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Water Down Dish Detergent To Save Money

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Date: 04/29/2008 Topic: Cleaning > Dishes  
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I keep a dish detergent dispenser on the sink. When I refill it, I fill it with about 1/3 water and the rest with soap. I shake a little to mix. I find it works just as well as full strength detergent. Half of the time my family uses too much anyway and the detergent is a little too thick for me. Saves quite a bit on soap.

By Barbara from Park Ridge, IL
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By peseta (48) Profile Contact
Most dish 'soaps' use sodium lauryl sulfate, a cheap, irritant detergent. I once read that 2% of that cleaned best-- more or less was less effective. Guaranteed, dish soap as sold is way more than that, likely near 50%, so any dilution will improve results, cheap soap or not.

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By Debbie52 (1045) Profile Contact
Sounds like a good idea. I have done this when my soap is getting real low, sort of to get all the rest out. I think I will try this tho in some sort of a a squirt or pump container. My little girl loves to wash dishes (she loves playing in the water) and she always uses too much soap.

Even with a dishwasher, there's always a certain amount of handwashing of stuff that I do....such as my T-Fal pots and pans. I think I will try this.

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Most are so concentrated now, that it's easy to use too much. I think that the companies rely on this to sell more of their products. I know that when my husband does dishes, he uses way more than he has to, so I now water mine down too.

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By suzanne (Guest Post)
I buy one bottle of good dish soap and one generic one and mix them 1/2 & 1/2.

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By Persnickety Paula (366) Profile Contact
I bought a pump type bottle and filled it with my dishsoap. Now I only pump once, get plenty of soap, and don't waste it.

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By Glenn'sMom (933) Profile Blog! Contact
I did that with shampoo when my boys were young. They poured a HANDFUL so I mixed it with water and a handful didn't cost quite as much anymore!

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