“M” is for Mistake. The mistake of putting dish soap in a high efficiency washing machine!
Seriously? I was ready to scream when my oldest son used dish soap to wash his laundry. Ok, I was more than ready. I did scream!
Definitely scream worthy, don’t you think? Please tell me I’m not the only one that would have (did!) scream! He tried to hide it from me, but a washing machine full of soap suds is not easy to hide. lol
I took out three large stock pots full of suds, the laundry covered with soap suds, and there was still more! I wiped it a lot more out with towels. Every nook and cranny of this machine was filled with soap suds! I then had to fill and drain about 20 times to finally get rid of the suds! Of course, that meant standing there to turn on the rinse cycle, then stopping and starting the spin cycle to drain the water. The machine having an electronic control panel means I had to start the cycle, turn the machine off, start the other cycle and repeat….again and again and again. I had to keep stopping it, as once it filled with water and started turning, it made more suds!
I finally got all the suds out.
It’s safe to say that no one in this house will ever make the mistake of using dish soap in the washing machine again!
Definitely worth screaming….how old is he? What a mess…hopefully you’ll get it cleaned up in no time!!
Oh no! I don’t have an HE washer but know someone who has done that before so no, you’re not alone 😉
OMG How awful! I can’t imagine the amount of water needed to get all those suds out!
Oh wow! yes, I think this is definitely scream worthy! I know I would have been! I know that took a lot of hard work to fix!
Oh my goodness. I bet your son never, ever repeats that mistake. Um, did you ask him WHY he used dish soap? palm*head
I always tell my kids they are not mistakes, they are learning opportunities. He learned a very valuable lesson. Hope he helped clean up the mess.
My husband did that one time (long, long time ago), he told me that sprinkling creamer on the soap makes the suds go away…I guess this was the reason we were not allowed to touch the washer/dryer when I was younger!