What Dishwashing liquid are You Using

[stan]

Tried some Safeway Bright Green dishwashing liquid, worked very well, only I did`nt like the scent. Anyone remember the cheap pink stuff?

 

[appnut]

Fro the rare times when I wash something that's not washed in the dishwasher, I use Dawn and only Dawn.

 

[xraytech]

for me it's original scent non-ultra Dawn liquid, will not use anything else

 

[~sudsshane]

Vel dishwashing liquid

Yep. The pink, vintage, rose smelling scent our grandmother's used is still available in Florida. Works just as good as many premium brands and smells great!

 

[circlew]

Dawn

Have been using institutional Dawn now for several years. Have the original blue now, but have used the yellow (lemon) also. Buy it by the gallon at GFS; more economical than buying the smaller bottles at the grocery store.

 

[angus]

Vel - really?? Are you sure it isn't "Vel Rosita" for woolens? I am surprised that Vel dishwashing liquid is still available at all - thought it went away years ago. As I recall during the early 80's Consumer Reports rated it fairly well along with the other Colgate dishwashing liquids - Palmolive, Ajax and Dermassage.

I loved the color and the scent. If that is the real thing, would love to get my hands on some of it.

Currently using the now discontinued Palmolive for sensitive skin - mostly because the scent is quite mild. Stocked up at my local Family Dollar store. Like with today's laundry detergents, so many of the liquids are so overpoweringly perfumed, I can't use them. I do love the way Dawn works, but I never liked the original scent and the green one (can't remember the name of the scent) from back when there were only two scents has been unavailable for years. I also liked Ajax liquid, but the original lemon formula no longer smells the same and I am not fond of their others - lime, pink grapefruit. orange and the short lived lavender version. There was an Ajax formula with baking soda that smelled OK (blue liquid) but again that wasn't around long.
In a pinch I will use Ivory liquid - but the truth is I am not looking for aromatherapy when I am using dishwashing liquid.

I would prefer some Rose Lotion Vel, New Peach Thrill, Gentle Fels or Lux liquid- sigh...

 

[polkanut]

Palmolive Green Apple scent here.

 

[dirtybuck]

I honestly and truly wish the ORIGINAL Ivory Liquid would come back on the market. I used it religiously and it did a wonderful job on greasy items, as well as regular every day dishwashing.

For now, I'm using mostly Palmolive or Ajax products (I've found it at Dollar Tree, but has anyone tried the Ajax Lime with Bleach Alternative?).

I also have a half bottle of Dawn Direct Foam that someone gave me over 2 years ago.

I'll probably buy a bottle of non-ultra Dawn when my supply of the other stuff starts to dwindle.

For a bit of nostalgia, here's an old Ivory Liquid commercial with the benefits of buying it over a bargain brand (but again, let's not forget that the suds mean nothing as far as doing the actual cleaning).

 

[iheartmaytag]

DAWN

I like the original Blue, but I have used the Dawn W/bleach alternative.

All the flowery sents don't do it for me, I prefer just DAWN.

 

[dirtybuck]

Joy!

There are some ads for it on ebay and a commercial on You Tube (link is below), but Joy was the FIRST liquid dish washing detergent. I think it made it's debut in either '52 or '53.

It's another one I use on occasion.

 

[mixguy]

Dawn User here

Blue Dawn, Lemon Dawn, or Dawn Ultra

 

[cleanteamofny]

For me and my house, it is Dawn Plus Bleach.

 

[autowasherfreak]

Dawn or Ajax

 

[dirtybuck]

For All You Dawn Lovers

What did this woman say (or sound like she said)? I LOL'ed so hard at this!

 

[joeekaitis]

Fresh & Easy antibacterial hand wash/dish detergent house brand. Nice citrus/antiseptic scent.

 

[hydralique]

I love Palmolive, I mean if it's good enough for Madge, it's good enough for me!

 

[polkanut]

What? No one uses the powdered Axion dish soap (red bag) found in the Mexican markets? I like the stuff. Full of STPP.

