Cascade Dish Detergent

Cascade dish detergent is strong enough to clean more than your dishes, and I will list all the ways that I know how this amazing detergent can be used around the house.

But first I would like to tell you a little history about Cascade and clear up some confusion about when this dish detergent was invented. If you don't do a thorough search, you will find that a man by the name of Dennis Weatherby is credited with having received a patent for the invention of Cascade dish detergent, and this is only half true.

Cascade has been around since 1955, when Proctor & Gamble came up with the plan to create a dish washing detergent in answer to the invention of the automatic dishwasher. Through the years the detergent was improved several times, by reducing the phosphate content, so that it would meet standards set by legislature.

The original Cascade powder was pine-scented and had blue-green granules. What Dennis Weatherby did in 1984 was to receive a patent for inventing a lemon-scented liquid gel Cascade, but the original formula had already been around for 29 years. Here is the list of ways to use Cascade detergent around the house...

Use For Baked On Food
Anytime you have baked on food in your pots or pans, just mix Cascade and some hot together in the pan and leave it overnight.

Use It To Clean Walls
If you want to clean your walls, but you don't have any other cleaners, just mix 1/4 cup of Cascade with 1 gallon of hot water. Clean the walls, then wipe dry. You don't have to worry about rinsing, because this detergent is spot-resistant.

Use On Your Bathtub
Take a wet cloth or sponge and add a little Cascade to it, then scrub your bathtub to remove all the grime and the bathtub rings.

Use On Clothes Stains
If you ever have to remove a stain and you don't have a stain remover, just use your Cascade on it. First wet the area, then add a little Cascade dish detergent. Gently scrub the area with a soft bristle toothbrush. When the stain is gone, wash the item on its regular cycle.

Use It To Clean Your Vase
To remove the dirt and grime from your flower vase, just add some Cascade dish detergent to some hot water in the vase. Leave it overnight, then rinse it clean the next day.

Use It On Glass
If you have any glass or porcelain items or walls to clean, just mix 1/4 cup of Cascade in 1 gallon of water. Wash or wipe the items clean, then dry with a cloth.

Use On Your Popcorn Popper
Cascade detergent is good for cleaning baked on oil in your popcorn popper. All you do is mix 1 tablespoon of Cascade into hot water inside your popcorn popper and leave it overnight. The next morning, just rinse and dry.

Use In Your Thermos Bottle
To get your thermos thoroughly clean, try putting 1 tablespoon of Cascade into hot water into the bottle. You want to leave it for about 30 minutes before cleaning with a bottle cleaner. Then you can rinse it and leave it to dry.

Use It On Polyester
If you have white polyester that is now gray, from years of residue buildup from clothes detergent, you can whiten it again by letting the item soak in a wash bin or bucket, with 1 gallon of hot water and 1 cup of Cascade. Let it soak all night and the next morning just wash the item on its regular wash cycle.

Use On Wood Furniture
If you have wood furniture or appliances that you keep outside, you can clean them by mixing 1/4 cup of Cascade in 1 gallon of water. Wash or wipe the items clean, then dry with a cloth.

Use On Coffee Stains
Mix 2 quarts of warm water and 2 tablespoons of Cascade dish detergent, and let the coffee or tea stained item soak in this mixture until the stains are gone.

Use With Your Laundry
Cascade detergent can also whiten your white clothes. Let the items soak all night in 1 gallon of hot water and ½ cup of Cascade. In the morning, just throw the mixture and the clothes into the washing machine and wash on the proper cycle. You can also brighten them further by adding ½ cup of white vinegar to your rinse cycle.

Cascade dish detergent now comes in a liquid gel as well as the powder. If you use it and have trouble with spots on your glasses from hard water, try mixing in borax with the detergent and this should eliminate the spots.

I hope you enjoyed this article and will put some of the 12 uses of Cascade around the house to good use.

Sources:

http://www.pg.com/en_CA/product_card/hh_cascade.shtml