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Never Use Dish Soap In These Places

By Puruvi Sirohi Singh Tara

Dish soap is a perfect agent for cleaning almost anything but there are several places you should never use dish soap. Dish soap has the capabilities to remove dirtiest of stains and marks on almost everything. It can clean oil and spices in just about a second by removing all the grease easily.

However, below given are 5 places you should never use dish soap because of its regular nature of being too gentle for certain uses while extremely harsh for others.

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It is not that the use of dish soap is banned for a certain places but it is advisable to use other alternatives as this gentle soap might not solve the purpose or meet the needs of the situation. Most dish wash soaps are more fairly priced as compared to their distant relatives of washing powders.

But, each type of soap is designed for a specific purpose and can do justice to only that particular job. So take out your notepad and note down the below given 5 places you should never use dish soap.

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Don’t Clean Your Car

Don’t Clean Your Car

The paint of the car is susceptible to chipping or fading when treated with dish soap. Hence, the most important out of 5 places you should never use dish soap is to clean your car. If you can't find anything else, use a mild shampoo but avoid dish soap.

Avoid Washing Clothes

Avoid Washing Clothes

The clothes need a stronger detergent to remove the harsh stains on them. The dish soap is extremely mild as compared to it and might not remove all the stains on your clothes. Also, dish wash soap is made for objects of metal, glass or plastic and might destroy the cloth by removing the fibres from it. Hence, this is the next one on the list of places you should never use dish soap.

Hand Wash

Hand Wash

Next on the list of 5 places you should never use dish soap is on the skin. Do not expose your skin or the skin of your pets to the dish wash soap as it is unhealthy and might damage the skin. People who use dish soap can easily get affected with fungal infection of nails due to the dirt on the utensils and harsh contents of the dish wash soap. Avoid using it as hand or face wash, no matter what.

Leather Or Other Upholstery On Sofas And Chair

Leather Or Other Upholstery On Sofas And Chair

The leather or cloth upholstery can get easily damaged or de-coloured in case it is exposed to the dish wash soap, making it next on the list of 5 places you should never use dish soap. Leather loses its shine and make on prolonged exposure to the dish wash soap. Hence, do not use dish wash soap to clean your car interiors or living room sofas.

Washing Machine And Dish Washer

Washing Machine And Dish Washer

The dish wash soap causes excessive bubbles and may spoil your washing machine. Also, it is a little too harsh for your dish washer as well. Use detergent in washing machine and dish washer soap in the dish washer for best results and minimal damage. It might affect your appliance adversely making it on the list of places you should never use dish soap under avoidable circumstances.

Story first published: Saturday, May 30, 2015, 14:04 [IST]
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