 

[whitekingd]

Which do I use?

Palmolive! And, yes, I'm soaking in it.

 

[miele_ge]

Caldrea Lavender Pine here

I also wish I could find the cheap pink stuff. Used to get it at a resturant supply house but they stopped carrying it years ago.

 

[twintubdexter]

even with 2 dishwashers...

I still do dishes by hand...people laugh at my dishpan...I really like green Palmolive...the Palmolive Antibacterial is nice too but the green smells better...we used to take a bath in it as kids (I've got tough skin)...but my favorite liquid is Lemon-O available at Food Circus...Thelma used to recommend it...

go see this if you have the chance...it's great!

 

[filterflo58]

ive tried the ajax lime with bleach alternative..awful..doesnt cut grease that well unless you use a large amount and doesnt last long at all..back to palmolive or dawn i go.

 

[~sudsshane]

Angus-

Yes, indeed. It is the original Vel Dishwashing liquid, not Vel Rosita, for Woolens, which I am also a fan of.
It is readily available in all of the Spanish Grocery stores here in Central Florida, and Colgate-Palmolive, Puerto Rico still manufactures it. Dermassage is still sold here also.
If you would like, email me privately, and we can make arrangements to ship you some.

 

[dirtybuck]

Squeeze or Capful?

How do you measure the amount of liquid detergent you put in your dishwater? I've recently started using the capful method. Depending on the size of the cap and whether it's regular or ultra strength, I generally put in 1 1/2 to 2.

 

[nickuk]

In the UK (and other areas), our equivalent of `Dawn' is called Fairy.

Standard Dawn is blue, whereas standard Fairy is green.

Has anybody used both products? Do they perform similarly? I wonder if one of our `Fairy' variants has the same scent as blue Dawn. We do have a blue version of Fairy but it's one of the antibacterial ones.

I was tempted to order some blue Dawn online just out of curiosity, a mere snip at £14 a bottle :-0

Thanks

 

[liamy1]

FAIRY

Fairy (UKs version of DAWN) and ONLY Fairy (open to most scents though original Green is my fave)

 

[vintagekenmore]

For me it's Palmolive or Dawn original...I can't find Joy in the stores here in Houston any longer

 

[vacerator]

usually what is on sale

Ajax, etc. I get the bleach alternative without lemon for my better non 18/10 flatware. They don't fit in my dishwasher flatware basket.
I wipe my composite granite sink down with it, rinse, and dry to a nice glow.

 

[abcomatic]

I use Palmolive.
The one that I really miss is: Dove. I used it on my good china and it was wonderful.
What ever happened to: Lux, Dove, Pink Thrill and original formula Ivory?

 

[lordkenmore]

Right now, it's a decision heavily influenced by price. Most common brand: probably Ajax. (I might have tried it first because of Ajax praise from one person here.) But I have also bought Dawn (on really good sale) and recently got the cheapest Fred Meyer/Kroger home brand (99cents for a big bottle), which was probably not the best detergent ever, but worked OK for my needs.

I have heard arguments that better detergents are better values because they go further. But I hate washing dishes so much that I tend to do a lot. I'd rather do it more often, and have it done faster, than do it once a day and face a depressing mountain of dishes. Thus, cheap detergent probably is good enough.

In the past, I had a period of using "green" detergents. I think they might be easier on hands, and the scents are certainly nicer. But the price is too much for me now.

I also have had a tendency of changing brands just "for something different." I'm doing that less, now, since price has become #1 concern, and Ajax is always cheap.

 

[lordkenmore]

I recall the pink detergent mentioned above... It always looked so intriguing on the shelf at the grocery store, but my mother always bought something else. (I'm not sure she was 100% loyal, but I do recall her using Palmolive.) I think we might have had the pink stuff once, but only once. I have a sense the consensus was it didn't work as well. Probably one of those "the checking account is getting low, got to buy the cheapest!" moments....)