Viscous dish washing liquid(not dishwasher detergent)

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arriba

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It seems that every brand I try is very thick which I hate. Harder to wash off when I squirt and usually leaves a string of detergent that gunks up the top. I dilute it and it still seems too thick. Anyone else bothered by this?

 
Have you tried adding a few tablespoons of white vinegar?

When I'm washing wine glasses, I'll add some vinegar to the rinse water to make sure all the soap is off.

 
Just the opposite. I buy only Ivory Classic. Always diluted it but find it so thin now, I almost

don't need to. Wanna trade?

 
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The thick brands are things like Dawn that seem thick even when diluted with water. Marilyn, I never tried diluting with anything else. I bought a store brand and it is thinner. Do people really like it thick?

 
Try "Planet" (more inside)

Completely biodegradable, planet-friendly, hypo-allergenic, etc. Large bottle costs about $4.25 but it lasts forever and leaves no film, or crud on bottle. I am now using their other line of products.

http://www.planetinc.com/

 
I have been buying this laundry detergent called Charlie's through my co-op.

I have linked the site, but I only paid around $7 for the 2+ pound bag, I guess because we ordered wholesale. I love this stuff. You only use a tablespoon per load. This has lasted me quite awhile, at least a month and a half or two months. If you have a big family, I really urge you to take a look at the United Buying Club co-ops. I get my organic produce and buy items that I cannot always find here, and at low prices. Our co-op is large enough that we also get a 13% discount on top of the other savings. This is where I buy my Muir Glen Tomato products that cost an arm and a hand at the grocery store. You really should look into this product because it does a great job and is very eco-friendly. I haven't tried any of their other products, but I would in a heartbeat.

 
Maybe we're meant to think that there is more concentration of /cleaning power'. I just find

it annoying as I can't get rid of the suds. I wonder if there is more surfactant in these thick ones, rather than anything useful.

Anyway, Ivory still works for me, it's just getting more difficult to find.

 
Geeze, just about every liquid soap/detergent I have tried, I thin. . .

I have another container that I fill about 1 part soap to three parts water. The soap foams and such especially as I shake it to mix, but let it set a day or two and it mixes just fine.

By the way, Dawn liquid dish detergent works just fine, but I find I CANNOT rinse the stuff off without using A LOT of water. So I never buy it.

 
Capt AR Perfecto ran a DVT (Dawn Viscosity Test) last night...

Took 4 small 3" chinese porcelain flat bowls.
Put 1 tsp of Dawn in each.

Added:
1/2 tsp of rubbing alcohol
1/2 tsp of white vinegar
1/2 tsp of water
1/2 tsp of Dawn (control)

Thus, each bowl ended up with 1.5 tsp of fluid.

Laid some rubber-grippy drawer liner stuff (non-technical term) at the top 3" of a large cookie sheet and lined up the bowls touching the rim so they were even.

Dragged Larry (aka Igor) into the laboratory and had him witness a Galileo simulation of the effects of gravity.

Tipped up the far side of the cookie tray, lifting it more and more vertical, which caused the liquids to run to the edge of their bowls and spill over. Kept tipping until all the fluid ran out, almost 70-80 degrees vertical. Captain Perfecto's nether region was all a'quiver at the anticipation of bowls crashing to the countertop, spewing Dawn everywhere.

The rubbing alcohol version won hands down.
The water version came in next
The plain Dawn came in third.
Surprisingly, the vinegar thinned version came in last. Also turned cloudy and even more viscous.

Also noticed the rubbing alcohol version washed off the easiest from the cookie tray.

Captain Perfecto is going to add rubbing alcohol to the remainder of this bottle and see if he likes it. Or he might just pierce his ears and use the rubbing alcohol there, reliving the trauma of his crazy teens.

Can anyone think of a reason why this is a bad or unsafe idea?

 
Perhaps hard on the hands and fingernails? But I enjoyed reading about the test. Too bad our

old school science books weren't written this way.

 
Pur no longer makes the replacement water filter under our sink. We have to buy a whole new

system. Guy at Lowes told us the companies rework their products every few years so you have to upgrade. They get more money from new systems than producing replacement filters.

 
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