PSA: I finally hit 1000 loads of dishes with the same bottle of lemon fresh Dawn somehow

I was just doing my usual Sunday night scrub session and noticed the bottle of Dawn I’ve been using since like last March was getting low. So I checked the label out of boredom and realized I’ve logged over 1000 sink loads with this one 28 ounce bottle. I know that sounds insane but I wash everything by hand because my apartment’s dishwasher is basically a drying rack at this point lol. The scent still smells as strong as day one and it cuts through bacon grease like nobody’s business. I honestly didn’t even track this stuff I just kept buying the same lemon scent and refilling the same squeeze bottle. Has anyone else noticed how long a single bottle lasts if you use like half a squirt per load or am I just living in a dish soap fantasy world?

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foster.charles21d ago

Hold up, 1,000 loads from one bottle? That math doesn't add up. If you're only using half a squirt per load, you're probably not getting your dishes clean. Grease and bacteria need enough soap and hot water to break them down, and skimping on it just leaves a film you can't see. I'd bet that "lemon fresh scent" is just covering up smells you're not washing away.

elizabethg1820d ago

People really act like they're running a lab test every time they wash a dish. It's dish soap, not rocket fuel. Half a squirt is fine. Most people use way too much anyway. If your dishes look clean and don't smell like old food, you're good. The whole bacteria thing feels like fear mongering to sell more soap. Hot water does most of the work. Rinsing is what actually gets the grime off. Soap just helps break the surface tension. You could probably wash with just hot water and a scrub brush on most stuff and be fine.