If you are using Dawn Professional or Dawn Platinum there is no need to add alcohol as it already contains it. Just add water. I remember when this first came out I thought it was a gimmick. Now I use it on so many things. It will work for the sticky residue on the bottle as well, just let it sit for a few minutes and do its magic. No need for another product. Love this stuff.
I just bought Dawn power wash for the first time. So, it’s mostly water! Unbelievable given the cost. I like the sprayer so I’ll make my own when it is used up.
I do too! its a miracle worker! My teenager got red dye on one sleeve and grease from the garage door track on the other sleeve of his new white hoodie! The Dawn Powerwash got them both out on the first try! 😀
I’m so glad I found this video. I’ve been refilling it with dawn, dish soap and water, but I didn’t realize you could get the foam with isopropyl alcohol. This is going to save me a lot of money because we use a lot of this power wash stuff.
Thanks for this recipe. I've used it for about 2 months and it works great. One word about the Isopropyl Alcohol. Don't use the 91% version, like I did. Every time I use this, the fumes from the alcohol makes me cough. Next time I mix it up, I'll switch to the 70% version or dilute the 91% a bit so I don't choke with use. 😉
I did the same twice and I ended up dumping it all over the dirty dishes instead. I couldn't figure out why the alcohol smell was so strong. I thought I had mixed the wrong amounts. But now I know to only use 71%.
When I first heard about Dawn power wash, I thought it was only for people who didn’t wash their dishes after dinner. I thought it was only for people who let them sit in the sink overnight, so I never tried it until recently. I had no idea that this stuff is so amazing! I actually went out and bought it after watching your video about making your own. THANK YOU!
use it on grease and other stains on clothes too. I used it on a colored dress to get grease out and it worked. If it does not work the first time, wash it again.
I have been waiting for what feels like forever for my bottle to empty enough to try this recipe lol. It finally happened yesterday and I’m so glad that the UA-cam algorithm showed me something useful! Wow what a savings this will be. I use dawn powerwash for everything from bathroom cleaning to stainless steel appliances, it’s a miracle cleanser! I sent this video to all my friends & family too 🤓
I am a baker's math type. Your formula works out to be : 324g water, 50g alcohol, 90g dawn. Give or take 1g on the weight of the water and the dawn. Much easier and neater. Scale zeroed out on empty container. Add water to 324g, add alcohol to 374 g, add dawn to 464 g ...completed mix weight 464g, just sayen.
PS. I started with 99% isopropyl alcohol. Diluted 2 parts alcohol to 1 part water to get an, about, 66% alcohol solution which I used to mix with the water and dawn.
THANK YOU! I was on my last few sprays and really wanted to buy the refill but I’m low on funds right now and it just seemed like a splurge item that wasn’t a necessity even though I love it. I was able to refill my bottle using your recipe with everything I already have at home. Now I can continue to “splurge” without even spending extra money. Yay!
Lol…I use Dawn all the time…buy a refill container and pour some in the regular detergent bottle, top off with water. At a small office cleaning job last weekend they threw the empty power wash bottle in the recycle. I picked it out and brought it home, wondering if I could figure out some way to use it! And you popped up on UA-cam!! Thanks for sharing!! 😅
Thank you! I have this gallon of Dawn dish soap my husband bought me, but then he heard about Powerwash and went right out to get that! That gallon of Dawn concentrate had yet to be opened after months on the shelf, and I have gone through one refill pack of Powerwash Dawn refills! I found this video at the best time before I totally ran out of Powerwash! I love that stuff! Thanks again for researching and finding the best recipe for refills! God bless, and I hope y'all have the happiest fall memories with your families!
I just made it with 99% Iso Alcohol and the recipe is spot on. 16oz total ------------------ 11oz Water (325ml) 2oz 99% Isopropyl Alcohol (4 TBSP) 3oz Dawn Platinum (6 TBSP) Brilliant!
Good! We heard from some people that the higher percentage alcohol made the fumes strong. I'm glad it worked for you. I've only used the 71% but I love this recipe.
Awesome, but it's not as complicated as you're making it just make some water a little bit of alcohol and a little bit of dawn. Great job, ladies, God bless.
Wonderful! Before watching this video, I was going to fill my Powerwash bottle up with straight Dawn, thinking it was just a foaming sprayer doing the work. Thank goodness I didn't! Also, never knew about the foaming Dawn hand wash bottle. I just use a pump with straight Dawn. Oh my goodness, I'm going to save so much money!!
