How to wash dishes using bar soap (just like my Nanna did ♡)
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- Опубліковано 18 чер 2021
- Hello everyone, in this video (by popular demand) I share my techniques for handwashing dishes using bar soap, just the way my Nanna did when we were kids :)
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This video is great, I did not realise i could use my handmade soap for household use. I suppose it should be obvious, but I think the huge multinational companies have taught people that each product they sell only works for one thing, such as washing up liquid for dishes, laundry powder for clothes, specific liquids for floors and yet another for surfaces. Thank you from the bottom of my heart for opening my world up to a whole new way of living and giving me the confidence to make my own soap. My first ever creation was a soap recipe of yours and I was absolutely delighted with the end result! Xxx
You're very welcome Loki, thanks for such a wonderful comment. I use my handmade soap for nearly everything!
So interesting to know the story behind it all. Yes, its a bar of soap but its all in the details that makes it so interesting...fast forward to today...here we all are trying to make awesome soap that has been around forever that was made out of some oil and wood ash back in the day...who woulda thought!! LOL
Exactly!
I love how the natural soap leaves the stainless steel so shiny, without water spots! Thanks for the video, Elly.
Great video ! We used to use an old soup can with holes punched in the bottom. Our soap scraps and bits go into the can, and we run the hot water through the can and shake it at the same time to gets suds. Works great !
I love that! Genius.
Thanks. I never realised you could wash dishes with ordinary soap. I seem to remember when I was a kid my mum used washing powder, before washing up liquid came on the scene. Great news!
I'm surprised people didn't know about this! I think some countries are way more advanced than Australia in getting dishwashing liquid.
Thank you for the upload.
I'm 49 & grew up using the cage.
I went back to it a few years ago... brilliant!
I bought my cage online.
Wonderful!
Sunlight Soap! My Nan used it too. It was how the Lever Brothers started their empire which is now Unilever. Their factory was about 40 miles from where I live. The Lever Brothers even built a lovely village for their workers called Port Sunlight which even has its own art gallery.
Wow so much history behind a brand of soap.
Wow!! I never knew that! I must visit it someday. Shame they became such a massive multinational company that dominates the market. But I appreciate their humble beginnings.
@@EllysEverydaySoapMaking I agree!
You always have such interesting videos! It's an eye opener that the liquid soap companies train us to believe we can only use their products to get dishes clean. Question though, what about rinsing?
I rinse everything many people didn’t used too. I think that step was omitted as Elly normally she said uses a dishwasher these days
she did say, "you can rinse if you like"...i always rinse...i grab a bar off the sink deck, have a small container with water running in and "wash my hands" it gets enough soap suds in the container to do my washing up. i also make pots and make a tray for soap/trinkets, etc.
Thanks Belinda! I just answered this above, but no I don't rinse if using the full water sink method. Just use the right amount of soap, then dry the dishes straight away. I also rinse any food off the dishes before washing, the water doesn't get yucky then.
Hi Elly, lol that little "cage" was called a "Soap saver". When the bar of soap was to small to use anymore, my Mum used to pop them in the Soap saver. 😘
Ah! Soap Saver! Thank you for that. I don't remember what my nan called it. In my mind it's a 'soap swisher'. That's how I used to use my offcuts when I was using the tea strainer version :)
The old adage, " Something old is new again;), definitely fits here. Love the "calming" video, Elly. Well worth the wait; to watch you wash and listen to your lovely voice, so relaxing. And I would LOVE to find such a gorgeous soap dish for only $2! What a FIND! Stopped going to our local Goodwill's since Covid. Thanks for taking your time to post, Elly. Always informative. Oh, by the way, here in the US, we have campfire sandwich makers/cookers that reminded me of the "soap savers";). Didn't know how to post a pic here.
Thank you Kathy, I think I know what you mean by the campfire cooker!
