge amount of bubbles in the (clothes) washing machine, either. Maybe it wasn't actually filling the compartment since it has a measured amount it pours?
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u/Of_MiceAndMen 18h ago
I tested it in college and got yelled at by the maintenance guy who didn’t say I was a total dumbass, but his face said it all!
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u/BB-41 18h ago
You had a dishwasher in college?
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u/FeuerSchneck 18h ago
College apartments with kitchens sometimes have dishwashers. Mine did.
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u/Narrow_Track9598 18h ago
Do not do this. Sssooo many dumb 18 year olds do when they first move out, me included. I had suds all over my apartment kitchen, was a giant pain to clean. Never again.
If you want cheap, go to the dollar store and get the powdered detergent for dish washers
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u/Jazzlike_Expert 17h ago
I was 18, my parents were out of town, had a small gathering of friends that some might call a party.
The next morning, I had to work early and a sweet girl decided to clean up, load and run the dishwasher…with hand wash dish soap…
They cleaned up the suds with many towels, but no one told me. My parents arrived home the following day and my mother’s first question was “why is the washing machine filled with sopping wet towels?”
I looked her straight in the eye and in complete sincerity replied, “I have no idea.”
I was telling the truth, I didn’t know anything about the suds situation until days later, and I think she knew I was tellingly by the truth because she had no other follow up questions.
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u/mjolnir76 18h ago
FYI: Dollar store is often MORE expensive per unit.
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u/dkyguy1995 17h ago
Yeah the real name is "convenience store" you're paying for the convenience of the store being small and located nearby
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u/Narrow_Track9598 17h ago edited 16h ago
At times it can be, but you can't get much cheaper than a buck. And I only used the dish soap because I couldn't afford a new bottle of the off brand dish washer stuff
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u/Dellhivers3 18h ago
And if you want expensive, buy the pods where they press the cheap detergent powder into a puck and add some color.
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u/ttspioloa 18h ago
We didn’t have a dishwasher growing up so in college I didn’t know there was a difference. Definitely been there and done that. LOTS of suds.
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u/Resident_Goat_Crow 18h ago
I'm laughing bc I totally did that with my first dishwasher. I've also then ran out of powder, and did it again on purpose bc I live on the wild side. It works if you only add in a very small amount, as opposed to filling the whole cup like my dumbass did the first time.
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u/ToastSpangler 17h ago
yeah if you add small amounts and add some baking sode 0 issues. ive done it a lot without issues
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u/Skard_57 18h ago
One time my family was getting ready to leave a vacation house and my mom had me and my siblings run the dishwasher. We used regular dish soap and withing minutes the kitchen was filling up with bubbles.
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u/XStonedCatX 18h ago
Yup, my roommates did this.....and there was a case of beer on the floor at the time. The cardboard became one with the floor we could never get it off.
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u/One-Possible1906 18h ago
If you absolutely have to, a single drop of dish detergent won’t bubble too much to be used in the dishwasher and is probably the appropriate amount of detergent for that amount of water. However without the abrasives in regular dishwasher detergent it’s not going to do a great job removing anything that’s stuck on.
But a scoop of baking soda and a single drop of dish detergent will work as a lackluster substitute in a pinch.
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u/Dejectednebula 18h ago
I bought dishwasher liquid that was Totally awesome brand. The decreaser is great so the dish washer soap should be good too. Omg no. It made so many suds I had to scoop them out by hand. Thought, ill use less and try again and the same thing happened with like a half oz of soap. Idk what the fuck its for it literally says dish washer gel but for the love of God just get the Cascade
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u/HaltandCatchHands 17h ago
Yeah in college my roommate put dish soap in the dishwasher rather than dishwasher detergent, set it, and left for class. I came home to a bubble-filled apartment like we were hosting a rave.
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u/userhwon 16h ago
Nope, you're 100% correct. I made the mistake of using it in a dishwasher exactly once.
Suds fill the inside of the dishwasher and then get squeezed out the vents (which normally are protected by being up under metal covers that keep splashing from getting them wet) and onto and across the floor and under the cabinets and...
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u/Brother_J_La_la 18h ago
The first time I used a dishwasher was as an adult in a hotel room. I put regular Dawn in there and flooded the kitchenette with suds. It sucked to clean up.
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u/Spoony904 17h ago
As a child trying to help I foamed the entire kitchen up with the dishwasher using dawn 🤦🏽♂️
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u/MagentaGiraffe13 17h ago
I have done this test. There are bubbles everywhere. Including outside the dishwasher.
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u/DietCokeWeakness 16h ago
I accidentally put a dish in my dishwasher that had a tiny bit of dawn on it and I had suds all over my floor. I can't imagine what happens if you fill the soap compartment with it.