I don’t think I’ve ever seen the foam before. I will pay closer attention when i go back to store. I love the power wash but hate the price. So this helps so much… thank you 😊
Try Target for sure. The foaming Dawn has been around for years. The packaging is different from the bottle in the video. The video is a repurposed Dial foaming soap dispenser❤
I've never bought a foaming Dawn, but I DID buy a foaming Dial handsoap at a dollar store a few years back & every time it runs out I just fill with a mixture of Dawn dishsoap (the green apple scented one is nice) and water and it foams perfectly. It's the foaming- pump that creates the foam
I just watched another version of this on Wandering Weekends channel. His version used 13 oz water, 1 oz 70% alcohol and 2 oz Dawn. He didn't do a side-by-side comparison with the name brand and he refilled a larger bottle. I've always been turned off by the price but the experiment is worth a try. Thanks for doing this!
I have found that using denatured alcohol (what Dawn uses) does give the same type of foam when sprayed. I think it cleans a little better using the denatured alcohol. The major difference is the cost of denatured alcohol, $$7.00 to $9.00 a quart.
If you do use denatured alcohol however, I would recommend looking up and heeding every single precaution suggested. Such things as it’s incredibly flammable! Always use in a well ventilated area. I would wear eye protection and good quality chemical resistant gloves and chemical resistant apron. Some say to even wear a ventilator type mask. Know how to properly store and dispose of it. Otherwise it is extremely dangerous to not know how to handle denatured alcohol in the exactly correct way.
I love Dawn Powerwash . I use it mostly for cleaning the toilet bowl & the tub & shower . The spray nozzle is great for getting the product up under the rim of the bowl . I spray the shower wall & tub with it & let it set for a few minutes . Then I wipe it off with a wet cloth . It cuts right through the soap scum . Then rinse with water ~ AMAZING ! THANKS FOR THE MONEY SAVING TIP ! Just found your channel .
I love it too! I really like it for when I just have a few dishes to clean. Not enough for a load but I can easily apply to each dish. We went camping this summer and brought it with us. It worked so well for camping dishes.
Just so you know, denatured alcohol is actually what is used in the Power Wash if you buy it from the store. There is a difference between isopropyl and denatured, one can always look that up if you want to. I have made this myself and decided to use the 91% isopropyl, however you can get denatured alcohol if you choose to go that route.
Denatured alcohol is pure ethanol (drinking alcohol) that has additives to make it poisonous, bad-tasting, and foul-smelling, to discourage its recreational consumption (for tax purposes). To get nearly pure ethanol (without the poison) at home you can use a high-proof vodka or 190-proof Everclear.
Ya I think denatured is ethanol or but with poison so people won't drink it with paying their taxes and why do people not specifically the IPA strength we have 50%,70%,and 91% the rest is water but it matters
Great job ladies!!! I love a good money saving hack. I ran across this video randomly but clicked because I’ve been coming up with methods to make the Dawn go further. Loved this idea, thank you for taking the time to make this video, much appreciated!
Thanks for the recipe. I was mixing with water alone, no alcohol. Trying this next. Definitely much more economical than using pure dawn. 11 oz water 2 oz alcohol 3 oz dawn
Also: Do not add (or use) essential oils if you have birds in the house. There are very few that are safe, and many that can cause serious respiratory issues or death. (Note that this also applies to most potpourris and candles. Birds have very, very sensitive respiratory systems, and you don't want your bird to demonstrate why canaries were taken into coal mines.)
Hi lovely ladies... I actually use the dawn power spray liquid in my dawn pump bottle and it works great. so, not I'm going to use your recipe in that now! Thanks for your help 😊
If you have stubborn stains in clothing or tablecloth... Take Dawn and baking soda... Make a paste. With the back of a spoon, rub the paste into the stain let it set for 30 minutes then wash. Even removes stains that have gone through the dryer. If the paste dries out, use a few drops of water. (2 tablespoons of baking soda and enough Dawn to make a tooth paste thickness)
I wasn't a fan of Dawn's "Power Wash" at first, thought it was just a gimmick, then my wife bought some. Now I love it. We've been Dawn fans, especially the Platinum stuff, for years. Great hack gals! Thanks.
One of the thing I remember from a month-long visit to Germany a few years ago was how I was able to find some really, really good deals on food at the grocery story. Usually it was stuff that simply had to be sold that day or thrown away, and it was marked down considerably. If you wanted to, you could simply walk to the grocery store every day, buy whatever was on sale, and just make a day's worth of meals out of that. There's just not an equivalent system where I live in the US. Grocers would rather throw food away than to heavily discount it.
Sad really. Sometimes with the smaller grocers you can talk to them and come up with deals but it seems like the larger stores have so many protocols that their hands are tied.
I have made this many times, love it. I add a few drops of almond extract to mine, no oil clog there and it reminds me of the powerwash with pear essence.
This was great! I haven't bought the powerwash yet, but my ne8ghbor with 5 kids uses it all the time. I will be sending her this link bc I know the cost savings would benefit thwm as much it does me. Thank you!
