TIL my whole dish soap strategy was backwards for 20 years

I always squirted soap directly on the sponge until a buddy who works at a restaurant supply store told me to put it in the sink first and let the water hit it. Tried it with my Dawn last Wednesday and went through a whole bottle in half the time. Am I the only one who had to unlearn this?

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kim96320d ago

I read somewhere the sink method is better for the environment though.

linda50020d ago

My friend Sarah did the same thing with her Palmolive last month, ended up with enough suds to wash a whole restaurant kitchen and her hands were weirdly dried out for days. She's back to squirting directly on the sponge now, says the sink method is a scam.

ross.felix20d ago

Oh wow, that actually makes a lot of sense about the dried out hands thing. I used to be all about filling the sink with soapy water, thought it was the only way to get dishes clean. But hearing about your friend's experience, yeah, I can see how that would strip all the moisture right out of your skin. I'm starting to think the squirt-on-the-sponge method might be the smarter move after all. You can always add more soap if you need it, right?