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Aug 4^th, 2010 at 10:30am

Last night a brand new almost 2 gallon bottle of laundry detergent fell off of our dryer somehow and broke the cap. Over 3/4 of it is now spread out across the basement floor, and has run to the low point of the basement. Of course, the drain is at the high point. I need ideas how to get that much detergent up and out of the cement floor. Of course, I bought the concentrated stuff! There is enough detergent spread out over the floor to do over 150 loads.

Any ideas would be appreciated.

Jerry

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Linda_Howell CH.com Moderator CH.com Alumnus Offline Do not feed the Moderators Posts: 11927 Santa Maria, Ca. Gender:	Re: Ideas????? Reply #1 - Aug 4^th, 2010 at 10:43am Wet/Dry shop vac?
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Reply #2 - Aug 4^th, 2010 at 10:44am

Cover the area with damp towels and step all over them to wick the detergent into the towels. Then spread a thin layer of cat litter (the NON-clumping kind) over the area after getting as much out with the towels as you can. Sort of crush it into the concrete with a grinding motion with the ball of your foot. Let it sit there for at least a day. Then sweep it up.

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Brew CH.com Sponsor CH.com Alumnus Offline Posts: 14163	Re: Ideas????? Reply #3 - Aug 4^th, 2010 at 10:45am Or you can get a bucket of water and start washing your clothes by rubbing them on the floor, much like our ancestors did on rocks in the river. Just kidding. That was a joke.
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Callico CH.com Hall of Famer Offline Author of "Stranded at Romson's Lodge Posts: 4916 Aurora IL Gender:	Re: Ideas????? Reply #4 - Aug 4^th, 2010 at 11:03am A wet dry vac just suds up and blows suds all over from the vent. I'll try the cat litter. I think that might work. Had a couple of beach towels on the floor waiting for the washer. They picked up quite a bit. They will be VERY clean when they come out! Thanks! I knew this family would come through. Jerry
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QnHeartMM CH.com Sponsor Offline I AM a Phoenix! Posts: 1783 San Diego, CA Gender:	Re: Ideas????? Reply #5 - Aug 4^th, 2010 at 11:12am This may be an obvious statement but I wouldn't wash those towels in your washer with all that detergent soaked into them or your basement will be sud-city. Might have to take them outside and do the washboard/hose thing by your drain gutter.
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Reply #7 - Aug 4^th, 2010 at 4:27pm

Brew wrote on Aug 4^th, 2010 at 10:45am:

Or you can get a bucket of water and start washing your clothes by rubbing them on the floor, much like our ancestors did on rocks in the river.

Just kidding. That was a joke.

This is my favorite idea! hehe

Jerry - hope you found a solution.... I'm the wrong person to ask. Once I put dish soap in the dishwasher (instead of dishwasher detergent), and didn't realize what I'd done until the dog was barking madly in the kitchen. I went in and realized the soap suds were exploding all over the kitchen!! Not exactly a laundry detergent story, but I tend to get into these types of mishaps more often than I should! Tongue

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Charlie CH.com Alumnus Offline Happy to be here Posts: 18971 Jamestown, NY Gender:	Re: Ideas????? Reply #8 - Aug 4^th, 2010 at 8:38pm Brew's idea works for me. I use a bunch of larger than usual old bath towels to sop up stuff like this. I throw them out afterwards. I'm down to about 30 1950s era bath towels by now. It beats me why we had so many of the things. Charlie
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Callico CH.com Hall of Famer Offline Author of "Stranded at Romson's Lodge Posts: 4916 Aurora IL Gender:	Re: Ideas????? Reply #9 - Aug 6^th, 2010 at 2:33pm Thanks Brew! Your first suggestion worked, although the second one did in part also. I have two VERY clean beach towels! Jerry
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Brew CH.com Sponsor CH.com Alumnus Offline Posts: 14163	Re: Ideas????? Reply #10 - Aug 6^th, 2010 at 2:39pm Callico wrote on Aug 6^th, 2010 at 2:33pm: Thanks Brew! Your first suggestion worked, although the second one did in part also. I have two VERY clean beach towels! Jerry Even a blind pig finds an acorn from time to time....
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