Thank you! BTW, I poured out the last ounce of Powerspray I had to see what it looked like and it was clear with a slight tinge of yellow-not blue at all. The bottle is tinted blue to look like the traditional Dawn so the liquid in the Powerspray bottle doesn’t need to be blue. I wonder if it works as well as the original because obviously this isn’t necessarily what is in the DIY but I will find out as I happen to be out of the first bottle of power wash spray so I will give it a try! We will see! Thanks again!
Thanks for this video I like dawn for everything inside and outside . I was thinking how I could get around the refill price . And here it is ! Thanks !!!!
This is my favorite recipe for the Powerwash. I tried 2 other recipes before trying y'all's and yours is the best ❤. (I'm on my 2nd bottle now!) Thank you!
I've been doing this for quite awhile myself it just came to me and I decided to try it because I had bought a dawn foam and I looked at the ingredients and I decided I could make my own because the only missing ingredient is the alcohol. But I buy my dishwashing soap from the Dollar Tree and I use Ajax Ultra and I do not dilute it with water because it doesn't cut the grease good enough for me. But it works really great and it lasts a long time. I also by my sponges and scouring pads from the Dollar Tree and I cut them in thirds because I only need a small amount of sponge to wash my dishes so I also save money on sponges. And it's easy to throw them out because they can become unsanitary be used in the wrong way
If you use baby oil on a dark rag and wipe a dry, glass acrylic/glass shower door it will wipe off the cloudy white reside on the door. If ur shower door is very cloudy u might have to use another baby oiled rag and rewipe the whole door again. NO scrubbing needed, just wipe and the clearness of the door will be like new again. It only takes a couple of minutes. Use a dark throw away rag so u can see the gunk AND how the baby oil quickly dissolves and cleans the white opaque cloud-white gunk on the door. This will also work on the car's headlights if the plastic/glass is cloudy.
@@rynfornow3411 The alcohol evaporates more quickly than water so essentially it makes it disperse the soap evenly but not in such a soupy mess that it runs down whatever you are spraying it on. Does that make sense?
Wow it works! Amazing ladies thank you so much . Cleaning up after my family go thru so many dawn products just tried the foaming handwash and the power wash and it works great. Money saver. Just subbed, thanks again and God bless.
I use my power wash to clean my eye glasses every morning. And also as my hand soap at my kitchen sink. It rinses so much easier than the regular dish soap
I use a kitchen scale and funnel. Place the empty dawn bottle with a funnel on the scale, and press tare. Then pour bulk dawn in to reach 3oz, and pour alcohol in to reach 5oz (3 dawn + 2). Then fill the bottle with water to top. Put the nozzle back on and let sit for an hour or so. Takes less than a minute and is less fiddly than measuring with a spoon or cups etc. Only cleanup is the funnel.
I've never bought a foaming Dawn, but I DID buy a foaming Dial handsoap at a dollar store a few years back & every time it runs out I just fill it with a mixture of Dawn dishsoap (the green apple scented one is nice) and water and it foams perfectly. It's the foaming-pump that creates the foam
That's not the case with these foaming dish soap or the Mr. Clean foaming all-purpose cleaner one that's like the dawn powerwash. The foam comes from what's in the bottle for those sprayheads. I WISH!! Would be easier than looking for a DIY dupe, then making it to save money. 😅 the handsome you're talking about says specifically "foaming hand pump" which tells you it's the pump for those ones, though. You're right on the dish soap pump , which creates the foam. 😁
I’ll be trying that DIY for sure. I’ve wanted to try the powerwash dawn but couldn’t justify the expense. Now I’ll go buy a small bottle if it’s on sale
Dawn Power Wash is made with denatured alcohol and not isopropyl alcohol. The two alcohols are different and react differently on skin and on materials like plastic, wood, and other household surfaces. Before you recommend changing an ingredient, I think you should know whether or not it’s safe to do so, to avoid a negative chemical reaction or damage to ones person or property.
In summary, isopropyl alcohol is a secondary alcohol that has not been treated with additives (with the exception of water). Denatured alcohol is primary alcohol mixed with additives to make it unpalatable and, in some cases, even more toxic.
Is there any valid reason to use distilled water instead of just regular tap water?? I've seen other recipes calling for distilled, but yours works great for me as is.
Because distilled water is free of any minerals it will not leave a residue when you are cleaning. For us, the added effort of buying distilled water is not worth the benefit.
If u spritz alcohol into the bath /shower drain it will keep any orange or dark colored mold/slime from developing in and around the drain AND spritz in the corners of the glass door corners where hinges located.
