Dish Soap Blues

You just bought some powdered dish washing detergent, and now it is a lumpy mess.

What can you do???

For starters do not store it under the sink. It can be very damp there and cause your detergent to clump up.

Once it does clump, if you use it with out breaking it down, you will most likely get unsatisfactory results because dish washing detergent that is clumpy may not dissolve completely.

Unfortunately there is no easy way to get the lumps out once it has gotten wet. you can try to let it dry out thoroughly, remove from the box and break up by hand. Once you have broken it up into fine pieces, store in an airtight container.

It still may not work as well, so if you just keep it for doing things like washing the car or outdoor items, that would be the best. Just buy a new box for doing dishes and make sure that you store it in a dry location.