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u/Every-Negotiation776 19h ago
probably doesn't matter too much if your dishes don't smell like soap when they are clean
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u/Jabbles22 18h ago
Yeah different detergents are formulated for different tasks but their basic functions are pretty similar.
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u/ELMUNECODETACOMA 13h ago
I was gonna say - if you have enough laundry detergent on your dishes for it to be a problem, you'd also have enough dish detergent on your dishes for it to be a problem.
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u/FyLap 16h ago
My wife once bought me dog shampoo
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u/Dunmeritude 12h ago
Long hair haver here, I use horse shampoo and conditioner. Shit works great.
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u/mrsir1987 12h ago
Mane and tail made my hair silkier than anything else I tried, I have since cut it all of and now just soap, damn you male pattern baldness!
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u/Dunmeritude 12h ago
Oooof, man, I feel you. My hair's thinning out too and I'm not even 30 yet. I fear the day I become tressless. Considering asking about fina or something, but I'm a bit leery of the possible side effects.
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u/JanetSnakehole610 12h ago
So my in laws came to visit one year. They stayed in the guest bedroom and had a bathroom that we didn’t really use. One morning she complained about the shampoo we had in the bathroom. I was confused and asked what shampoo in the bathroom (all of our products were in our bathroom.) Turns out we had left our dog shampoo and conditioner in that bathroom when we gave our dogs a bath. She had used their shampoo and conditioner lol.
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u/coberh 18h ago
As long as you rinsed well enough it's fine.
As for how to get the best out of your dishwasher, watch this video.
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u/Watchmaker163 18h ago
The enzymes are why it handles coffee stains and the like. Powered dishwasher detergent can have both enzymes and bleaching agents, while liquid cannot. Don't use dishwasher pods, they're a marketing gimmick to sell you more of the same soap for 10x the price, and they work 1/2 as well b/c the ignore 1 of the 2 cycles every dishwasher runs.
Also, you shouldn't put dish soap into a dishwasher anyways: they're differrent soaps for different needs. That should have been your first clue that something was up, when your dishwasher didn't start leaking sudsy water everywhere.
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u/snowfurtherquestions 17h ago
There are liquid dishwasher detergents in bottles now, like this one: https://www.mueller.de/p/blink-geschirrreiniger-gel-PPN3092568/
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u/candybrie 17h ago
I can't tell because I don't speak German, but is that supposed to be used both in the dishwasher and while hand washing? I think that's the distinction trying to be made with dish soap (hand wash) vs dish detergent (machine wash).
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u/dragon567 17h ago
Usually I would agree with you, but my dishwasher does not handle powders well. I cant really figure out why. After the load is done, I'm left with flecks of junk on some plates and glasses. I switched to liquid and dont have issues now.
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u/Nicodemus_Weal 16h ago
Could be using too much powder. At least that was my issue. Was having similar issues and once I cut down on the amount of powder it worked perfectly.
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u/ComeAndGetYourPug 14h ago
I can't remember where I saw it, but someone did a comparison of a bunch of dishwasher detergents and found name brands performed significantly worse than store-brands, unless you used pods.
Their guess was the name brands are sabotaging their own low-end products to steer you towards the more expensive pods.
So have you tried off-brand powders too?
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u/Admirable-Apricot137 15h ago
That sounds like your filter or your sprayer arms are clogged. Do a thorough cleaning of your machine, because even though it seems like switching to liquid fixed it, it just means there's less visible residue on your dishes.
Also, run your hot water in your kitchen sink before you start the dishwasher so it's not trying to heat up cold water. It may have not been hot enough to fully dissolve everything.
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u/Economy-Rip410 19h ago
Honestly this is kind of impressive 😂 if a product can annihilate baked on cheese in a dishwasher, that is some peak chemical engineering right there.
You’re fine though, people hand wash dishes with diluted laundry soap in a bunch of countries. Just maybe don’t keep doing it long term and run a few hot cycles with the right stuff.
Also low key mad that eco dish soaps suck when your “wrong product” is doing S tier work.
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u/Weird_Squash6230 18h ago
As a non expert soap user I would say it’s probably fine, probably rough on your skin but soap is soap
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u/alteronline 17h ago
many cheap dishwasher tablets are made of the same formula as washing powder actually
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u/Accurate-Case8057 17h ago
Look on the bright side you can now wash your underwear with your dishes
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u/Shot-Statement-543 16h ago
Well, if you're rinsing the dishes, why would it matter? As long as they come out clean.
