During December 2008 we purchased the Joy Ultra Concentrated Dishwashing Liquid at Walmart for $2.11. We selected the lemon scented 30 ounce size. Joy is produced under patent and is distributed by Proctor & Gamble.

We added one teaspoonful of Joy to half a sink of cool water. We placed our dishes and utensils in the water and allowed them to soak for about fifteen minutes. This product is excellent and easily penetrated the dried food particles. The dishes rinsed clean with a minimal amount of water which is a great benefit in our ecology conscious environment.

Our baked on oven grease test consisted of baking fish in a 350 degree oven for forty minutes with a light film of olive oil spray. The second part of our baked on oven grease test consisted of baking chicken breast at 350 degrees for 40 minutes also using a light film of olive oil.

With just a short soak in the sink containing the Joy Ultra Concentrated Dish Washing Liquid the baking pans cleaned up nicely with our trusty S.O.S. Tuffy Nylon Scouring Pad. It was clear that this formulation of Joy was easily able to penetrate the baked on oven grease.

Ok so how did Joy perform on greasy pans?

Our test skillet had been used to cook seven pieces of bacon. Those of you that know how to cook can visualize the grease in this pan. We cooked the bacon long and slow under low heat so we could maximize the grease in the pan.

We soaked our bacon grease and egg encrusted skillet in the Joy Ultra Concentrated Dishwashing solution for fifteen minutes.

The bacon grease was easily dissolved by the Joy. In fact it is noteworthy to point out that this excellent dish washing liquid was easily able to suspend the grease and keep it out of our way. We noticed there was very little greasy residue on our hands.

Are there other uses for Joy Dishwashing Liquid?

During my high school years and before the automobile manufacturers migrated to clear coat paint Joy Dishwashing Liquid was my favorite for my car washing duties. On non clear coat paint Joy does a great job of cleaning the paint finish and the chrome including most bugs and road dirt.

The Joy Ultra Concentrated Dishwashing Liquid is an excellent performer. It performed so well on greasy pans that this product will give Dawn Dishwashing Liquid a strong run for the money.

We tested Dawn dishwashing liquid for efficacy on our dishes and our pots and pans. Dawn performed well in the kitchen.

We filled a small sink full of clean water and one tablespoon of Dawn so we could measure our results.

On normal non greasy breakfast dishes it performed very well after a short soak.

On greasy dishes we had to increase the amount of Dawn to two tablespoons or more to get comparable results.

This is exactly the same protocol that would be appropriate regardless of the brand of dishwashing liquid that we were evaluating.

Overall Dawn dishwashing liquid performed strongly in the kitchen.

What about other household uses?

We sprayed some urine on upholstered furniture and allowed the urine to set up for twenty four hours.

We mixed three tablespoons of Dawn dishwashing liquid with sixteen ounces of water in a small spray bottle.

We sprayed the urine generously with the Dawn solution and waited several minutes.

The urine would not budge. 

We repeated this test several times to validate our results.

Our conclusion is that Dawn dishwashing liquid is not effective at removing human or pet urine. 

After examining the areas that we sprayed we concluded that no urine removal product would now be effective in those areas.

The very ingredients that make any modern dishwashing liquid effective will also turn any carpeting or upholstery that you spray them on into a chemical waste land.

Specialized cleaning products are always best when used in the manner the manufacturer intended.

Dawn dishwashing liquid is no exception.

Dawn dishwashing liquid as the name implies is designed and intended to be used in the kitchen.

It does a great job there and you can not ask any more from this competent product.

Asking Dawn dishwashing liquid to remove human and pet urine stains from your carpeting and upholstery is unreasonable and could result in you having to throw out that furniture or carpeting.