Dishwasher overflow, lot of bubbles n water?

Question

By mistake i put some dishwashing liquid and then i added, dishwasher liquid into it.It overflowed. I started draining it still it is the same. The other day when i started washing it, again it started overflowing and water n bubbles are in the dishwasher.Please help

Answer 1

As a Technician we used a cup of vegetable oil to get rid of the excess soap. It is used up trying to cut the oil. This is the recommended fix.

And we recommend using powder detergent as some of the liquid dishwasher detergents suds up too much anyway. That also eliminates this mistake.

Answer 2

What always worked for me was solid hand soap, cut it in half and put it inside of dishwasher, turn it on and it will eventually stop foaming. Give it little time, check couple times and then let your dishwasher go trough whole cycle.

Answer 3

Yes, I knew it was the wrong detergent.  Run it through a few cycles with hot water, you could add a tablespoon of bleach to clean everything else out, unless owner's manual forbids.