Thanks for the informative video. It took me way back…I’m from the U.S. Many years ago as a young 20-something, I was in France and took a ferry to England to visit an English pen pal. She and her husband-to-be were great hosts and served a wonderful dinner. I helped clean up the kitchen afterwards and observed that she washed the dishes in a sink full of soapy water (I didn’t notice her method of getting it soapy) and put them directly on a rack to drain without rinsing them. I was pretty shocked! Over the years, I’ve often told the story about the no-rinsing, being careful not to generalize that all Brits did this! BTW, the couple emigrated to Australia a few years later and we lost contact.
I love that Arlo, and thank you, it explains why so many people from the US seem to be horrified that I wouldn't rinse my dishes after washing this way. It's very normal here, and obviously comes from our strong English influence. Thanks for commenting :)
Don't worry about generalising, I'm British and rinsing isn't a thing here (that I'm aware of). I've never known anyone to rinse. I didn't even know it was a thing until I read all the shocked comments about it on here. It seems like such a colossal waste of water. I'll only pre-rinse if the utensils are really dirty, just to get some of it off and so it doesn't gunk up my nice soapy water :-) People have commented about 'rinsing so they don't eat off a soapy dish', well in all my 30+years I've never tasted soap in my food!
@SophieM-it1zn I don't rinse either but recently had a pal that was horrified that I didn't. We're both from the UK.
Elly, I loved this video. I have been in my summer cottage in Washington and have a old farmhouse by the Salish sea. I have made my first soap. I love old fashioned things because it reminds me of my sweet grandmother.
Oh my goodness, I remember my grandparents washing dishes like that, but they must have been modern as I seem to remember their soap saver being plastic!!🥰 Blessings from South Australia💕🐨
The tea strainer is a great idea. I wash my dishes by hand whether we have a dishwasher or not. I use my pieces of the coffee ground bar soap that I made for scrubbing hands to scrub pots n pans. Works great.
That's perfect! Handmade soap is so versatile. Thanks for sharing. My parents like my coffee soap for their outside/gardening sink - great for scrubbing the hands.
Thank you for sharing this, I enjoyed learning about this today. Your calm demeanor is soothing, I include your videos in my self care regimen. 💗
Oh thank you so much, you're very kind x
Hi Elly that brought a deep memory to the front when seeing the picture of the soap cage, my mum must have had one in the UK. We used bar soap for many household tasks including washing clothes on washboard, she must have had the cage as I recognised it immediately. Always good to remember things like this. Thanks for that
I just got goosebumps. Thank you for sharing. This video brought back a lot of memories for me too. It's a wonderful thing x
I’ve just purchased a fish washing soap bar in the UK, and it only had instructions for what you call the Asian style of washing.
I’m used to chucking a squirt of liquid into the bowl, so glad I managed to find your video. Now to source a contraption to shake it in 😂
Dish not Fish 🐠 😂😂
Kiaora Elley⚘
Never really understood why people would use sunlight soap to wash dishes but I remember my mum always having a bar of sunlight soap on the kitchen bench. She swore by it. My friend also uses it for her dishes.
When I make my own laundry soap I will gift her a couple of bars. I think it's a wonderful idea now I'm into soap making ♥️
I'm right with you Elly! I always liked the idea of one kind of soap (Obviously not the same bar) for Laundry, Dishes, Hygiene Etc.
Much love from Spain 🇪🇸❤️
NZ here, we are still using Sunlight soap for handwashing clothing sometimes in my family! Really good stuff.
That's great to hear! Yes my Mum and Dad still buy it. That's what they use along with my soap :)
Oh, Elly! 😁 We had those soap cages, and sunlight soap to do dishes in Home Eco class at High School 💜 I remember using the soap cage as a microphone! ☺️
Haha that's so cool!! I love that, thanks for sharing Kelly :)
I've recently discovered your channel after making some of my first soap. I told my mom you can even wash dishes and she thought I was crazy lol. I never would have thought to use bar soap for that purpose. Love your videos.
Thanks Shannon, yes everything gets cleaned with good old soap in our house :)
What a nice video!! My grandmother and my aunt used to rub the soap bar directly on the dish cloth!! I love your ceramic soap dish!! Have a very nice week!!