The only thing bumming me out is that you used to be able to get that gallon of Dawn for around 13 - 15 bucks, and everywhere I see it now is at least 20+ .. usually closer to 30. Great tip though, thanks. I always so it like this for the pump-foam hand cleaner dispenser that I've been reusing for years now. Savings definitely add up.
Question: does it matter what order the ingredients combined in? I ask because I would do the alcohol last to help clear out the dish soap residue from the measuring jar.
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Dawn Powerwash Refill Recipe:
11 oz water
2 oz Isopropyl Alcohol (equal to 4 tbsp)
3 oz Dawn Dish Soap (equal to 6 tbsp)
love, love, love this!
HOw many ounces of dawn to make the foam
@@susanbender7447 It varies depending on the size of the foam bottle, but it is about 20% or 1/5 th of the bottle.
Thanks for posting this, a 9 min video was just too long for me
I have a hard time watching longer videos as well. (There's never enough time.) I tend to watch most things on 2x speed and that helps a lot.
Thank you for condensing. Between her voice, lack of focus and commercials, my interest was swiftly waning.
If you are using Dawn Professional or Dawn Platinum there is no need to add alcohol as it already contains it. Just add water. I remember when this first came out I thought it was a gimmick. Now I use it on so many things. It will work for the sticky residue on the bottle as well, just let it sit for a few minutes and do its magic. No need for another product. Love this stuff.
Thanks for the info.
The alcohol makes it dry faster as well adds to the cleaning as far as removing sticky grime.
Thanks could have been shorter vudeo but great content and great presentation Happy Easter He has risen
I just bought Dawn power wash for the first time. So, it’s mostly water! Unbelievable given the cost. I like the sprayer so I’ll make my own when it is used up.
I also use Dawn Powerwash as a spot remover in my laundry. Just a quick spry on spots before throwing in the washer. Works great.
Great idea!!
I do too! its a miracle worker! My teenager got red dye on one sleeve and grease from the garage door track on the other sleeve of his new white hoodie! The Dawn Powerwash got them both out on the first try! 😀
Yes it works on getting grease out of clothes.
Yes, it works great on laundry stains. It also gets stains out of carpet.
I’m so glad I found this video. I’ve been refilling it with dawn, dish soap and water, but I didn’t realize you could get the foam with isopropyl alcohol. This is going to save me a lot of money because we use a lot of this power wash stuff.
This is one of my favorite recipes. We're glad to help.
Great info to save money ladies Thank you
Thanks for this recipe. I've used it for about 2 months and it works great. One word about the Isopropyl Alcohol. Don't use the 91% version, like I did. Every time I use this, the fumes from the alcohol makes me cough. Next time I mix it up, I'll switch to the 70% version or dilute the 91% a bit so I don't choke with use. 😉
Good to know! Thanks for the info.
Same issue I had with the alcohol
Yeah I thought it was just me!! I literally have to hold my nose when I spray it!!
I did the same twice and I ended up dumping it all over the dirty dishes instead. I couldn't figure out why the alcohol smell was so strong. I thought I had mixed the wrong amounts. But now I know to only use 71%.
Thank you 😊
I just made it. My wife said, "Thank you for getting a refill. " 😊
Love it!!
A husband watching this you tube channel. priceless
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Hi, I’m new to this channel. I really appreciate how you broke down 11 ounces, 4 ounces, 1 ounces into teaspoons or cups.!!!!
Welcome!! We try to make it easy.
Did u mean 11 3 and 2. your ratio is incorrect hope it doesn't confuse any body thanks u can edit your comment
When I first heard about Dawn power wash, I thought it was only for people who didn’t wash their dishes after dinner. I thought it was only for people who let them sit in the sink overnight, so I never tried it until recently. I had no idea that this stuff is so amazing! I actually went out and bought it after watching your video about making your own. THANK YOU!
use it on grease and other stains on clothes too. I used it on a colored dress to get grease out and it worked. If it does not work the first time, wash it again.
I have used the Dawn Powerwash for months and love it. Thanks for this hack. It works great!
You are so welcome! This is one of my favorite hacks.
I have been waiting for what feels like forever for my bottle to empty enough to try this recipe lol. It finally happened yesterday and I’m so glad that the UA-cam algorithm showed me something useful! Wow what a savings this will be. I use dawn powerwash for everything from bathroom cleaning to stainless steel appliances, it’s a miracle cleanser! I sent this video to all my friends & family too 🤓
This is one of my favorite cleaning money saving tricks.
I am a baker's math type. Your formula works out to be : 324g water, 50g alcohol, 90g dawn. Give or take 1g on the weight of the water and the dawn. Much easier and neater. Scale zeroed out on empty container. Add water to 324g, add alcohol to 374 g, add dawn to 464 g ...completed mix weight 464g, just sayen.