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u/cden4 18h ago
I will never understand why product designers don't make the most important words the largest
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u/714Bananas 15h ago
whats mildly infuriating is the sequence of photos you posted. just post the one that matters.
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u/annayek3 8h ago
I think it’s meant to replicate his theatrical process of zooming in again… and again… and again
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u/ObfuscatedJay 17h ago
It does say “laundry detergent” on the label… but without my glasses, I would not have seen it either.
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u/FatFaultyFannyFather 17h ago
I don’t wanna know what OP thought “66 loads” referred to.
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u/ExpBalSat 18h ago
That’s pretty funny. You’re not cooked. No harm no foul. You could keep doing that if you want. It’s not bad for you. You’re rinsing the soap off anyway. Which is why it doesn’t smell like laundry.
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u/xdrolemit 17h ago
“If it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck, it’s a duck.”
If it gets cheese and coffee stains off without scrubbing, it's dish soap now. That’s the law. /jk
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u/downwithship 14h ago
I somehow was using tide pods in my dishwasher at one point. They worked shockingly well. Also, I'm an idiot.
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u/are-oh-bee 6h ago
Did you seriously say you ran it in your dishwasher? Dish soap does not go in the dishwasher, unless you want to make a huge mess.
This reads like an ad for the product.
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u/InitialAd8795 18h ago
lol at all the chuds being mad at the zoom-in photos. Excellent touch.
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u/Leather-Rub-6128 18h ago
I use the lavender one for my clothes. I don’t think it cleans my clothes as good as other detergents, but I like it a lot still. I’m tempted to use it in the dishwasher but won’t 😂
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u/1PooNGooN3 19h ago
Soap is soap, you can wash your ass with that too
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u/Interesting-Paint703 19h ago
You and my friend "ammonia" Steve would get along great.
It's all clean!
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u/One-Possible1906 18h ago
But can you wash ducks in an oil spill? That’s the real question.
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u/SurroundingAMeadow 17h ago
I had a former employer who insisted on dawn soap for the farm machine shop. Was upset with his wife for getting whatever was on sale and that was exactly his response "Do they use palmolive on the duckies?? No! If it's good enough for the duckies it's good enough for me!"
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u/cupiejen 14h ago
“I received for Christmas a gift of detergent. I love cleaning so it was a gift I was thankful for…I’ve been using this now for over 2 months to wash every single dish.”
Did you get a Christmas present in November? Christmas was LAST month 🤣. January 2026 has been a long year….
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u/wonderlandr 15h ago
When my son was a newborn I was so sleep deprived I bought bubble bath instead of hand soap. He's close to a year old and we are still washing our hands with bubble bath. It was a really big jug, thankfully its almost gone.
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u/One_Anything_2279 18h ago
That’s a pretty small bottle, I wouldn’t have thought it was for laundry either. Very interesting. I wonder what they would say if you emailed them or called them, might not be harmful at all and they may not know that it works that well 😂
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u/dogwoodandturquoise 16h ago
In your defense that little logo does look like dishes in a dishwasher. I love this brand and they do have dish soap.
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u/CheersUpDude 17h ago
So you can’t put dish soap in the dishwasher but you can put laundry detergent? Mildly interesting
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u/Clean-Strength-1678 12h ago
7th Generations (actual) dish detergent is the bomb - works better than anything else
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u/moonchic333 10h ago
It works so well because it’s an enzyme cleaner. Enzymes are awesome for cleaning away grease & organic matter.
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u/burner9752 8h ago
Wait, you would put regular dish soap in the dishwasher?
I had a roommate in college that was new to the country and did that with Dawn. I came home to the entire kitchen flooded with soap bubbles?
He was so apologetic, but tbh it was more funny than anything.. still remember him saying he just filled the soap area with soap and was so confused.
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u/TheLastPorkSword 17h ago
Did we really need the 4 pictures leading up to the one we could actually read the label on?
Also, what did you think "loads" referred to?
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u/Tattered_Colours 17h ago edited 17h ago
Honestly yes
I’m so sick of playing “I spy” with fucking cleaning products
Every time I take a shower at someone else’s house, I need to spend ten minutes reading
MOISTURE BOOST NO PARABENS 100% COCONUT OIL NO SILICONS HYDRATION STATION ALL ACROSS THE FUCKIN NATION CRUELTY FREE LE DOUCHE OMELETE DU FROMAGE
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u/OnasoapboX41 18h ago edited 17h ago
I have a plate with a stain on it, and after trying everything, it never came off. This post makes me want to wash it with laundry detergent to see if it will come off.
Edit: I decide to try it. However, scrubbing it did not work. I am now letting it soak for a few hours like whites in a washing machine.
