AIBU to put washing up liquid in my dishwasher?

[katemiddletonsothermum]

Damn, I thought I had another packet of tabs but it turns out it's salt. Dishwasher is full. Can I put washing up liquid in the socket thing or will my dishwasher over-froth and end up looking like a foam disco?

[awfullyproper]

I have used washing powder (for clothes) and it works fine.

[katemiddletonsothermum]

[yumyumpoppycat]

you must have put in juuuuust enough w.u liquid! Yes that's what I found with tea cups, I guess the liquid's not abrasive enough, or else there is loads of bleach in dw tabs

[YakTriangle]

Hurrah! Well done OP

[katemiddletonsothermum]

Admittedly, I've had to put half the mugs back in as all the tea tannin hasn't washed off. But the plates look good.

[PrimalLass]

[barkinginessex]

Oops X post! Sorry, glad it was ok!

[barkinginessex]

Don't do it! Your kitchen will look like an Ibiza foam party!

[HesterShaw]

Told you it would be ok.

[katemiddletonsothermum]

Sorry - internet connection was dodgy and then I had to go out and be important for a bit.

Well, I have to say I am very disappointed. It cleaned my dishes beautifully and not a jot of foam spilling out into foamaggedon.

Not even worth a photo. Sorry.

[LadyNym]

DH did this once (not with ours, thankfully, but back when we were teens and still lived with parents). I didn't see the results but his description was much like all the foam party comments here.

I'm mostly just place-marking, though, for when the OP returns...

[Pipestheghost]

I did this when I worked in a hotel, it had disasterous consequences

[PrimalLass]

Why would you use washing up liquid when everyone's told you not to?

Everyone didn't. A few of us said we've done it several times and have been fine.

[Chickenpie1]

Don't, this stopped mine working for ages

[specialsubject]

[merrymouse]

Almost 2 hours later and no word - either perfectly fine or somewhere in the UK foam is seeping down a street...

[abigamarone]

A teaspoon of so of regular washing powder is fine. And does the same job effectively with a slightly different smell.

I once put one of those dish-washing sponge on a stick things in the washer, having forgotten I'd filled it. Not pretty.

[Mishaps]

And, while you are about it, try putting milk to boil in your electric kettle!!

[SDTGisAnEvilWolefGenius]

Marking my place, for the foam-pocalypse!

[YakTriangle]

I've done it loads of times too, never been a problem, just doesn't wash as well as tabs do. A tiny bit is fine. A massive squirt would be problematic.

Is your kitchen floor a mass of bubbles so far?

[OverScentedFanjo]

Brave, very brave!

[ImperialBlether]

Why would you use washing up liquid when everyone's told you not to?

[MrsHathaway]

It took me several hours to scoop out the foam when I did this. Then I had to hand wash everything.

DH was unsympathetic, saying it was obvious that washing up detergent and dishwasher detergent would function differently

Photos.

[PrimalLass]

It will be fine, honest.

[AnyoneButAndre]

Photos. We will need photos.