Substitute laundry detergent?

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I picked today of all days to start on spring cleaning... I've got about 6 loads of laundry piled up. One basket is our every day clothes, one load is pet blankets/towels and the rest of the loads are pillows and throw blankets that haven't been washed in awhile. Well, I went upstairs with the first load and realized that we're out of laundry detergent and can't get to the store until tomorrow... and I REALLY need to get this done. My load of white sheets and blankets I just threw in hot water and bleach, I figure that'll get them clean enough, and the pet blankets I can wash the same way. Any suggestions for the rest of the clothes? Can I use dish soap?
 
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I have in the past used dish soap, hand soap, and murphy's oil wood soap when necessary, lol. The murphy's oil is great for getting out greasy stains!
 
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I know baking soda is supposed to get clothes cleaner or something, so maybe throw that in too?
 
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Originally Posted by bnwalker2

I picked today of all days to start on spring cleaning... I've got about 6 loads of laundry piled up. One basket is our every day clothes, one load is pet blankets/towels and the rest of the loads are pillows and throw blankets that haven't been washed in awhile. Well, I went upstairs with the first load and realized that we're out of laundry detergent and can't get to the store until tomorrow... and I REALLY need to get this done. My load of white sheets and blankets I just threw in hot water and bleach, I figure that'll get them clean enough, and the pet blankets I can wash the same way. Any suggestions for the rest of the clothes? Can I use dish soap?
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I wouldn't put dish soap in the washer (not sure how that'd turn out
) but i would instead fill up a bathtub full of hot water and add it to that- let the clothes soak then rinse them out thoroughly
that should be safe. You can use baking soda too.
 
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Dish soap is ok in the laundry bot DO NOT EVER try to use it in a dishwasher. It will leave you with a sitcom sized mess of bubbles in the kitchen. Yes, I know this from experience. Even if you only use a few drops it'll foam like there no tomorrow. LOL I usually keep a box of powdered detergent as a back up to the liquid I usually use.
 
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You can also slice off flakes of a soap bar if you use soap yourself
I did that once. my clothes came out GREAT
 
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I've used shampoo...it works really well and doesn't suds up as much as dish liquid does.
 
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