Thank you! Ahh, glad to hear I am not the only one!
So interesting! Thank you for sharing! I had never heard of the soap saver cage before.
I make my own soap with 100 percent coconut oil soap and it works great I love it
I have been wondering over the last few days about whether I could use these handmade soaps for dishes as I remembered my aunt using a soap cage. This was brilliant, thank you so much 🙏
Thank you, that's cool :)
I just find this fascinating and will be trying this out. Love my dishwasher but often wash certain things by hand! Thanks for sharing Elly❣️
Thank you Dale, I'm fascinated that everyone is fascinated by this! I thought everone did it! :) Glad you enjoyed. Having a bar of soap by the sink makes handwashing very easy. I much prefer it to liquid soap or detergent. I use my dishwasher for most things too.
And I did find a place that would ship me a soap shaker; Country Trading Co! It’s the small things..😊
Oh cool! I find I don't need the shaker anymore though, I just have the bar by the sink and wash/rinse as I go without filling the sink. They are fun though!
Never seen this method of bar soap washing, how interesting! I use the other method you mentioned just rubbing a wet sponge on the bar, saves plastic waste, I never knew it was Asian style 😊
Love your stuff Elly, looking forward to making my first soaps soon.
Thank you, that's exciting! Have fun :)
I like the Asian way, I don't have or want a dishwasher , so this would go right after I do a batch of your eucalyptus oil laundry soap, great thanks for sharing
What a cute soap dish!
It sure is! I've never seen one like it before, it's perfect for this use!
My gran used to keep her scrappy ends of soap bars in an old stocking tied to the laundry trough. Great for scrubbing off hands after gardening or working in the shed or spot cleaning clothes before washing.
That's a great method, love it. Thanks for sharing :)
Hello Ellly , your interesting little video has just put a smile on my face ! :)
Nice of you to share, i have already used my previous laundry block soap from your first video, which cleans tbe dishes lovely and its also very bubbly ..
However i must be using tbe "Asian method" ,as my grandma and mum have taught me to rinse away the soap and bubbles with fresh water at the end , which i have been doing for as long as i can remember !
I also wipe my sponge on the bar soap and wash the dishes that way , not dissolve iin water in the sink !.
I know it may seem weird but i prefer to handwash dishes rather than using my dishwasher:)
That doesn't sound weird at all! Thanks for sharing :)
Very interesting Elly, thank you for sharing.
These videos are just wonderful. Thanks.
Thank you. Love your name by the way! :)
So needed to see this. I was wondering too.
Thank you Sunita :)
Liked the relaxed mood of the video
Thank you Joya :)
Me too!
This is great. I must admit I made some coconut dish soap and it's still sitting here because I found it tricky to use in the small block shapes that i made. But maybe I can get one of the soap cages and then it would work a lot better i think. I just don't want to keep buying all the stuff in plastic bottles. I'm going to make some of that laundry soap today, i bought lectric soda and i'm following your recipe except i have too much canola oil so that's what I'll be using. thanks Elly
Oh that's wonderful Boop - sounds like a good plan!
Thanks for this Elly , for some reason your washing relaxed me while watching haha
You're welcome J, thanks so much. I love that. This video relaxed me too :)
A history lesson! How cool!
Wow I haven't seen that soap since I was little! Brings back memories, that was the go to cleaning soap and if you didn't use it you weren't "cleaning" properly lol
Ah yes, so true. It's a pure tallow soap. Very good cleanser!
Hi Elly ❤️love your videos and soap recipes.Here in India we too wash utensils the Asian way.I made a dishwashing bar today.Thank you 🙏
Oh wonderful! Thanks for sharing that with me :)
@Elly's Everyday Soap Making
Just catching up on some older soap videos again Elly. This one made me laugh along with you, re-introducing us to good old commonsense cleaning! I have a dishwasher too but there are always things I never put in it so do a hand wash once a day. I have just ordered the stainless steel soap cage from your Amazon link as the inherited one from my long deceased Nanna has long passed its use by date!
