What Happens if You Put Dish Soap in the Dishwasher?

What happens if you put dish soap in the dishwasher?

Perhaps you’re familiar with the narrative. You’ve run out of pods, the thought of hand-washing dishes is no longer one that registers, so you drip a few drops of Dawn in the tray, press start, and cross fingers.

Don’t do it!

What happens if you put dish soap in the dishwasher
What happens if you put dish soap in the dishwasher

Suds everywhere. Water leaking on the floor.

Oh, that, I said when I saw it. Even I was surprised at my reaction. Those who know me know that I am prone to seeing calamity in the mundane.

My husband tells me I have greatly improved my handling of low- to medium-impact disasters in the past year.

To correct the lapse in judgment, we canceled and rinsed and canceled and rinsed and then ran a full cycle.

Oh, that, we laughed this morning, then went to the store for dishwasher pods.


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