Dish soap isn’t just for cleaning dishes. It contains powerful cleaning agents that defeat dirt, grime, and stains all over your house.
It’s a great alternative to harsher chemicals you might typically use around the home.
Here are some new ways to use dish soap in your home.
Remove Oil From Concrete
Have an oil spill in your garage? You can get rid of that stinky black stuff by covering the stain with some baking soda to soak up the oil. Then, pour some dish soap over it to degrease the stain. Scrub this mixture with a stiff brush and let it stand for a few hours before you rinse it away. You may have to repeat a few times until it is gone if it’s a tough stain.
Silence a Squeaky Door
Pour a little dish soap on your door hinge to lubricate it and stop squeaking.
Blast Away Grease Stains
Did your pizza spit up on you? Just pour a little bit of dish soap over your oil stain and rinse it with water. This will help you salvage your clothing while making sure you aren’t being too harsh on gentle fabrics like silk.
Clean Kitchen Cabinets
Kitchen cabinets can easily get greasy from cooking and grabbing them with your grubby fingers. You can get them nice and clean by pouring a little dish soap into a spray bottle with warm water and spraying your cabinets with a mist of this solution. Rinse the solution off with a damp cloth and dry with a dry cloth.
Lighten Hair
If your hair color came out a touch too dark and you want to lighten it ASAP, you can immediately wash your hair with some dish soap to lighten it up a shade or two.
Ring Around the Collar
You can rub some dish soap around your nasty sweat ring marks on your shirts and rinse it with water to remove the stain.
Prevent Poison Ivy From Spreading
To stop poison ivy from spreading, you need to dry up the oils from poison ivy blisters by immediately washing the area with dish soap.
Remove Carpet Stains
If you spilled something on your carpet, you don’t have to panic. Just dissolve a tablespoon of dish liquid in two cups of warm water and blot your stain with this solution. Make sure you’re using a clean white cloth. Continue blotting until your cloth absorbs the stain and it disappears from the carpet. Next, sponge it with cold water and blot dry with a cloth.
Clean Your Bathroom and Kitchen Floors
Mix two tablespoons of dish liquid with a bucket of warm water and use it to wash your vinyl or tile floors.
Eliminate Fruit Flies
Create a fruit fly trap by dropping three drops of dish soap into a bowl of vinegar. The vinegar will attract the flies into the bowl and the soap will cause them to drown.
Clean Patio Furniture
Take a bowl of warm water and squirt some dish detergent into it. Dip a cloth into the solution and wipe down your outdoor patio furniture and rinse it off with a garden hose.
Prevent Eye Glass Fog
Rub a tiny drop of dish soap on the lenses of eye glasses or sunglasses then wipe them off without rinsing. The film left behind won’t be visible but it will prevent your lenses from fogging up.
Wash Delicates
If you need to wash something a.s.a.p. that can’t be thrown in the washing machine and you’re all out of Woolite, you can use dish soap. Use a tablespoon of dish soap instead of detergent and use it to hand wash your clothing.
Shine Your Jewels
Dish soap can degrease and wash away dirt from your jewelry. Pour some seltzer and dish soap into a bowl and soak your jewelry in the bowl for about five minutes while you move it through the suds. Use a toothbrush to dislodge any grime.
Disinfect a Brush
Toss your hairbrushes, combs, and makeup brushes in dish soap and warm water to remove grease and hair product build up.
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