What do you use to do laundry when you run out of laundry detergent?
@sweetbabyjane (1929)
United States
4 responses
@Darkestraven (108)
• United States
26 Sep 08
i have ran out too many of times, if you still have the laundry soap bottle there is usually enough in there for a load of wash (unless you have a big family then i hope you have 2 empy bottles around) what i do is i fill the empty bottle about 1/2 way full (if its not the huge bottles that have a spout) and shake the bottle to get all the soap that is still left in the bottle. it is usually enough to wash a load of laundry. Hope that helps.
@sweetbabyjane (1929)
• United States
26 Sep 08
I will remember that and keep some empty bottles around instead of throwing them out. That is a great idea. I have actually been throwing out enough liquid for a load of laundry and I need it.
@Darkestraven (108)
• United States
26 Sep 08
when you are strapped for cash and finished up the detergent you try anything.lol we always use that method at the end of a bottle just so we dont have to run out and buy some detergent, and it saves money as well because if you think about it eventually using all the ends of the detergent after some time you saved a whole bottle of detergent.
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@wagster41 (210)
• United States
28 Sep 08
i have used dish soap before, but if i can wait i will usually go get some more detergent
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@sweetbabyjane (1929)
• United States
28 Sep 08
I have found out that I can use dish soap to wash delicate and hand washable clothing in the machine, but if it is clothing like jeans, linens or anything worn for a while, I can't get enough soap in the machine. Somebody told me one time that a lot of the dish soap would make the side of the tub greasy and it would then get on the clothes when you wash them. Like you, I try to get to the store soon so I can do more laundry. Thanks
@palonghorn (5479)
• United States
26 Sep 08
I have run out of laundry detergent a couple of times, and I did use dish liquid. You just don't use near as much as laundry soap. Laundry soap is made to don't foam/bubble as much, so that's why you use much less amount of dish soap. It won't ruin your machine. But if you use too much you will have a mess to clean up from the soap bubbles running over lol
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@sweetbabyjane (1929)
• United States
26 Sep 08
I didn't know how much to squirt in the machine and I didn't think I had enough but when it got to agitating it bubbled up. I didn't think I would ever get the soap out of the clothes. I haven't tried it since.
