Washing Up Liquid...

[Purple_Popple]

I have ran out of washing up liquid, anyone got any ideas as to what i can use as a substitute until i get to the shops again ? Thanks to all.

[bednobs]

your dishwasher

[mollykins]

Bubble bath?

[margaret-nice]

a small amount of washing powder/liquid maybe. I remember when my mother-in-law used to use Tide washing powder to was her dishes etc, with.

[Purple_Popple]

@bednobs - some of us cant afford a dishwasher lol
@mollykins - bless you, but I dont use bubble bath
@margaret-nice - Thank you ! Will give it a whirl.....

[seadogg]

Depends whats in the cupboard under the sink. You need something to soften the water and cut through grease. A little bleach, soda crystals etc. Main thing is to avoid some nasty perfume on your dishes. Even a bit of bicarb will help. We have a woodburner and clean wood ash is O.K. Have you done the old trick of putting warm water in the old detergent bottle or even putting the top in the water. I think we even used a bit of household soap years ago.

[lcg]

not washing powder...use hand soap, shampoo etc. anything with some bubbles! did mine this evening with my handwash! x

[Purple_Popple]

Yes Seadogg, was worried about the scent left on the dishes after ....
Thanks lcg76, will try some handsoap.

[boxtops]

liquid soap, and a lot of hot water.

[237SJ]

Shampoo. It probably contains something to remove grease as well as detergent.

[Purple_Popple]

Thanks everyone! I have done the washing up now, and I used some handsoap...did the job fine....thanks again for all your answers.

[gingejbee]

237SJ: shampoo IS detergent and water, basically!

[4getmenot]

its all the same stuff

[DTCwordfan]

How about some really hot water and elbow grease?

Or the village pond and elbow grease?

[DTCwordfan]

or couldn't somebody lend you a "squirt"?

[mike11111]

Until 1956 domestic washing up liquid did not exist and as has been stated, packet detergent was used, e.g. Tide, Omo, Daz, Oxydol et al. I can remember the very first washing up liquid, it was called Squezy and was hailed as the best thing since sliced bread at the time.

[4getmenot]

did they have sliced bread in 56?

[RATTER15]

You can use Fairy but you must put a bar of soap in the bottom of the dishwasher, it apparently kills off excess bubbles.

I admit I have never tried it because we have never run out.

[mike11111]

Yes they did have sliced bread in 1956, and it came in three formats, viz thin, medium or thick, whereas today it is impossible to buy thin sliced bread, merely medium or thick.

[craft1948]

I'd have left the washing up.......................

[heathfield]

Before liquid detergents, and the powder detergents that followed, washing powders, e.g. Persil, were simply granulated soap.