What makes suds go away

And I'm not using a cheap brand - usually Dawn or Ivory. I have city water that is not noticeably hard. Still, I can't get enough suds in the sink to wash the dishes. I guess what I was trying to say is that I keep having to add liquid detergent as I continue to wash the dishes.

It seems years ago I just squirted some in as the sink was filling with hot water and had enough suds to clean all the dishes, glasses, and silverware.

It seems to me that the detergent is weaker if I'm having to add more after washing just a few items. Is this just me or do you think there is something to this.

And, what liquid dish detergents do you recommend as lasting through a medium-sized sink of dishes - 2 or 3 plates, a couple of mugs, a couple of glasses, and pieces of silverware? Please clarify. I haven't notice much of a difference with Dawn but we have soften water. Although most of us like lots of suds, they're really not necessary to get your dishes clean.

It's the surfactants in the dishwashing Liquid that really do the cleaning. The main reason we make sudsing detergents is that people prefer sudsy dish water. Suds also help keep the water temperature warm. And, they do a great job of hiding the dirty dish water! If you like a lot of suds, try adding your dishwashing Liquid to the sink before running your tap water at high pressure. Then, swish the solution with your hands until you have the suds level you like.

If you have hard water, are cleaning very greasy dishes, or use a scouring pad with soap, you may want to use more dishwashing Liquid. How often do you wash your dishes? Island Sink Tidy - Where do you store detergent, sponges, brushes etc? POLL: Laundry room in basement or garage? I haven't noticed but then after I pour the detergent into the water I take the sprayer and really suds it up.

What is your water supply? We have well water in our subdivision and not every house has the same water. They drill until they hit water duh and some wells are deeper than others. So the water is different. Also the water seems to have changed somehow as new homes have been built.

A lot of the towns around Chicago have changed from local wells and are now using Lake Michigan water - which is different. Suds do not clean!! In fact they impede cleaning.

It seems that the consumer as you seem to be doing equate suds with ability to clean, so manufacturers added sudsing ingredients. In years past Ivory was the sudsiest but also the most difficult to rinse off. Ignore the amount of suds Plain washing soda does a fine job of cleaning things I repeat, suds have nothing to do with cleaning! Linda C. We noticed that a few years ago and called the phone on the Dawn bottle. She said the same as replies here.

Don't need suds to clean. Something about long ago when soap was actually soap. So I stopped trying to renew suds and the dishes really are getting clean. But I agree, I like suds too. I've been using Palmolive any of the ultra and there always seems to be enough suds. I switched from Dawn a while ago because it was drying out my hands too much. I have Lake Michigan water. I wash dishes by hand piece by piece and rinse as each is done.

Palmolive original and Dawn A squirt of Palmolive lasts way longer than an equal squirt of Dawn when I have a sink full of dirties. Dawn smells nicer and rinses quicker is the only reason I waste money on it,, I'd rather be doing darn near anything rather than washing the same old dishes over and over.

To me the Palmolive is way more economical because it last so long. MOre soapier and takes more effort and time to rinse, which maybe a good thing for killing those invisable wigglies.

Wash hands for 20 seconds I read to kill those things,,, same with dishes I would imagine. I put some dawn in a little restaraunt style tomato juice glass to see if it would radiate that lemon odor,,, it evaporated so quick. I was wondering if maybe the maid tasted it to see what it was. I definitely have noticed the same thing. I have used Dawn for years and feel like no matter how much more I pour in, I don't get the type of sudsing that I used to get and that soaks gunk off as quickly.

When the bubble floats to the surface of the water, surface tension pulls the water away from the bubble as fast a possible , causing the bubble to break and disappear.

Bubbles that are made by blowing a liquid film into a bubble are another example of surface tension and surface chemistry. Hot Tub foam is caused by the water being "full" or "old" and turning the jets of your hot tub on when the water is like this will cause foam to appear on the waters surface.

No, no, don't rinse them; just put them in the rack. Yes, like that, with soap bubbles all over them. Apparently your mother was wrong—you can eat off dishes that have not been thoroughly rinsed and not get sick. In time, you'll get used to the idea. The answer is no. The amount of foam has almost no effect on the cleaning ability of the product. Having a lot of foam isn't vital for actually doing the cleaning, it's mostly for aesthetic.

In fact, in some cases, the presence of foam will reduce the ability to clean. When water is boiled, the heat energy is transferred to the molecules of water, which begin to move more quickly.

Eventually, the molecules have too much energy to stay connected as a liquid. When this occurs, they form gaseous molecules of water vapor , which float to the surface as bubbles and travel into the air.

The U. The secret to making bubbles is surface tension. Adding soap such as the kind you use to wash dishes in the sink to water changes the surface tension of that water, and this creates a great solution to make bubbles from. You can wash your dishes by hand with shampoo , but you would have a hell of a mess on your hands if you used shampoo in your dish washer. Why don't you just fill up the sink with a bit of hot water and let the dishes soak a bit until you can get some dish soap or something.

This is a natural response between water and detergent as the wash cycle introduces air and motion into the mix. However, unlike a relaxing bubble bath, you never want to see too many suds and never want to see suds remain after the wash cycle is completed. What suds mean for your immediate future is that you will have to re-run your current load on a rinse cycle. Those soap suds are leaving behind a lot of soap residue on your clothing that will make them uncomfortable and even sticky in some circumstances.

However, you will want to work towards discovering the true reason that your washer is producing such a sudsy load so you can stop having to do extra work after each load.

What an overload of suds means usually is that you are using too much detergent. The more detergent in the water, the more suds it will produce. If you have been following the detergent instructions, there are several factors that could affect it. The first thing to consider is that if you use softened water, you really only need half as much detergent in your washer. If you have soft water, by following detergent directions, you are actually using too much detergent.

This will cause your overproduction of suds. Over time, particularly if you have been consistently using too much detergent, the washing machine will accumulate trace amounts inside. Over time, this can create an excess production of suds, which will further compound the problem.

If your washer has a cleaning cycle, this is an easy fix. Simply run the cycle and continue to run it until you no longer see suds. Adding a cleaning such as Affresh may also help remove detergent build-up. If your washer does not have a self-cleaning cycle, then you can simply run the rinse cycle to the same effect. Try sprinkling salt on the bubbles. Or spritzing them with vegetable oil or nonstick cooking spray.

Never tried either one, but, in theory, seems like it should work. Fabric softener or hair conditioner. This came up in a thread a couple months ago , and I was amazed.

You can get defoamer which should do the trick.