DISH SOAP IN THE DISHWASHER

Apparently, you aren't supposed to put regular dish soap, that you would use to wash your dishes manually, in a dishwasher. How did I find this out? First off, I'm an idiot. Secondly, I did it. All I ended up with is a huge sudsy mess all over my floor and inside the washing machine.

Right after I found everything covered in bubbles, I thought to myself, maybe I can just remove all the bubbles with my hands and put them in the sink. Then everything would be fine, right?? So I did that and started up the washing machine again, thinking that I had fixed this problem. Nope! It did it once again.

Upon discovering the bubbles reborn on my kitchen floor, I realized that the soap was probably still in the water lines of the actual machine. Then I thought, wonderful, I broke this stupid thing. That's when I started getting smart about the situation and figured that science would prevale! So I looked up what chemicals actually neutralize dish soap and what would make the bubbles die.

Turns out, this is what you are supposed to do if you ever find yourself in this situation...

1: Use a bucket or other container and take out as much water and suds from the dishwasher as you can and dump it into the sink. Dry the inside of the dishwasher with a towel. You can also use a wet-dry vacuum (such as a Shop Vac) if you have one, but make sure it is rated for wet pickup, and make sure to use only the wet filter.

2: Select either cooking oil or white vinegar. Pour 1/2 to 1 cup of it directly into the bottom of the dishwasher. These substances are proven bubble-killers. On top of the oil/vinegar, add a layer of table salt. No need to be stingy; add a couple handfuls.

3: Start the dishwasher again and let it run for a minute.

4: Check the status of the suds. If there are still huge amounts, add more oil or vinegar and start the dishwasher again.

5: Repeat this process until the suds have died down and the dishwasher pipes have had a chance to clear out.

6: Wash out the soap dispenser thoroughly, if that's where you put the offending dish soap.

And TADA! It worked out pretty well. The only thing that I wasn't sure on was if Canola Oil was the same as cooking oil, because that's all I had in my house and I am pretty lazy. But, it turns out that Canola Oil is pretty much cooking oil.

So, now my kitchen is back to normal, and I wasted a couple hours of my life on something I shouldn't have done in the first place. What a great day this is turning out to be :)