Looking at buying a large quantity of cleaning products in bulk and noticed that the price of 5 litres of Laundry detergent is priced slightly higher than 5 Kilograms of the same stuff in powdered form.
This has me wondering if I could use their 5Kg size of Dishwasher powder and somehow turn it into dish soap, thoughts?
My current plan is to mix about 100 grams of powder to 1-2 Litres of water as that's roughly the conversion rate for laundry powder to make it into a liquid.
To add context;
I do not have a dishwasher in my shoebox of an apartment and so I need to be able to use this to wash items in the sink, by hand.
Dangerous chemicals not safe for skin is not a major concern of mine as I typically was dishes with gloves on. As well, the company I'm buying this off is pretty open about their chemical usage and as far as I can tell its 'all natural' and should be safe to inhale fumes of.
Wondering if I can use dishwasher detergent as dish soap..
byu/billydnaldsnb inFrugal
Posted by billydnaldsnb
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In my opinion this falls into the “penny wise, pound foolish” category. This is where people are loosing the plot of frugal and going into cheap town.
no, it’s different formulas.
Same as you can’t use dish soap in dishwashers, different formulas
Colgate-Palmolive even states this.
Using dishwasher powder as dish detergent (for handwashing) is generally not recommended because it is far more caustic and concentrated than liquid hand soap, which can cause skin irritation. Dishwasher powder is designed for machines, not for hand contact, and lacks the sudsing agents needed for manual scrubbing, making it ineffective for that purpose.