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I’m not using milk as a cleaning agent
PLEASE don’t use H²O² on textiles unless you want to bleach them. And grease is usually an oil and as such you can just use soap or any other surfactant.
The part about voting is true tho’.
As long as you thoroughly flush the hydrogen peroxide out fairly quickly after using it (I shoot for under a minute) then it shouldn’t bleach your clothes. Although if it’s something really expensive I would do a test somewhere less noticeable first.
Hmm, perhaps I got lucky with my one work shirt - it was already a light red, and I didn’t notice any dimming when I used a bunch of hydrogen peroxide on it to get a handful of blood out. Maybe it’s just darker things?
I had an oil stain in my cupboard. It was from a bottle of oil that had some oil on the bottom of the bottle. I tried soap since I thought soap removes oil but it wouldn’t come off at all. I poured some baking soda on it, wiped it with a wet cloth and it came off like nothing. I have no idea why that worked.
what about milk for ink? Ive not heard of that and cant reason out why it might work.
yeah, grease is just oil and the best thing to remove both of them is dish soap in warm water.
Welcome to my home! Please don’t mind the vinegar and spoiled milk smells. There’s soda available over by the grease stains. You might also notice some ink and fizzing blood stains, but we’ve also got some crusty bitter coffee powder. If you need to drop a deuce, just go anywhere, but make sure you grab a few voting ballots after.
…you wash regularly after doing the spot treatments.
Also, if you have a problem with clothing odors, even after washing and drying, start adding a cup of white vinegar in the main wash cycle. Your clothes will smell better.
…you wash regularly after doing the spot treatments.
Perhaps you do. I’m a bit more of a collector
A biologist even.
Yep, white vinegar is GREAT for getting the musty smell out of towels and stuff. It’s also good for greasy counters and stove tops. The smell goes away pretty quickly taking other smells along with it.
I’ve had great luck using it when I’ve done dumb shit like going on vacation with something stinky in the fridge. Pull everything out, toss what’s bad, spray the shelves with a 50/50 vinegar and warm water solution, let it sit a minute, and wipe it up. Then pop everything back in. It just kills the smells.
White vinegar rather than malt or cider.
TIL there is more than one type of vinegar.
Rice vinegar, wine vinegar, balsamic vinegar, champagne vinegar. There are more!
if they’re so different, why are cooking recipes never called for a specific type of vinegar? Most of the time I just see them listed as “white vinegar” or just “vinegar” in the ingredients.
Most are interchangeable and will not significantly impact the flavour in recipes where only a bit is used so it is mostly a matter of preference. I use mostly white wine vinegar or apple cider vinegar for most uses but also have balsamic for italian food and salads and red wine vinegar of some others. There is also just generic vinegar that is made from neutral grains or chemically and i would use that for all the cleaning needs and maybe if i would do a lot of pickling
I only use laboratory-grade glacial acetic acid in my cooking. I’ve only had to go to the hospital twice and call the fire department once, but if you use proper PPE, you should be fine.
Vinegar is the result of fermentation, and you can ferment a lot of weird shit. Anything with a good amount of sugar in it can be turned into a vinegar (provided it doesn’t kill the yeast strain in initial fermentation and it has enough oxygen for the acetic acid bacteria to ferment further).
Heh, you had me there. Did not expect.
I use dish soap for grease spots as it has a degreaser in it
Yeah, that bugged me. Definitely use a surfactant. How are you going to get the soda out?
Maybe they mean washing soda?
I… maybe? It sure looks like it’s got a tab on top like a beverage, but sodium carbonate is a surfactant, so good point!
Old school washing soda came with a tab lid you’d pull off.
So did Comet powdered chlorine bleach. I remember because I was made to clean the bath tub with that as a kid
Whoa, you’ve got the eldritch knowledge. That’s back before Comet had the dispenser holes in the lid like a bottle of parmesan cheese.
Don’t confuse the two. Worst spaghetti I ever ate.
Nothing gets shit stains out!
Where on the ballot do I check to get the skid marks in my undies cleaned? 🤔