Thank you Marion! Glad you enjoyed this :)
I made my first soap, and I used it for the dishes, and it went squeakey clean, I miss it! Now, I'm gonna make it, again with this recipe!
I like all your videos , very clever, thank you-
Thank you Ana :)
Not sure why, but it was relaxing watching you wash dishes.
I like you wash the dishes and like this video. So nature. Thank you:)
Thanks so much Shan :)
Great tip, thanks. I have also seen velvet soap shaved then soaked to a gel in water to use as liquid laundry soap, I guess you could use this process and keep a bottle of liquid soap next to the sink but it might encourage to waste a little more. Could also pop a small cake of soap in a dish wash bag to suds up inside the dishcloth, so many ideas now xD This is much healthier than the commercial dish soaps on our skin. :)
Absolutely! Yes, there are lots of ways to do it. I found the tea infuser worked well for me. Quick and easy and no soggy bags to deal with.
I actually crochet little pads, the size of my bars for use at the sinks instead of a soap dish. They absorb moisture and keep the bars dry. At the kitchen sink I make them bigger so I can rub the bars on them, scrub the dishes, and when I'm done, rinse and twist them dry. Because they're made of cotton, they'll dry overnight, as will the bar of soap.
I make a bunch of them, they take less than an hour each, because my family loves them!
So neat thanks for sharing
Thanks Elly and thanks Nana too!!! ☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆
I ran out of dishwashing liquid. So, I decided to use some ivory bar soap that I had. Worked fantastically. I came upon your video… I may never buy dishwashing liquid again. I’ve never thought about what my grandparents, born 1917, used to wash their dishes. Thanks!
You're welcome!
Interesting! I’ve actually never thought about how you can wash your dishes, without purpose made dishwashing detergent. I’ve guess I’ve just been conditioned to the new standard. I’m not old enough to have seen how my grandparents did it before the modern products came on the market. I will ask my mother how they did things back when she was young. 😊
Thanks, yes it is interesting! It wasn't that long ago in human history when we didn't have liquid detergents.
Excelent! Thank you!👏
You're welcome! I'm glad it helps. :)
Thank you!!!
wow!! Thanks for sharing! You don’t have to rinse... makes sense to me, if the water is hot and soapy. We make our own soap. I’m excited to try not rinsing.
Hello
I wash my dishes by putting the bar of soap directly on the spong
Its very healthy way
Thanks for sharing
I agree. Thanks!
Thanks for sharing dear friend 👋🤗 Have a wonderful day. God bless you 🥳🙏🍀💞
You know, being a Chinese person I never knew that putting soap directly onto your sponge and washing your dishes that way was a particularly east asian thing I just thought everyone washed their dishes like that.
No wonder my jewish BF was so confused when I was trying to teach him how to wash dishes by hand LOL
Oh that's so funny, thanks for commenting about it. I never knew my family way was seen as different until I made a friend from Indonesia, then later from South Korea, who taught me otherwise! I really love the direct sponge method, I use it the most now for things that don't go in the dishwasher. It's the most hygenic I'm sure :)
@@EllysEverydaySoapMaking Ah interesting! Yeah my family generally washes everything by hand since we're a smaller family so dishes aren't a huge issue in our household which is why the direct sponge method has always made sense to me but I didn't know other people just had different methods!
My Dad did the same thing at the farm but we didn't have a plumbed in sink so he used a metal dish pan. Sunlight soap was the go to soap for everything.
Good old Sunlight soap :)
Thank you. I am thinking of using bar soap for dishes.
Hi Elly I found the soap cage you were talking about on eBay 😊👍
Oh that's great! I've found another source too, I'll share that soon :)
Washing dishes is quite normal for me lol... ❤️ Waiting for your video on how you make the wash bars.
She posted this in the description: The beautiful cleaning soap I used to demonstrate in this video was my Eucalyptus Laundry Soap with Coconut and Rice Bran Oils, you can view that video here ua-cam.com/video/GU81ycnFgEU/v-deo.html or read about it and get all the recipe full details on my blog post here www.ellyseveryday.com/ellys-e...