PS. I started with 99% isopropyl alcohol. Diluted 2 parts alcohol to 1 part water to get an, about, 66% alcohol solution which I used to mix with the water and dawn.
Yeah, like that's helpful. Although I do love gram crackers.
THANK YOU! I was on my last few sprays and really wanted to buy the refill but I’m low on funds right now and it just seemed like a splurge item that wasn’t a necessity even though I love it. I was able to refill my bottle using your recipe with everything I already have at home. Now I can continue to “splurge” without even spending extra money. Yay!
Glad we could help!
Lol…I use Dawn all the time…buy a refill container and pour some in the regular detergent bottle, top off with water. At a small office cleaning job last weekend they threw the empty power wash bottle in the recycle. I picked it out and brought it home, wondering if I could figure out some way to use it! And you popped up on UA-cam!! Thanks for sharing!! 😅
Thank you! I have this gallon of Dawn dish soap my husband bought me, but then he heard about Powerwash and went right out to get that! That gallon of Dawn concentrate had yet to be opened after months on the shelf, and I have gone through one refill pack of Powerwash Dawn refills! I found this video at the best time before I totally ran out of Powerwash! I love that stuff! Thanks again for researching and finding the best recipe for refills! God bless, and I hope y'all have the happiest fall memories with your families!
Excellent hack. Thanks!!! It works even smells the same!
I just made it with 99% Iso Alcohol and the recipe is spot on.
16oz total
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11oz Water (325ml)
2oz 99% Isopropyl Alcohol (4 TBSP)
3oz Dawn Platinum (6 TBSP)
Brilliant!
Good! We heard from some people that the higher percentage alcohol made the fumes strong. I'm glad it worked for you. I've only used the 71% but I love this recipe.
Wow! I’m obsessed with the Dawn spray dish liquid soap and wanted to find a cheap way to make it myself. Thank you so much!!!
I love this recipe!
Obsessed?
Awesome, but it's not as complicated as you're making it just make some water a little bit of alcohol and a little bit of dawn. Great job, ladies, God bless.
Wonderful! Before watching this video, I was going to fill my Powerwash bottle up with straight Dawn, thinking it was just a foaming sprayer doing the work.
Thank goodness I didn't!
Also, never knew about the foaming Dawn hand wash bottle. I just use a pump with straight Dawn. Oh my goodness, I'm going to save so much money!!
I don’t think I’ve ever seen the foam before. I will pay closer attention when i go back to store. I love the power wash but hate the price. So this helps so much… thank you 😊
I agree.
Foam container most likely in bath dept
Try Target for sure. The foaming Dawn has been around for years. The packaging is different from the bottle in the video. The video is a repurposed Dial foaming soap dispenser❤
I've never bought a foaming Dawn, but I DID buy a foaming Dial handsoap at a dollar store a few years back & every time it runs out I just fill with a mixture of Dawn dishsoap (the green apple scented one is nice) and water and it foams perfectly. It's the foaming- pump that creates the foam
Thank you ladies for this wonderful hack.
Our pleasure!
I just watched another version of this on Wandering Weekends channel. His version used 13 oz water, 1 oz 70% alcohol and 2 oz Dawn. He didn't do a side-by-side comparison with the name brand and he refilled a larger bottle. I've always been turned off by the price but the experiment is worth a try. Thanks for doing this!
This is my favorite recipe for cleaning. It makes it so convenient.
I have found that using denatured alcohol (what Dawn uses) does give the same type of foam when sprayed.
I think it cleans a little better using the denatured alcohol. The major difference is the cost of denatured alcohol, $$7.00 to $9.00 a quart.
Thanks for the information.
If you do use denatured alcohol however, I would recommend looking up and heeding every single precaution suggested. Such things as it’s incredibly flammable! Always use in a well ventilated area. I would wear eye protection and good quality chemical resistant gloves and chemical resistant apron. Some say to even wear a ventilator type mask. Know how to properly store and dispose of it. Otherwise it is extremely dangerous to not know how to handle denatured alcohol in the exactly correct way.
I love Dawn Powerwash . I use it mostly for cleaning the toilet bowl & the tub & shower . The spray nozzle is great for getting the product up under the rim of the bowl . I spray the shower wall & tub with it & let it set for a few minutes . Then I wipe it off with a wet cloth . It cuts right through the soap scum . Then rinse with water ~ AMAZING !
THANKS FOR THE MONEY SAVING TIP ! Just found your channel .
I love it too! I really like it for when I just have a few dishes to clean. Not enough for a load but I can easily apply to each dish. We went camping this summer and brought it with us. It worked so well for camping dishes.
Just so you know, denatured alcohol is actually what is used in the Power Wash if you buy it from the store. There is a difference between isopropyl and denatured, one can always look that up if you want to. I have made this myself and decided to use the 91% isopropyl, however you can get denatured alcohol if you choose to go that route.
