I ran out of dishwasher detergent...

[Shananigans]

Can I subsitute anything else? We usually use the powder detergent for our dishwasher and I really don't want to go buy any right now, but have three loads of dishes to do!

[madrchsod]

1. put about two cups of regular dish soap

and watch what happens!!!!! you get to clean the whole kitchen! no there isn`t anything else to use...you`ll have to do them the old fashioned way..throw them in the garbage and buy new dishes....

[Enraged_Ape]

2. Whatever you do...

don't try to use the liquid dish soap off the sink as a replacement. I had a roommate that did that, and it produced a scene right out of "I Love Lucy". I am not even kidding. The entire kitchen was full of suds.

[DoBotherMe]

3. Use a tiny amount of powdered laundry

detergent. Dish soap will bubble and overflow. Been there, had to mop the floor and scoop oodles of bubbles out of the dishwasher. Dana ; )

[napi21]

5. You could probably add a little table salt to the laundry detergent.

The salt will kill the bubbles, and be an abrasive to clean the dishes.

In all sincerity, if you only had one load, I think you could probably get by with this. But with THREE loads...maybe you ought to go to the store.

[Lone_Star_Dem]

4. You can use washing soda and borax

You mix it 50/50 and use vinegar in the rinse cycle.

That's the only other thing I know of.

Most people I know don't keep washing soda on hand. I always have some since I use it for almost everything.

[Lars39]

8. You beat me to it!

Are we the only two that know such a thing? :D

[Lars39]

6. Yes! But you may not have it around the house...

One tablespoon baking soda and one tablespoon Borax(twenty mule team)

[yorkiemommie1]

7. yeah, what the others said

my daughter's bf put in regular dish soap and ... long story short, they had a VERY CLEAN kitchen floor!!