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18 Genius Ways to Use Dawn Dish Soap

By Julie

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Whether you are cleaning or just looking for other ways to use Dawn soap, this big list is pure genius!

a bottle of Dawn sitting on a pink towel with a brush.

Dawn soap is great for cleaning dishes. It gets rid of grease and baked on food. However, Dawn dish soap isn't just for cleaning dishes. You can use Dawn soap all around the house to get a quick and easy clean. The blue Dawn dish soap can clean everything from the bathroom to your clothes.

I recently made my own Dawn Powerwash from scratch! It's so much cheaper and super simple.

Unique Ways to Use Dawn Dish Soap

Removes Soap Scum

I hate dealing with soap scum in the bathroom. It can be a real pain to clean and hard to do without a lot of scrubbing.

Luckily Dawn soap added with vinegar makes the best soap scum remover. You can quickly and easily get rid of the soap scum with these simple tips.

Clean a Garbage Disposal

A dirty garbage disposal can smell up your kitchen quick. Get rid of any smells with this simple tip on how to clean a smelly garbage disposal. 

This easy tip uses the cleaning power of Dawn dish soap to really get rid of the stink. It's one of my favorite uses for dawn dish soap.

Make an All Purpose Cleaner

Put the Dawn to work all over your house with an all-purpose cleaner. It helps get rid of any dirt or grime in the bathrooms and laundry rooms.

See how to make an all-purpose cleaner with dawn soap for a better clean.

Upholstery Cleaner

If you are dealing with dirty upholstery this homemade upholstery cleaner does a fantastic job. I love to use this on my white dining room chairs to get the food stains out.

I am always amazed at the difference it makes. You can easily use this on most colored fabrics, just spot-test it first. This is one of my favorite uses for dawn soap.

Clean Windows

Exterior windows can get so dirty. Get them clean and shiny with Dawn soap, water, and vinegar. You can even use a mop to get the windows clean without buying special equipment.

Check out how to clean your windows like a pro for a great use of Dawn soap. This is one of the best dawn dish soap uses.

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Get Out Cooking Oil Stains

I hate when I get cooking oil all over my shirts. It tends to happen any time I am frying something. I remove cooking oil stains with Dawn quickly and easily.

It doesn't take a lot of time to do and the stains come out better than when I use the store-bought stain removers.

Remove Deodorant Build Up

Dealing with deodorant build-up or stains on your dark shirts? You can easily remove deodorant build up with dawn soap.

Put Dawn to work in the laundry room with this simple tip.  This is one of the best dawn dish soap uses, I use it almost every week.

Kill Weeds

My neighbor told me about this simple DIY weed killer that gets rid of weeds with this dawn soap mix. The Dawn dish soap helps the salt and vinegar cling to the weeds leaves and kill them off. This spray works fast and is so cheap to make.

Remove Carpet Stains

With pets, our house tends to get a lot of carpet stains. I love using Dawn dish soap to remove the stains from carpet. It's quick to make up and uses ingredients you probably already have at home. Get your carpet looking like new with this simple tip.

Clean Oven Glass

Oven glass can get dirty and grimy looking fast. Get baked on grease gone quickly by cleaning your oven glass with dawn soap.

It's not completely no scrub, but it doesn't take much scrubbing to get rid of the grime and give you shiny oven glass.

More Uses for Dawn Soap That Aren't For Cleaning

While Dawn dish soap seems like a miracle worker when it comes to cleaning, here are some other amazing ways to use it!

  • Getting rid of ice on driveways, entryways, and steps.
  • Making bubbles when combine with a little water.
  • Rid the itchiness of poison ivy.
  • Killing fleas on pets.
  • Unclogging drains.
  • Add some to a small plastic bag and freeze to pack a flexible ice pack.
  • Mix a little with rubbing alcohol to coat your eye glass lens in to keep them from fogging up.

Common FAQs

Can you use Dawn to wash your hair?

It's a great way to get all of the build up off of your hair, but it also strips the natural oils. We wouldn't recommend using it all of the time or in place of your regular shampoo and conditioner.

Dawn dish soap doesn't have to be just for dishes. With these easy Dawn dish soap uses you can put Dawn to work all around your house. Want some other cleaning tips? Check out these great uses for Bar Keepers Friend.

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