Thanks for the info.
We use mostly the 91% as well . But since c v , it is hard to find & has really gone up in price .
Denatured alcohol is pure ethanol (drinking alcohol) that has additives to make it poisonous, bad-tasting, and foul-smelling, to discourage its recreational consumption (for tax purposes). To get nearly pure ethanol (without the poison) at home you can use a high-proof vodka or 190-proof Everclear.
Ya I think denatured is ethanol or but with poison so people won't drink it with paying their taxes and why do people not specifically the IPA strength we have 50%,70%,and 91% the rest is water but it matters
Thanks for letting us know about the alcohol
WoW. I go through so much Dawn power wash it’s crazy. This is awesome, can’t wait to try this. Makes for sharing this with all of us.
I love this stuff!
thank god you put the recipe in the comments. this was more like a vlog, zero need for a 10 min video for this.
If I found it helpful, I’d give them my full view of the video to help their channel. Just leave it on in the background if it’s too long for you.
This helped me a lot, thank you. I saved the bottles because I loved them, so I refilled them today. ❤
Wonderful!
Great job ladies!!!
I love a good money saving hack. I ran across this video randomly but clicked because I’ve been coming up with methods to make the Dawn go further. Loved this idea, thank you for taking the time to make this video, much appreciated!
Awesome! Thank you!
Nice video but too long. No one has said if it is 70 or 90 percent alcohol.
I just ran out but purchased a new bottle for just a little over $6 bucks!!! Which is insane! Stumbled across this video and making this NOW!
Thanks for the recipe. I was mixing with water alone, no alcohol. Trying this next. Definitely much more economical than using pure dawn.
11 oz water 2 oz alcohol 3 oz dawn
We love this recipe. Actually, I think it is time for me to refill mine again.
Also: Do not add (or use) essential oils if you have birds in the house. There are very few that are safe, and many that can cause serious respiratory issues or death.
(Note that this also applies to most potpourris and candles. Birds have very, very sensitive respiratory systems, and you don't want your bird to demonstrate why canaries were taken into coal mines.)
Thanks for the information. It's one of those little things that not everyone would think of.
Great info.
Also cats are sensitive to tea tree oil, lavender and others.
@@katlopez6555 actually most. The best policy with essential oils and cats is keep them completely away from the cats.
Hi lovely ladies... I actually use the dawn power spray liquid in my dawn pump bottle and it works great. so, not I'm going to use your recipe in that now! Thanks for your help 😊
If you have stubborn stains in clothing or tablecloth... Take Dawn and baking soda... Make a paste. With the back of a spoon, rub the paste into the stain let it set for 30 minutes then wash. Even removes stains that have gone through the dryer. If the paste dries out, use a few drops of water. (2 tablespoons of baking soda and enough Dawn to make a tooth paste thickness)
Thanks for sharing!! I'll give it a try
I wasn't a fan of Dawn's "Power Wash" at first, thought it was just a gimmick, then my wife bought some. Now I love it. We've been Dawn fans, especially the Platinum stuff, for years.
Great hack gals! Thanks.
:)
Thank you very much, especially the essentials oil tip. 😊
One of the thing I remember from a month-long visit to Germany a few years ago was how I was able to find some really, really good deals on food at the grocery story. Usually it was stuff that simply had to be sold that day or thrown away, and it was marked down considerably. If you wanted to, you could simply walk to the grocery store every day, buy whatever was on sale, and just make a day's worth of meals out of that. There's just not an equivalent system where I live in the US. Grocers would rather throw food away than to heavily discount it.
Sad really. Sometimes with the smaller grocers you can talk to them and come up with deals but it seems like the larger stores have so many protocols that their hands are tied.
Same with plants in garden section, rather than giving away they toss in the dumpster. Most could be revived with a little TLC & a good soaking.
I have made this many times, love it. I add a few drops of almond extract to mine, no oil clog there and it reminds me of the powerwash with pear essence.
Sounds great!
Maybe lemon extract would work too, for a lemon scent. Thanks for the idea! 😊
Saves so much money! Thank you for taking the time to make this video!!!
Happy to help!
Thank you so much. I love this stuff and I use it so much!! I am a crafter and it is my go to to clean my paint messes and paint brushes ♥️
Thanks for sharing!! We love it too.
This was great! I haven't bought the powerwash yet, but my ne8ghbor with 5 kids uses it all the time. I will be sending her this link bc I know the cost savings would benefit thwm as much it does me. Thank you!
Wow! Thanks for sharing this info I have been looking for this recipe of dawn!!!! I certainly going to try things anything to save a buck or 2.
You are so welcome! This is one of our favorite hacks.