Hi, thank you! As Elaine said, I made that video a couple of weeks ago. The link for it is in the video description box :)
Thanks Elaine!
@@elainem7722 aww thank you 😍 so kind of you
OMG I would LOVE the recipe for the tallow sunrise soap 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
I grate my handmade coconut oil soap no superfat that used for cleaning and washing clothes and keep the flakes in a small plastic container that has lid and put by the sink. When I wash my dishes I just scoop about a tablespoon in another cup and mix with a little bit of water, dip the sponge and wash dishes the Asian way. I used to heat the flakes with water until the flakes melted to make it like liquid soap but found that use the flakes straight without melting is easier, save time, save energy, and save money.
Very clever! I find it easiest to just rub the bar soap on the cloth, but I like your thinking!
My grandmother used to wipe the dishes with a damp cloth, then she would grate the soap on an old grater, put it in basin of hot water, soake the dishes in soapy water, if necessary, wipe the dishes with a washing cloth, and then rinsed them with cold water. It seems like a lot of work, but this method uses very little water, and there was no running water in my grandmother's house for a very long time.
Your grandmother was very clever. I love that. Thanks for sharing.
Hi Elly. Thank you for making this simple video, which I enjoyed watching. I don't think you need to describe every little step in minute detail re your demonstration of hand washing. Surely we can use our own common sense in deciding whether we rinse......or not! As someone said below, you did mention the rinsing option, for those who chose not to hear it. I actually had 2 soap cages once - one for the laundry and one for the sink! These were given to me as a fun gift by my grandmother (from her old store of no longer used soap making equipment) at my pre wedding "kitchen evening" along with a box of Sunlight soap and a couple of blocks of Velvet soap. Wouldn't todays feminists have a field day of protest over that choice of equal rights gift?? 🤣 And you know what else! I actually used them for quite a while - being environmentally conscious before it was common practice. Like you, I always have a soap dish on my sink (laundry too) for hand washing, and all my visitors love using them. I actually get praised for not having liquid soap plastic bottles around. I always send them away with a block of my soap in the hope it will catch on!
Keep making your wonderful videos Elly - you are a treasure. 🐾
Thank you Marion, I appreciate that. Lovely that you are sharing your environmentally friendly practices with your guests! Yes, I know I didn't have to show all the details, but people actually asked to see it!
@@EllysEverydaySoapMaking So sorry if you misunderstood my comment Elly. I should have worded it much clearer. I wasn't referring to your washing up demonstration; just to the comments made that you didn't show how to rinse the dishes afterwards!! 🤣
@@marionlacey1074 Thank you for clarifying-I misunderstood as well at first! Yes, sometimes people can be a little silly in the comments. Fortunately we have a generally positive and uplifting group where this is the worst of it-not a bad problem to have, wouldn't you agree? 🤗💗
@@sydneymomma11 Absolutely agree. I just felt for dear Elly having to clarify this step several times in the comments 😍
Hi Elly, love your vids as always. What do you think about soap scum and fatbergs? We never pour oil down the sink but maybe soap is a contributory factor
Hi Clery, that's a good question! Soaps like these won't contribute to fatbergs I don't think, as they are made with a very low superfat which means that just about all of the oils are saponified and turned into soap. I've been using handmade soap for a long time around our household (as did my grandmother!) and have never had any plumbing issues. I use it in my washing machine as well and it (and it's pipes) are clean as a whistle. I think you'd have to watch high superfatted soaps though, they could cause issues. Another reason why I nearly always use the minimum superfat in my recipes.
Thanks so much Elly for the reassuring reply to something which has been nagging me!
Buy a second strainer and place on top. Join together on the hanging end with wire. You have a quick diy soap cage.
Thanks very informative. Just wondering is there a way to use this soap in a dishwasher?
Thank you. There might be, I haven't figured that one out yet though... I'll definitely share if I can come up with something effective.
Thanks Elly for the video. If I make a batch of bar soaps, what is the best way to store them? I put them in a container but some of them developed a darker color in the center.
