Hand Dishwashing Soap
April 30th, 2009Hand Dishwashing Soap
General Information :
Dishwashing soap is often judged by the consumer by only one criteria – the amount of suds it produces and holds. This is completely wrong! Suds do little to help cleaning. In fact most commercial cleaners compete in claims for the lack of suds or foam they create. Dish soap cleans by, breaking up soils and greases and suspending them in the water, not on the dishes, for easy rinsing. In many cases, the amount of suds are more dependent on your water hardness, temperature and the blast of agitation from the tap.
Just about all available dishwashing soaps will do a good job – better in hard water than soft. Rinsing is more difficult in hard water.
Other ingredients in dishwashing detergents – colors, scents, etc. – are mainly cosmetic. Don’t be mis-lead, by claims that any brand is good for your hands. Any detergent designed to remove grease from dishes will certainly remove natural body oils from your hands. Use gloves if you are irritated by hand dishwashing.
Remember that dish detergents are simply an aid to cleaning dishes and cannot remove difficult stains by themselves. You will still need elbow grease.
Using hotter water will help the process by softening any grease.
Dishwashing detergents are also very versatile. Whenever we recommend using a mild detergent, dish soap is usually a good choice.
Use the amount of detergent needed for the job at hand, a good tablespoon is adequate for a sink full of normally soiled dishes. Use less or more as dictated. Using a lot more is not necessary. It will only improve your ability to clean marginally plus cost you more.
Environmentally Friendly Solution :
Often for lightly soiled dishes hot water by itself is sufficient – no detergent is really needed.
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