Dawn Dish Washing Detergent: All-Purpose Quick Grab Bug Out Multi-Use
Wash dishes with Dawn mixed with water.
Dawn ice pack: Half-fill a plastic sandwich bag with Dawn. Close the bag and put it in the freezer to freeze.
Unclog toilets: Measure a half cup of Dawn. Pour in toilet. After 10 minutes, pour a bucket of hot water into the toilet bowl and flush.
Use as a pool cleaner: Walk around your pool, squeezing Dawn on the surface of the water. A film will be created that will push the dirt to the edges of the poo, where you can easily clean it out.
Bathtub cleaner: Pour some on the stained area in the bathtub and after about 8 hours, clean it off by whipping it or scrubbing it with a scrubbing sponge like Scotch Brite. It should clean up grease and stains.
Use Dawn to wash your car: Make a mixture with warm water by squeezing about a tablespoon into a 4 gallon container. Mix it up with a wooden paint mixer. Test a very small unnoticeable surface area with the mixture to make sure it won't damage your car's surface, by apply some with a sponge and wiping it off. Then go ahead and sponge it onto the surface of your car and rinse your car off with a hose..
Lubricate door hinges to stop them from creaking.
Use as a sponge cleaner.
Kill fleas on carpets. Mix a tablespoon of Dawn with water in a in a spray bottle, and spray on carpets.
Kill ants. Mix some Dawn with water in a spray bottle and spray on ants.
Wash extra dye from hair.
Insect repellent on plants: Mix Dawn with water. Shake it to make it soapy. Spray plants to repel bugs.
Tile cleaner: Mix Dawn with Epsom salt, and scrub on tiles. Rinse off with water.
Clothes stain remover: Pour some Dawn on a stain, rub it in, then lauder it with the rest of your clothes or wash it separately by hand, in a basin.
Grill cleaner. Spray Dawn and water mixture on the grill. Let it soak for about 8 hours and scrub it off and rinse grill with water.
Find tire punctures: Brush soap and water on tires to you see if any bubbles form. If so, there will be a hole in that location of the tire.
Wash very dirty hair, only occasionally, when really necessary to clean the hair as Dawn will strip many natural oils from your hair if used in place of shampoo.
Insect entrance into your home prevention. Rub soap with a cloth or sponge along door and window edges outdoors. Insects will stuck in the soap, preventing them from coming indoors.
Wash paintbrushes: Soak brushes in warm water and Dawn for 10 minutes, then rinse the brushes out with water.
Eyeglass defogger. Rub some Dawn on your eyeglasses and then wipe off. The thin residue will stop any fogging up.
Soap bubble maker. Mix Dawn with warm water. Dip bubble wands in it and blow through the wands.
Wash poison ivy on skin with Dawn to prevent it from spreading.
Motor oil cleaner on driveway and on garage floor. Mix some Dawn in a bucket with hot water and pour on the cement surfaces. Then scrub with a handled scrubbing brush and rinse off with water.
Make pet shampoo for your dog and cat. Only use it on them when they are really dirty. Do not use it regularly as it will dry out their fur and skin. Mix water and some Dawn in a bottle and shake bottle. Determine how much Dawn to mix with the water. Wet your pets fur thoroughly with water. Then pour or spray the mixture on your pet and scrub their fur with your hands. Rinse it off thoroughly with water. Another alternative would be to wet their fur till it is soaking and dripping wet and apply just the Dawn without mixing it with water. Scrub the pets fur by hand and rinse off thoroughly. Don't get the Dawn in their eyes.
Rub Dawn and hot water on makeup stains on your clothes to get the stains out.
Remove oil from ocean life that are oil spill victims by cleaning them with Dawn to save their lives.
Clean Fireplace Brick. Mix together a half cup of Dawn and a half cup of salt. Add enough warm water to make it into a paste. Rub it into the brick with a stiff bristled brush. Let it dry and then scrub with the brush. Then wipe the brick down with water and a sponge.
Use as a sticker and label remover.
Unclog a sink or shower drain. Pour ½ cup of Dawn into the drain and let it sit for half an hour. Pour some boiling water in the drain.
Make your own all-natural weed killer with vinegar, salt and Dawn. Recipe:
1 gal. pure white vinegar
1 C. salt
1 Tbsp. liquid dish soap
10-15 drops orange essential oil (optional)
Use Dawn to wash clothes by hand instead of laundry detergent. It cleans them just as clean and is much easier to rinse out than detergent. I personally hand wash my clothes this way. I have not used the Dawn in a washing machine to wash clothes. From my research I found that it should not be done. It may over-suds the washing machine and possibly break it. I found this interesting because of my experience washing clothes by hand. The Dawn was easier to rinse out of the clothes than detergent. I experienced the detergent making more suds than the Dawn. Because of this, I had to rinse out the laundry detergent numerous times compared to rinsing out the Dawn about 3 times at the most. However, to contradict what I found on some websites that said not to use Dawn in the washing machine, they might have meant just Dawn and nothing else, because I found this recipe for laundry detergent using Dawn: Laundry Detergent Recipe One-fourth cup Borax 1 gallon distilled water 2 tablespoons Dawn Dish Soap 1/3 cup washing soda Mix it together in a large container
What I think they have done here, in this laundry detergent recipe, is replace the commonly used Fels Naptha bar soap with the Dawn. I happen to have this homemade laundry recipe in another blog using various brands of bar soap. You can view the other blog by pressing here: HOMEMADE LAUNDRY DETERGENT.
I have used this homemade recipe using bar soap, not Dawn, for many years, It is an excellent laundry detergent. Proceed using any of these suggestions above, at your own risk.
