Burning questions about soap

[Ziggurat]

Which brings up another burning question about soap:

Does the absence of bubbles in the sink mean that the dish soap's cleaning power is all used up, or only that the bubble making component is gone? Are there two components?

As Brian-M noted, suds don't form on their own, you need to make them by churning the water. So the absence of bubbles does not, on its own, indicate that the soap is "used up". However, I think it's also true that once the soap is used up (ie, all bonded to the filthy grease), then it won't help stabilize any bubbles you create and you won't get much suds.

 

[quarky]

I think you have that backwards: water is polar, and it's the filthy grease which isn't polar. But yes, soap is the go-between, with a polar side and a non-polar side.

Absolutely. Worst typo ever.

 

[Minoosh]

The dog shampoo recipe I used was half dish soap and half vinegar, diluted with water. I don't know about the necessity of "pH balanced for dogs" was, but it fersure got rid of the skunk smell. The recipe called for glycerine too, but I don' have any at 11:00 at night.

State of the art when my childhood poodle got squirted was bathing her in tomato juice. That was one unhappy poodle. And the smell never really went away.

 

[Ziggurat]

Absolutely. Worst typo ever.

Oh, there are worse. Believe me, there are MUCH worse. Of course, there are also much better typos (depending on your perspective).

 

[bruto]

I don't know about dog shampoo but horse shampoo is pretty good for people as well. You can get Mane & Tail in the shampoo section of drugstores around here.

 

[patchbunny]

I did it. The results were spectacular. Great gobs of foam churning out of the dishwasher.

Yeah. Reminded me of a Brady Bunch episode.

You just don't live that down when you call the parents for help.

 

[Minoosh]

Yeah. Reminded me of a Brady Bunch episode.

You just don't live that down when you call the parents for help.

Yeah but I was about 43 ...