Home

[Goldengate8361]

Blue Dawn here, too. I find it slightly amusing that blue dawn is mentioned so many times already in this thread. Didn't know it was a favorite.

[Sunshine Kate]

Dawn (blue) is my favorite.  It just cleans the best, IMO.

[DiAnne]

Another vote for Dawn.  That is all I will use.  

[colson]

No question that my favorite is also Blue Dawn, but also because it is versatile beyond dishes. I've used it as a pre treatment on clothes to get out wine and other bad stains, particularly greasy ones. Got a stuffed up toilet? Put a half cup or so in the toilet (with a low water level) and let it sit 2o minutes then add a pot of boiling water. Plunge 10 times or so and you've safely fixed things usually without nasty chemicals. Yes it cleans my greasy dishes - but it is a terrific all purpose helper! 

[GrailSeeker]

My favorite is Lavender Palmolive, or the Lavender Lotus, which I am having a hard time finding.  The last I picked up was a pink Palmolive, which smells like roses, and was hard for me to tolerate as a dish soap scent. 

Blue Dawn for me is too stripping to my hands.  Also I have always noticed an odor on the dish rag when I've used Dawn, as the dishrag dries out. 

I cannot stand that smell, and I only notice it with Dawn products.  I do keep it for other cleaning.  I know it has a great reputation.  But whatever about it is unique leaves an odor that just turns my stomach, almost like mildew, and it stays on my hands if I pick up that dish rag. I am talking just from drying out after one use of the dishrag, too.

[beach-mom]

I use Dawn - this time of year any of the hand softening ones.

I use blue Dawn for getting laundry stains out! 

[ECBG]

I use Polmolive lavendar and keep blue Dawn in the laundry room to put on greasy spots on laundry.  Dawn also works on spots you didn't see until after the dryer!

[qualitygal]

Dawn is used, like Palmolive. Hubs does dishes too sometimes and likes Dawn, thus, we use Dawn. Don't want to lose a good thing.

[CelticCrafter]

Another one for Blue Dawn and agree it's great on laundry stains too.

[lolakimono]

Shaklee-

If we hesitate to mention that fresh-scented Dish Wash is soft on hands and the earth, it's only because you might think it's soft on grease. But trust us. You need only a few drops to tackle a pile of greasy dinner aftermath. Really. Just a few. This is an exercise in restraint.

---

PTPA provides an objective means to discover, appraise and promote new products designed to enrich family living. Awards are presented to companies whose products are deemed exceptional by a knowledgeable and unbiased panel of experts.