Hi, thank you. I have a video on my thoughts about soap storage here ua-cam.com/video/B73kpk3W1AA/v-deo.html
Elly, thank you, if people see what the chemical composition of dishwashing liquids is, they would never use it.
We have been washing it with our own kitchen soap for years, there are also washing nuts that can be used to make washing-up liquid. Another option is chestnut. Kind Regards Ala
Thank you Ala, yes I've used soapnuts too, they are good! Appreciate your comment :)
As a child, we used a tin can.
punch holes in bottom and sides with a small knife, screwdriver or phillips head
put yr soap in and hold under the hot tap as it fills the basin.
I love that.
We still use soap for dishes in Brazil and we use it directly on the sponge, also try steel wool + soap for metal pots and you will see them so squeaky clean and shiny than a mirror.
Thank you
Hi Elly :) After washing my dishes this way. ( using 100 percent coconut oil soap). My glass dishes tend to be cloudy. Wonder if it's the essential oil in the soap or my hard water ? Btw you should make a soap video using pieces of loofa gourds as imbeds. Or people use the broken ( undesirable pieces of the gourd) as scrubbers to get stuck on food off dished. Kinda neat. :)
Hi Karin, it could be your water, or, are you using high superfat soap? That could do it too. Thanks for your suggestions. I made luffa soap years ago. I think my friend is growing some this summer...
This is very interesting to me, not because of the soap but because you don't rinse the soapy water off. :) We use a two sink method of washing the dishes with soapy water then rinsing them, then putting in the drainer to dry. I just can't imagine not rinsing them off, about like taking a shower and not rinsing the shampoo out of your hair. Well, learn something new every day! :)
In the Philippines, we still wash our dishes and clothings with bar soaps, and the way we do it, is with just sponse or clothe!
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Thanks!
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You don't rinse the soap off?
I thought the same thing
It was a demonstration on how to use soap to wash she probably didn’t want to waste water. Elly did say then rinse the dishes. But these days she said she doesn’t wash dishes regularly by hand she uses a dishwasher
If I'm using the sink full of water method, no, I don't rinse them. Just dry them off straight away (which is why it's important to get just the right amount of soap). If I'm washing Asian style I pre-soap everything and then rinse off.
My dad told me his mother and grandmother washed dishes in a similar manner only the soap was dissolved in the sink after water was heated up on the wood cook stove. (The type of sink they had used an old hand pump to draw water in the sink, but before that was installed for a long time water had to be drawn from the well with the old trusted bucket and rope trick along with an old washtub to wash dishes.) My dad also told me before dish liquid, soap also came in a powder to wash dishes-I was told the powder was the consistency of Tide powdered detergent and it dissolved fairly easy according to my dad. Dad told me back then, bar soap or the powdered soap were the only options you had to clean up dishes. How I understood it, the powdered soap was harder to come by so bar soap was the go to when it came to cleaning up dishes.
Wonderful history, thank you :)
You're welcome 😊
Interesting 😍😂 just I think we have dishes with water after soap 😁
Hi Elly, I made some dish soap. It's 70% coconut, 25% olive and 5% castor, with 3% citric acid and 0% superfat. I rub my sponge on the soap and lather it up instead of doing the cage method like you're demonstrating here. I think it washes well but it definitely left soap scum in the sink. Not liking that. 🙁 I rinse the dishes well and leave in the dish drainer to air dry - hopefully no scum on them.
Hi Elaine, you won't have scum on the dishes. It's normal to have some on your sink though when using soap. You might want to check out this recipe and see how I now use citric acid in my cleaning soap recipes ua-cam.com/video/5w-YxodZJxc/v-deo.html
Instructions for adding citric acid to recipes www.ellyseveryday.com/ellys-everyday-blog/how-to-use-citric-acid-in-soap-making
@@EllysEverydaySoapMaking Thanks Elly, I did add more lye to compensate for the citric acid.
