Well as the title suggests what dish soap do u currently use and for which particular reason?
I personally get some unconcentrated dish soap from my company.
(Ingredients: < 5% anionic Surfactants, nonionic surfactants, amphoteric surfactants, Perfume (Limonene), Perservatives ( Methylisothiazolinon, Methylchloroisotialiones), and colorant.
Those conservatives can cause allergies btw.
In a recent test of a german testing organization (Stiftung Warentest) unconcentrated dish soaps basically failed as well as all ecological ones (Ecover and such) winner was Pril Kraft Gel (Concentrate) and one concentrated dish soap brand of a discounter.
Mid range were products from Aldi and Lidl and Penny (Discounters)
13 scored a 4 or a D depending how grades go in ur country: Many discounter and grocery brands and also unconcentrated Pril as well as Palmolive.
Worst Ecover, Almawin uand Sodasan (All Ecological ones) and the two of Frosch a german brand
Ettore Squeegee-Off. Apply directly to the mop and a squeeze into your squirt bottle filled with DI water. No buckets. No spreading dirty second hand water from bucket to window to window. Great stuff.
Mrs. Meyers is all iv used for this past year and my experience has been great, iv had 0 issues with it. im also not the most experienced window cleaner iv been in the game for only a few years. but i think Steve O has been using it lately mixed with GG4, but im not sure. im just mostly concerned with using an environmentally safe product, and out of the ones ive used Meyes has been the best one for me, but i am always open to trying new things.
Dish soap is great for slip for sure. However it leaves behind too much soap and white marks. It is designed for heavy rinsing in the sink or under a tap, not minimum water glass cleaning. Dedicated window cleaning soap costs more but its formula (Unger, Ettore, Moerman) is designed not to leave marks on glass in normal use i.e. mop on, squeegee off, quick light detailing. Over time dish soap will build up on the edges of a window and attract dirt. Try pure water poling on long-term trad cleaned windows and you will see what comes away. It takes two or three cleans with pure water just to get rid of what is embedded in the seals. That is why so many switchers from trad to pure water get dirty drips from the frames after they leave and get initial complaints from old customers. I challenge anyone to squeegee a south facing window with dish soap and leave a window totally residue mark free. It is possible but time consuming. Water fed only or Ettore Squeegee Off soap for me…