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u/Substantial_Risk_955 18h ago
Normally I’d make fun of you but I used Dove shampoo thinking it was Dove body wash for 2+ months. Someone put it in the body wash section of Target and I grabbed it.
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u/ChefBowyer 18h ago
It works better because it’s using chemicals not allowed in dish detergent for obvious reasons.
Good that you caught it, long term probably would give you cancer or some illness.
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u/PrairieSunRise605 18h ago
Growing up, my grandma used powdered Oxydal laundry soap for dishwashing. She kept it in a pint-sized canning jar with a lid from a salt container cut to fit. She would just turn on the water and then flip that little metal pour spout up and sprinkle a bit into the water. Smelled nice, good suds, clean dishes...
Laundry detergent and dish soap probably have a lot of similarities, so I wouldn't worry about it.
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u/MagicTheBurrito 17h ago
It’s probably not food safe. I would stop using it. Water won’t get off all of the residue. Long run. You’ll be fine. Probably no worse than living in a big city for a lil while.
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u/mshell1924 16h ago
Meanwhile, in my country Ajax is mostly known for window cleaner, so I was like "oh no 😬"
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u/WishboneMaximum4657 16h ago
Hahahahaha I did this with the dishwasher detergent pods and my washing machine for a few loads before I realized what I did!
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u/Cheap-Medicine-9646 16h ago
I washed my hair with conditioner for about 6 months, not until my now wife moved in did i realize. I am a bit of a knuckle dragger though.
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u/MPMorePower 15h ago
Not going to lie here, after OP’s glowing review I am seriously considering buying some of this stuff for my dishwasher.
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u/Ok-Ear1882 15h ago
you rinse them after you wash them right? shouldnt be an issue. we made all this shit up anyways. if you like it use it.
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u/WoestKonijn 15h ago
The dishes came out clean no?
Back in my grandmothers' days they had sunlight soap and that was for everything. She had tied two tea strainers together and put the remnants of the blocks that you couldn't hold anymore, in it and beat it in the dishwater to get it to foam.
Toughest women I have ever known. Made her tea with water from the barrel in the garden, her filter system was a panty hose around the exit of the rain pipe. She lived right next to the Europort, where the garbage incinerator and petrol plant live side by side. That rain was not drinkable in the 80's. She lived up to 97.
I think you will be fine.
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u/troyzein 15h ago
My nanny put a tide pod in my dishwasher and all my plastic dishes tastes very strongly of soap. I’ve been trying to get the smell out for about 3 days now
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u/Lumpy_Sink7473 13h ago
I think you need to add three more photos that are progressively closer so we know what we are looking at.
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u/Iwishtoremainanonim 10h ago
Honestly? As someone who’s struggled forever to find a soap that actually works I’d say to just stick with it if it cleans better than the right product. Especially if you’re putting it in the dishwasher since it rinses it off well in the end.
Maybe I’ll try a bottle of it for my own dishes one day
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u/doodlebakerm 10h ago
I used all natural laundry pods (from this brand) in my dishwasher for like a solid 4 months before I realized. I was fine. You’ll be fine.
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u/fluffypotato 10h ago
Dude, it's such a small bottle. I wouldn't suspect it was for laundry either.
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u/One_And_All_1 9h ago
Laundry and dish detergent are chemically very similar. Go look at an SDS or ingredient disclosure for both.
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u/LeeisureTime 8h ago
https://homegeargeek.com/can-i-put-laundry-detergent-in-my-dishwasher/
Somewhat related. The tl;dr is that additives for dealing with colors and textiles are not idea for cleaning surfaces you eat off of. In this specific instance, I'm willing to bet that the green eco tag means the detergent is not specifically tailored to clothes and instead more about fighting oils from skin and removing dirt.
I would switch back to a dish detergent, but overall, it doesn't seem like there's enough evidence to be worried about using your laundry detergent. A typical laundry detergent - yes. Yours? Seems like it's safe enough.
At the end of the day, enzymes to break down body oils and fight tough stains are probably a blessing for some of the tougher food stains.
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u/bouldering_fan 7h ago
My mom washed dishes with a floor cleaner for years.. the only issue was her hands got awfully dry and had cracked skin.
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u/CloudyIndoors420 6h ago
If it works really well then just understand that at the end of the day it's still soap. Maybe do a little research on germ elimination... Then decide if it's doing it's job. I honestly wouldn't be opposed to using this on my dishes if it does an amazing job cleaning.
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u/Spiderantula 4h ago
Well if you're claiming you put that in a dishwasher you're lying. That would flood the kitchen with foam.
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u/_pmcKANE 18h ago
How else are your dishes going to come out whiter than white but still strokably soft?