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James Silverton[_4_]

wrote on Wed, 01 Dec 2010 11:51:54 -0500:

>> Perhaps this is OT but I think I am going to give up using
>> jelled dishwasher soap. The reason is that at least two of
>> the best rated products contain some form of bleach. When
>> squeezing the bottle to get the last of the soap, it tends to
>> spray sideways and can bleach dark colors if not wiped off
>> quickly. A particularly susceptible dye is the standard blue
>> of jeans.

> A few suggestions:

> 1. When the bottle gets low, add a little water to get the
> last of the contents and add to the volume so it won't spray.

> 2. Hold the mouth of the bottle down at or in the soap
> reservoir. (Mine is in the center of the door, so you can't
> possibly stand wiithin 18 inches of it.)

> 3. Squeeze slowly so it doesn't spray.

> 4. Stop washing your jeans in the dishwasher.

> 5. Don't overthink the problem. 8

All the suggestions and those of others would probably work but I am
totally disinclined to give myself extra work. I don't even use the
safety device on the cap and, upside down, the bottle would probably
leak. The simplest and most cost-effective solution seems to me to
revert to the use of powder and this I have done today.

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James Silverton
Potomac, Maryland

Email, with obvious alterations: not.jim.silverton.at.verizon.not