Comments on: Hold the dish detergent, please http://funny-about-money.com/2008/09/21/hold-the-dish-detergent-please/ Simple Living = Frugality = Peace of Mind: Personal Finance and Stress Control Sat, 11 Feb 2012 01:44:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: copyeditorsdesk http://funny-about-money.com/2008/09/21/hold-the-dish-detergent-please/comment-page-1/#comment-2010 copyeditorsdesk Fri, 17 Oct 2008 13:30:38 +0000 http://funnyaboutmoney.wordpress.com/?p=1399#comment-2010 Hmm.... Good point! One never knows what's in chemicals marketed to consumers. Hmm…. Good point! One never knows what’s in chemicals marketed to consumers.

]]> By: mary http://funny-about-money.com/2008/09/21/hold-the-dish-detergent-please/comment-page-1/#comment-2009 mary Fri, 17 Oct 2008 13:28:33 +0000 http://funnyaboutmoney.wordpress.com/?p=1399#comment-2009 I might caution you about the laundry soap for dishes, because dish soap is supposedly food safe (meaning if you ingest a little it won't kill you) . Laundry soap not necessarily so...Same for using plastic bags that are not food specific to store food. Like garbage bags..they could actually leach lead or other chemicals into your food. Better safe than sorry. I might caution you about the laundry soap for dishes, because dish soap is supposedly food safe (meaning if you ingest a little it won’t kill you) . Laundry soap not necessarily so…Same for using plastic bags that are not food specific to store food. Like garbage bags..they could actually leach lead or other chemicals into your food. Better safe than sorry.

]]> By: Funny about Money http://funny-about-money.com/2008/09/21/hold-the-dish-detergent-please/comment-page-1/#comment-2006 Funny about Money Wed, 24 Sep 2008 00:06:03 +0000 http://funnyaboutmoney.wordpress.com/?p=1399#comment-2006 Good baking soda hint! I've tried vinegar to set dyes, too...sometimes it does work pretty well. In college, we used to soak our university-branded sweatshirts in salt water to try to set the dye--which was fire-engine red. LOL! It didn't stop my mother, one holiday weekend, from dropping my sweatshirt into a load of underwear that my boyfriend (whom she loathed) had lugged to our house for her to wash. Chortle!!! It dyed all his jockey shorts pink! Good baking soda hint! I’ve tried vinegar to set dyes, too…sometimes it does work pretty well.

In college, we used to soak our university-branded sweatshirts in salt water to try to set the dye–which was fire-engine red. LOL! It didn’t stop my mother, one holiday weekend, from dropping my sweatshirt into a load of underwear that my boyfriend (whom she loathed) had lugged to our house for her to wash. Chortle!!! It dyed all his jockey shorts pink!

]]> By: Susan http://funny-about-money.com/2008/09/21/hold-the-dish-detergent-please/comment-page-1/#comment-2008 Susan Mon, 22 Sep 2008 22:41:37 +0000 http://funnyaboutmoney.wordpress.com/?p=1399#comment-2008 Previous post should say "if the liquid is too thick" not expensive. My bad - sorry. Previous post should say “if the liquid is too thick” not expensive. My bad – sorry.

]]> By: Susan http://funny-about-money.com/2008/09/21/hold-the-dish-detergent-please/comment-page-1/#comment-2007 Susan Mon, 22 Sep 2008 22:40:31 +0000 http://funnyaboutmoney.wordpress.com/?p=1399#comment-2007 Hi - I use an oil dispenser for dish detergent - it is decorative and allows only a bit of dish detergent out at a time. Add about an inch of water if the liquid is too expensive. Also, try putting baking soda on the burned mess in a pan, then add about an inch of water and boil. Most stuck on food will lift right off in a couple of minutes. Another tidbit from a previous post....if you soak a garment in hot water and white vinegar for about 5 minutes or so it will color fast the fabric. Works much better than salt. Take care Hi – I use an oil dispenser for dish detergent – it is decorative and allows only a bit of dish detergent out at a time. Add about an inch of water if the liquid is too expensive. Also, try putting baking soda on the burned mess in a pan, then add about an inch of water and boil. Most stuck on food will lift right off in a couple of minutes.

Another tidbit from a previous post….if you soak a garment in hot water and white vinegar for about 5 minutes or so it will color fast the fabric. Works much better than salt.

Take care

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