Thank you, thank you! Great presentation. Very helpful and a money saver. Keep up the good work.
You're welcome. It's fun to find a cheaper way to get things done.
May God bless you.
I enjoy seeing this.
I also make it myself.
I put lemon juice also and it works great. 🙏💞
Sounds great! Thanks for sharing.
A big THANK YOU goes to your both.
Thank you! BTW, I poured out the last ounce of Powerspray I had to see what it looked like and it was clear with a slight tinge of yellow-not blue at all. The bottle is tinted blue to look like the traditional Dawn so the liquid in the Powerspray bottle doesn’t need to be blue. I wonder if it works as well as the original because obviously this isn’t necessarily what is in the DIY but I will find out as I happen to be out of the first bottle of power wash spray so I will give it a try! We will see! Thanks again!
Thank you for posting this information. And thank you for the people in the comment section as well, the additional details are very helpful. 😊
Glad it was helpful!
Thanks for this video I like dawn for everything inside and outside . I was thinking how I could get around the refill price . And here it is ! Thanks !!!!
Glad it was helpful!
to save on dishwasher tabs, I use 1 tab and in the prewash slot I use 2 pumps of Dawn foam.
Thanks for sharing the tip.
This is my favorite recipe for the Powerwash. I tried 2 other recipes before trying y'all's and yours is the best ❤. (I'm on my 2nd bottle now!) Thank you!
So glad! We love this one.
Wow, thank you ladies, it works!
You're welcome!
I've been doing this for quite awhile myself it just came to me and I decided to try it because I had bought a dawn foam and I looked at the ingredients and I decided I could make my own because the only missing ingredient is the alcohol. But I buy my dishwashing soap from the Dollar Tree and I use Ajax Ultra and I do not dilute it with water because it doesn't cut the grease good enough for me. But it works really great and it lasts a long time. I also by my sponges and scouring pads from the Dollar Tree and I cut them in thirds because I only need a small amount of sponge to wash my dishes so I also save money on sponges. And it's easy to throw them out because they can become unsanitary be used in the wrong way
That sounds like great ideas.
Thanks for the video and also to commenters info on using 70% alcohol
Super useful. I use it on everything. I just cleaned all my furniture with it!
Love it!
I really like it I send the video to my sister, niece, cousin, and daughter thank you so much.
I'm glad you like it. This is one of my favorite hacks!
Can’t wait to try it. I bought Dawn power wash, but think it’s way too pricey. I would happily try your version
Hope you like it!
Awesome
Thanks ladies
I use power wash all the time.
You are so welcome.
I made my own, love it more, cheaper too! Thanks ladies!!
Wonderful!
Saved me a trip to the store, thanks it works great
Using a small funnel works great. Thanks for video.
Great idea.
If you use baby oil on a dark rag and wipe a dry, glass acrylic/glass shower door it will wipe off the cloudy white reside on the door. If ur shower door is very cloudy u might have to use another baby oiled rag and rewipe the whole door again. NO scrubbing needed, just wipe and the clearness of the door will be like new again. It only takes a couple of minutes. Use a dark throw away rag so u can see the gunk AND how the baby oil quickly dissolves and cleans the white opaque cloud-white gunk on the door. This will also work on the car's headlights if the plastic/glass is cloudy.
I will have to try this one.
I'm so excited that I found this! I ran out of mine today and was wondering if there was a way to make my own refill! I can't thank you enough! 😀
Glad we could help!
This is excellent! Thank you for sharing!!! I use it on my stained clothing, works FANTASTIC! I will absolutely be making this recipe. ❤
You are so welcome!
Lol I’ve been doing this with just dawn liquid and water. Never tried the rubbing alcohol but I’ll give it a go!
I feel like it helps the solution.
@@WisdomPreserved How exactly? Genuine question.
@@rynfornow3411 The alcohol evaporates more quickly than water so essentially it makes it disperse the soap evenly but not in such a soupy mess that it runs down whatever you are spraying it on. Does that make sense?
Lovin it !1! Thank you girls.. Best grease cutter ever .
You’re welcome! Glad you like it.
Just came across your channel. Great advice!
Glad it was helpful!
Wow it works! Amazing ladies thank you so much . Cleaning up after my family go thru so many dawn products just tried the foaming handwash and the power wash and it works great. Money saver. Just subbed, thanks again and God bless.
Our pleasure! We love this recipe.
This is awesome. You're earned subscriber!
Welcome aboard!
I use my power wash to clean my eye glasses every morning. And also as my hand soap at my kitchen sink. It rinses so much easier than the regular dish soap
Great idea! I love it because I don't always have a full sink of dishes to wash and this is perfect for that.
Thank you ladies. Y’all are beautiful!
Thank you too!
