Is Dawn the best mask cleaning detergent. What other detergents do people use?

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Re: Is Dawn the best mask cleaning detergent. What other detergents do people use?

Post by chunkyfrog » Thu Mar 12, 2020 12:05 am

I used to use Method unscented, but they either stopped making it or Target quit selling it.
Any more, it is the clear, lightly scented Dawn.

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Re: Is Dawn the best mask cleaning detergent. What other detergents do people use?

Post by Chris8243 » Thu Mar 12, 2020 1:35 pm

zonker wrote:
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Aquarian wrote:
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They use it to wash crude oil from oil spills big and small. I have never used for anything except salad dressing on laundry.
why do you put salad dressing on your laundry?
:lol: :lol: :lol:

"Dawn Vinaigrette". Makes the laundry taste so good. And leaves a pleasant aroma.
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Re: Is Dawn the best mask cleaning detergent. What other detergents do people use?

Post by Chris8243 » Thu Mar 12, 2020 1:38 pm

Okie bipap wrote:
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Now, I use Ivory dish soap since that is the only kind my wife lets me purchase.
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Re: Is Dawn the best mask cleaning detergent. What other detergents do people use?

Post by Okie bipap » Thu Mar 12, 2020 8:29 pm

Chris8243 wrote:
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I learned a long time ago that my life runs much smoother when my wife is happy. As she told our daughters; "If Mom's not happy, no one's happy". :lol: :lol:

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Re: Is Dawn the best mask cleaning detergent. What other detergents do people use?

Post by kbh209 » Thu Mar 12, 2020 11:21 pm

I have Up and Up Free and Clear dish soap. I bought it last year or so and Target stopped selling it. I'll be going back to the Dawn regime once I'm out of the Up and Up. Occasionally I'll do the vinegar sanitize method.
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Re: Is Dawn the best mask cleaning detergent. What other detergents do people use?

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Re: Is Dawn the best mask cleaning detergent. What other detergents do people use?

Post by ChicagoGranny » Fri Mar 13, 2020 1:01 pm

ChrisD wrote:
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Palmolive Ultra Pure + Clear
https://www.palmolive.com/en-us/product ... pure-clear
Ever looked at the ingredient list?

Water
Ammonium Laureth Sulfate

Ammonium Lauryl Sulfate

Lauramidopropylamine Oxide

Isodeceth-6

Poloxamer 124
Sodium Chloride

Magnesium Sulfate
Alcohol Denat

Fragrance

Pentasodium Pentatate

Methylisothiazolinone
Benzisothiazolinone
Methylchloroisothiazolinone

Colorants

https://www.palmolive.com/en-us/ingredients

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Re: Is Dawn the best mask cleaning detergent. What other detergents do people use?

Post by Cpapian » Fri Mar 13, 2020 2:48 pm

I haven't used this exact version of palmolive, but with the others, I have found the ammonia smell to be painfully strong. Totally unnecessary IMO.

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Re: Is Dawn the best mask cleaning detergent. What other detergents do people use?

Post by ChicagoGranny » Fri Mar 13, 2020 6:55 pm

Cpapian wrote:
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I haven't used this exact version of palmolive, but with the others, I have found the ammonia smell to be painfully strong. Totally unnecessary IMO.
There is no ammonia in any version of Palmolive dishwashing soap.

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Re: Is Dawn the best mask cleaning detergent. What other detergents do people use?

Post by Cpapian » Fri Mar 13, 2020 11:13 pm

ChicagoGranny wrote:
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Cpapian wrote:
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I haven't used this exact version of palmolive, but with the others, I have found the ammonia smell to be painfully strong. Totally unnecessary IMO.
There is no ammonia in any version of Palmolive dishwashing soap.

Not ammonia but "ammonia smell". Curious, I cruised around the internet and found a place that said ammonium laureth sulfate..... als is used a lot in the states but not in europe because the als gives an ammonia odor when the ph is alkaline.

Now I have no idea if this statement is true, factual or bogus ...... but Palmolive does give off a blindingly bad "ammonia smell" on the few occassions I use it.

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Re: Is Dawn the best mask cleaning detergent. What other detergents do people use?

Post by ChicagoGranny » Sat Mar 14, 2020 7:31 am

Ammonium Laureth Sulfate and Ammonium Lauryl Sulfate smell no more like ammonia than H20 smells like hydrogen.

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Re: Is Dawn the best mask cleaning detergent. What other detergents do people use?

Post by palerider » Sat Mar 14, 2020 8:13 am

ChicagoGranny wrote:
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Ammonium Laureth Sulfate and Ammonium Lauryl Sulfate smell no more like ammonia than H20 smells like hydrogen.
Or table salt smell like chlorine.

Of course, we have seen a lot of nonsense from a certain account.

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Re: Is Dawn the best mask cleaning detergent. What other detergents do people use?

Post by ChicagoGranny » Sat Mar 14, 2020 8:25 am

palerider wrote:
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Of course, we have seen a lot of nonsense from a certain account.
I've noticed that. They don't seem to be able to put tu and tu together.

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Re: Is Dawn the best mask cleaning detergent. What other detergents do people use?

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ChicagoGranny wrote:
Sat Mar 14, 2020 8:25 am
palerider wrote:
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Of course, we have seen a lot of nonsense from a certain account.
I've noticed that. They don't seem to be able to put tu and tu together.
Well, they did, but they got 3.246 1/2 oranges.... New math?

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