r/mildlyinfuriating • u/Few-Echo-6953 • 15d ago

ಠ_ಠ Another pair melted. I don't know what's happening.

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My dish washing gloves. This is the second or third pair that has done this. ...

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u/xomgmoshpit 15d ago

Is it Dawn Power wash? There’s rubbing alcohol in that I’m fairly certain

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u/BDiddnt 15d ago

Huh? No way. I'm researching. Brb

Edit. No but you're not far off. It has other solvents that aren't in regular Dawn which i didn't know. I thought the power wash gimmick was just the spray bottle part.

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u/cotfthrowawaystl 15d ago

It’s denatured alcohol. Says so right on the bottle.

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u/Wilder831 15d ago

Alcohol is a solvent

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u/cotfthrowawaystl 15d ago

Why vaguely say other solvents when you can name the solvent

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u/TheRealSugarbat 15d ago

Because then people would just make it themselves the way I do.

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u/cotfthrowawaystl 14d ago

Are you stupid? The bottle says the solvent on it.

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u/Pleasant_Awareness_6 14d ago

Nope! We make our own in our house reused Dawn power wash bottle, 1 part regular Dawn soap, 1 part rubbing alcohol, 3 parts water. Works magnifique! Maybe even better than the of power wash

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u/motherofsuccs 14d ago

It’s also why you shouldn’t use their powerwash on animals. Regular Dawn is fine to bathe animals, powerwash isn’t safe.

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u/SunGreene42 15d ago

Isopropanol wouldn't melt through nitrile.

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u/BrandNewMoshiMoshi 14d ago

These gloves are made of vinyl 

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u/SunGreene42 14d ago

Well it won't melt through Vinyl either.

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u/xomgmoshpit 15d ago

Nice! Didn't know that one but use both in crafts a lot of the time, and have always just been cautious. Always happy to learn something new!

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u/SunGreene42 14d ago

Rubbing Alcohol is pretty safe to use for cleaning, it's even used for cleaning computer components (though I would ensure it's 99% Alcohol for that, since you don't want water residue on them when they power back up).

It's not recommended for wood furniture, because it can dissolve the finish, or acrylics though.

Just keep in mind with solvents that 'like dissolves like', so it's not about one solvent being 'stronger' than another, but simply what it is most like at the molecular level, so best to just search for what you can and can't clean with it.

Acetone for example can melt some plastics, but it can also cause some things to crash out of solution (meaning it turns back into a solid).

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u/xomgmoshpit 14d ago

Great explanation actually! Makes sense why rubbing alcohol is used on raw polymer clay but acetone is used on cured polymer clay. We also advise customers to use the isopropyl to clean electronic contacts and stuff like that to eliminate connection issues, a lot of times it ends up being the correct solution 😅