THANK YOU‼️‼️‼️ I JUST MADE IT WITH YOU GUYS VIDEO. 🎉
Great job! I love this one.
Just wondering how to do this... Thank you ladies!
Our pleasure!
I'm definitely using this for my next refill!
We love it.
Works great have used several times!! Thanks
My family loves this one. Of all Emmaline's cleaning hacks this is my favorite.
I use a kitchen scale and funnel.
Place the empty dawn bottle with a funnel on the scale, and press tare.
Then pour bulk dawn in to reach 3oz, and pour alcohol in to reach 5oz (3 dawn + 2).
Then fill the bottle with water to top.
Put the nozzle back on and let sit for an hour or so.
Takes less than a minute and is less fiddly than measuring with a spoon or cups etc. Only cleanup is the funnel.
What a great idea! Thank you for sharing.
Yes, but the recipe is FLUID ounces, not ounces by weight? Not interchangeable. Or maybe it just doesn't matter that much for this type of recipe.
@@annw1395 Fortunately, this recipe is pretty forgiving.
TY...I made your formula, but with white vinegar. Seems to be just fine as well.😊
Wonderful!
Tried it, works great
Great to hear! I love this recipe.
I've never bought a foaming Dawn, but I DID buy a foaming Dial handsoap at a dollar store a few years back & every time it runs out I just fill it with a mixture of Dawn dishsoap (the green apple scented one is nice) and water and it foams perfectly. It's the foaming-pump that creates the foam
Thanks for sharing!!
That's not the case with these foaming dish soap or the Mr. Clean foaming all-purpose cleaner one that's like the dawn powerwash. The foam comes from what's in the bottle for those sprayheads. I WISH!! Would be easier than looking for a DIY dupe, then making it to save money. 😅 the handsome you're talking about says specifically "foaming hand pump" which tells you it's the pump for those ones, though. You're right on the dish soap pump , which creates the foam. 😁
Thank you sistas ! I’m going to give it a try .
Hope you like it!
Thank you--that was great and worked great!!
You're welcome!
Loved it girls ! Thank you !
You’re welcome!
I’ll be trying that DIY for sure. I’ve wanted to try the powerwash dawn but couldn’t justify the expense. Now I’ll go buy a small bottle if it’s on sale
I was in the same boat. When Emmaline showed me this I was pretty excited. Now we love it.
If this works as good as original on a baked on food dish then I'm sold.
I love it! Give it a try and let us know how it goes.
Thank you so much I just tried this and it worked out fine ❤
We love this one. I'm glad it worked for you.
Thanks for the recipe. ❤
My pleasure 😊
I'll have to try this one. I made one the other day and it came out watery 😐
The main feature of the alcohol it is to make it dry faster when you spray in other items besides plates or pots.
Awesome! Tks so much. I will give this a try!
Hope you like it!
You actually want to use denatured alcohol not isopropyl, denatured alcohol is what’s listed in the ingredients.
Dawn Power Wash is made with denatured alcohol and not isopropyl alcohol. The two alcohols are different and react differently on skin and on materials like plastic, wood, and other household surfaces. Before you recommend changing an ingredient, I think you should know whether or not it’s safe to do so, to avoid a negative chemical reaction or damage to ones person or property.
Thank you for your input.
In summary, isopropyl alcohol is a secondary alcohol that has not been treated with additives (with the exception of water). Denatured alcohol is primary alcohol mixed with additives to make it unpalatable and, in some cases, even more toxic.
THANKS....I NEEDED THIS HACK
I love this one!
Is there any valid reason to use distilled water instead of just regular tap water?? I've seen other recipes calling for distilled, but yours works great for me as is.
Because distilled water is free of any minerals it will not leave a residue when you are cleaning. For us, the added effort of buying distilled water is not worth the benefit.
If u spritz alcohol into the bath /shower drain it will keep any orange or dark colored mold/slime from developing in and around the drain AND spritz in the corners of the glass door corners where hinges located.
What a great tip!
For your foam dispenser. Use a frother to mix the concentrated soap with the water.
Great idea.
The only thing bumming me out is that you used to be able to get that gallon of Dawn for around 13 - 15 bucks, and everywhere I see it now is at least 20+ .. usually closer to 30.
Great tip though, thanks. I always so it like this for the pump-foam hand cleaner dispenser that I've been reusing for years now. Savings definitely add up.
I agree!!
I found the hack to be very helpful
We are so glad. We love this one.
Question: does it matter what order the ingredients combined in? I ask because I would do the alcohol last to help clear out the dish soap residue from the measuring jar.
That is a great idea. It shouldn't make a difference.
I'm glad she said I could use a funnel to pour that into the bottle. lol Who else would've ever thought of that?
Can you use a different dish soap??