I ran out of laundry detergent, can I use shampoo instead?!


Question: I ran out of laundry detergent, can I use shampoo instead!?
or maybe conditioner, or dawn!?Www@Enter-QA@Com


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sure, soap is soapWww@Enter-QA@Com

Don't do any of the above!. If it's an absolute must, go to the local laundromat!. Shampoo and dishwashing soap will bubble, and bubble!.!.!.and bubble more and will most likely overflow the washer!. I can't say I know for sure what conditioner would do but I wouldn't try it for concern of ruining your clothes!. I know of old recipes with soap flakes aka bar soap, borax, etc, but who has these on hand anymore!? I'm giving you a website you may find useful for alternative, less toxic alternatives for kitchen and laundry use!.Www@Enter-QA@Com

honey

Of course you can, depending on what clothes you are washing: mind that you use a cap full!.
If your clothes only stink, but are not visibly dirty, sure!.!.!.!.cause you will have the scent of the shampoo in your clothes!.
If your clothes are visibly dirty, and stink, the shampoo will not clean your clothes!.
I am answering the question as if you are serious, and or maybe you don't have enough money to buy detergent right now, or the store is closed!? whatever!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.
if you have dish detergent, that will actually work better, its more abrasive on your clothes though, something like ajax, dawn, palmolive, but ajax works really well!.
If you have whites to wash you can soak them in hot water, and use bleach per direrctions, but use it alone, cause shampoo, and or dish detergents mixed with bleach can mess up your clothes!.
the only way you will break your washer is if something got stuck in it!. using shampoo in your washer will not break it!.
Its called improvising, anything that will make a sud can wash a piece of clothing, the most important part is the adjitator which helps wash the clothes, and the water, without those two you will not get a stain out of your clothes, and yes!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.believe it or not!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.or try it, if you ran a stain under hot water, from the inside out the stain will still come out of your clothes, the trick, is to not let it sit!.

but to answer your question yes you can use shampoo, and clarifying ones work better than the condtioning kind!.
I have tried it when i didn't have any money!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.clothes came out clean!.!.!.!.!.store was closed, and i had one more load to wash for the day!.

honeychild!.Www@Enter-QA@Com

Actually you can use shampoo, shampoo was designed to remove oil and dirt from hair, it will work in your washer, use the same amount as you would detergent!.
I have used dawn dish washing liquid on my husbands work clothes, also I am a farmer so I keep it around for really grimy clothes!. use what you have!. Before the spoiled world we live in , soap was soap and one soap fit all!.Www@Enter-QA@Com

no!.!.!.!.take hand soap!.!.!.couple bars, break them in hafl
put them in boing water just enough to cover them not to totally melt them, then rub the soap all over the clothes throw hot soapy water in the washing machine

if its light,personals, undies,and such!.!.!.throw !/2cap full of shampoo & 1/2 cap of conditioner in can't hurt it!.!.!.they'll smell prettyWww@Enter-QA@Com

Hahahaha, no!.
Use the dish soap, unless you want your laundry frizz-free! Or you could just go to the store, or perhaps walk across the street to your neighbors house and ask to borrow some laundry soap!.Www@Enter-QA@Com

nope, have any cascade!? those other soaps soap up to much, have you ever seen the brady bunch!? bobby used the wrong soap, and suds the house up, probably before your time,Www@Enter-QA@Com

shampoo or dawn in small quantities-conditioner is something else all together-no lathering agents there-just don't ever do the opposite w/your hair :)Www@Enter-QA@Com

No, the compositions of the different cleaners are much too different!. It's cheap enough, get the right stuff for the job!.Www@Enter-QA@Com

No, you can't!.

It would be better to wash the clothes without detergent or wait unitl you buy new detergent!.Www@Enter-QA@Com

nope, if you do that your washer will over flow with soap!. You need to go buy more detergent!. If they are white clothes, you can use bleach!.!.Www@Enter-QA@Com

It happened to me one Sunday after a snow storm kept me at home!. I used about 4 - 6 squirts of Dawn or Sunlight, and my clothes came out nice and clean!.Www@Enter-QA@Com

No way!!! I did that once and the suds came out all over everything!!! If I didn't have to clean it up, it would have been funny as hell!Www@Enter-QA@Com

Not a good idea!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.unless you want to fill the room with suds

conditioner would make your clothes greasy

and Dawn wouldn't make your clothes any softer that's for sureWww@Enter-QA@Com

I have used Dawn before!. I works ok just use a little bit though!. Do you have a neighbor you could ask!?Www@Enter-QA@Com

personally, i'd just hand wash what u need in the sink, then dry as normal, dawn is fine, just a little bit tho, rinse goodWww@Enter-QA@Com

no because theres a difference between laundry detergent and shampooWww@Enter-QA@Com

Don't use much or it will be sudsy!. Dawn might work!.conditioner won't work!. wow!.Www@Enter-QA@Com

you can use dawn!.!. works well!.!.Www@Enter-QA@Com

I have used shampoo before!.!.!.!.it works OK!. Not great or anything, but it gets the job done in a pinch!.Www@Enter-QA@Com

NO!! Thats not smart!. It could damage your cloths and your machine!. Just make a grocery store run!Www@Enter-QA@Com

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Dawn or Palmolive will work, but don't use a lot!!!Www@Enter-QA@Com

Sure, if you want your t-shirt to be voluminous and bouncy!Www@Enter-QA@Com

I've used Dawn before!.!.!.!.don't us too much it's too hard to rinse out!.!.!.!.alot of people will use pinesol liquid or lysol liquid to get their clothes clean!.!.!.!.Www@Enter-QA@Com

definetly not!Www@Enter-QA@Com

hey why not i would use shampoo and conditionerWww@Enter-QA@Com

absolutly not!.Www@Enter-QA@Com

hahaha noWww@Enter-QA@Com

I wouldn't use hair products in my laundry!. I'm just saying!.Www@Enter-QA@Com

Unless you want to take a bubble bath in your basement I'd say no!.!.!.
Not a good idea!Www@Enter-QA@Com



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