Hi Elly I was watching this clip of yours and I see some sort of rack on your sink, could you tell me where you got it from please 😊👍
yummy
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Yeah, just drink from soap coated cup, amazing :D
perhaps you've already answered this but what IS that interesting looking soap on the sink? lol I've been using bar soap recently playing with the idea of just using bar soap all the time...thanks for this!
This is the recipe for that soap :) ua-cam.com/video/GU81ycnFgEU/v-deo.html
Hi eLLY,
I am big fan of your videos, I have made your 100% coconut oil soap and its perfect.
I am waiting for your videos on bath gels and wipped cream soap if you can ?
Thanks Shubhada, I appreciate your suggestions but I've never made bath gel or whipped cream soaps :)
I have TONS of lush bars of soap I think I'm trying it out
I actually clean dishes with bar soap rubbing on sponge the first time and it actually works
Oh where did you get your hand soap stand from???! It’s totally adorable!
My local op shop :)
I found this very interesting. I went to USA Amazon to see if I could find the wire soap savers, since they source from different countries. No luck. However you can still buy new handled steel wire cages on eBay, although pricy. But only in Australia! I went to a search engine to see if there was another name to try, and found picture after picture of antique ones in the image search. But only one new wire item, in Bangalore. I suppose modern soap practice has wiped them out. I thought for sure there would be ones still made in China, India, Pakistan that one could find, but not so much. A vanishing artifact.
Yes, that's what I found too. I was quite surprised, I really thought I'd see them elsewhere too, especially the UK and maybe India. Interesting indeed.
@@EllysEverydaySoapMaking Here's something else I found... according to Wikipedia the Sunlight brand has never been marketed in the United States or Canada. And there aren't (have never been?) any other brands of dish detergent bar soap in the US. Maybe the only other detergent soap bar commonly avallable is Dial. Which I have never heard of as a dish soap. So maybe that adds to the mystique of people not knowing the practice of washing dishes with bar soap in the US and Canada. People experiment on UA-cam with Zote, which I believe is Mexican.
I would not be surprised in the slightest if corporate board meetings have been held in order to have shielded profits in continental North American markets by denying detergent bar soap and continuing manufacture of the dreaded soap saving implement, lol!
I’ve always thought sunlight was just for laundry bar. Never thought to use it for dishes. Could you use any bar soap? Or should it be tallow based?
Yes, any bar soap works. I like a low superfat recipe though.
I came hoping to find out whether you have formulated a dishwasher detergent for your dishwasher, do you make your own dishwasher tablets / powder?
No, I haven't tried that out yet.
Do u use commercial dishwasher soaps or do you have a home made version? The pods are so expensive I would love to find an alternative
I use a commercial powder from a local company. Haven't got to making my own yet!
Thanks Ms. elly. i have one question. our handmade soaps deshaped (melts) after some time. how can we overcome this problem?
You may want to forumulate a different recipe to make the soap harder and longer lasting? Many factors affect how a soap lasts when it is used.
In my country, dishwasher is not popular, most of us Handwash our dishes. I use bar soap to wash my dishes for quite sometime. I just rinse off the food residue from the dishes, apply the soap to the sponges, wet the sponges a bit, and clean the dishes.
Yes, that's a good way. I do that too sometimes :)
I think there should be a step to rinse with clean water 🤷🏽♂️
For sure I'd have to rinse after.
It depends on how dirty your dishes are. I pre-rinse my dishes and dry them straight away. If you rinse all the food off your dishes and use just the right amount of soap there is no need to rinse :)
I think this way soap will be still on the dishes not food though
So last rinse should be clear water to remove soap
@@HM-qh3nu To remove soap + dirt. Soap is designed so that it binds with water plus fat ( = dirt), it sits in between the two, and the soap carries the dirt with itself in the rinse. To me not rinsing is typically Dutch cheapness and awkwardness, the only country I know that doesn't rinse off their dishes, I mean like a "culture"
@@galaxia4709 That is so funny! I am Dutch (and I usually do rinse my handwashed dishes), but I didn't realize it was because of Dutch cheapness..... I was thinking it was more about wasting the water and that was indeed the way I was brought up washing dishes (our culture as you call it) ;-)