Can I use my dishwasher as a clothes washer?

[indranee]

I was

 

[Nerys Ghemor]

I was

You mean you've flooded your bathtub, too??

 

[Captain Intrepid]

once, in college, I didn't have any laundry detergent, it was 3am and I had NO clothes to wear and the finals at 8am. I used shampoo. you have no idea how bad it got. the dorm monitor had to close the entire floor for half a day to clean that mess up.

everything has a purpose.

This is why I like campsuds. Works as handsoap, bodywash, shampoo, dish soap, laundry soap, salt water soap AND it's biodegradable so I can use it for zero impact camping.

 

[indranee]

I was

You mean you've flooded your bathtub, too??

no, I flooded the laundry room.

and who hasn't flooded their toilet at least once in their lives?

 

[Nerys Ghemor]

I, for one, have never flooded the toilet.

That seems to be a male phenomenon...

 

[indranee]

but, but.... I'm woman! hear me rawr!!

 

[Kestra]

Seems to me it would work.

I agree. This is a fantastic idea and you should definitely try it.

 

[Nerys Ghemor]

but, but.... I'm woman! hear me rawr!!

Oops, you're a woman? My bad...

 

[OdoWanKenobi]

There's really only one way to find the answer to this question for sure. Do it and let us know how it works out.

 

[Captain Ice]

The solution seems simple.

Wash my clothes with Cascade.

If it's good enough for my pots and pans why not my underwear?

Only if you want to be buying underwear about 3-4x as often as you do now.

Dishwashing detergents are far, far more caustic than laundry detergents.

Do not use Cascade to wash your BVDs.

 

[OdoWanKenobi]

But his underwear will be streak free.

 

[Hoser]

Laundry detergent will sud. When that happens, the dishwasher pump will be unable to circulate the water/soap mixture. You'll have to wait for the suds to dissipate before draining.

Don't ask me how I know this.

The man is wise.

Also, it doesn't get it clean enough to live with. It seriously is like taking your clothes and just spraying them down with the hose on the sink.

IOW, as good for an 'emergency' as a quick spray of deodorant, but not good for normal use.

 

[RoJoHen]

I, for one, have never flooded the toilet.

That seems to be a male phenomenon...

The toilets in our dorms had such a high pressure flush that we were all (meaning, the whole floor!) so amazed the day someone finally clogged one.

 

[Colonel Green]

Another issue would be that there is no spin cycle. Your clothes would come out completely soaked and take forever to dry.

 

[Jadzia]

I mean, on principle, they're pretty much the same thing.

If true then you could wash your dinner plates in the washing machine.

Now that's gotta be on youtube somewhere.

 

[RoJoHen]

I mean, on principle, they're pretty much the same thing.

If true then you could wash your dinner plates in the washing machine.

Now that's gotta be on youtube somewhere.

Maybe if you had plastic plates...

Otherwise, I just see that ending very badly. Possibly with shards of ceramic in your eyeball.

 

[indranee]

but, but.... I'm woman! hear me rawr!!

Oops, you're a woman? My bad...

just curious. what made you think I was a man?

 

[Holdfast]

Can I use my dishwasher as a clothes washer?

Don't know.

Try it.

Tell us how it went.

 

[the 4th hanson bro]

Can I use my dishwasher as a clothes washer?

Don't know.

Try it.

Tell us how it went.

Make sure you get it on video and post it so we can see how it went.

 

[Nerys Ghemor]

but, but.... I'm woman! hear me rawr!!

Oops, you're a woman? My bad...

just curious. what made you think I was a man?

It seems--at least from what I hear most often--it tends to be men who clog toilets most frequently.

That and small children who don't know how much TP is enough...but generally, it seems to be men who cause problems by, shall we say, sheer waste volume.