Dishwashing liquid - discover out how many chores it can be used for
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In the kitchen, a bottle of liquid detergent for washing dishes is never usually missing and/or empty: even those who use the dishwasher, in fact, will find themselves washing some plates or cutlery quickly when there is no time to wait for the appliance to finish. But the dish soap that we use in the kitchen - and which is generally a rather cheap product - is also useful in various other home situations, and can be used to cope with contingencies such as sweat stains on fabrics or to make up for the lack of a specific product for cleaning the windows.
Find out how many ways you can use dish washing soap at home:
- For sanitary ware in the bathroom: Don't have the specific detergent cleaning the sanitary ware? You can rely on the dish washing liquid for this. You just need to put a few drops on a sponge or cloth for the daily cleaning of the surfaces, or you can use a little baking soda if you need to remove some more persistent stains, or some light limescale deposits.
- For glass: get an empty bottle and pour a glass of alcohol (even a low quality pure vodka, or white vinegar), then fill it with distilled water and add a few drops of dish soap. Mix well and spray on the glass. Then, use a cloth which you will rub on the window, mirror or any other surface you want to clean.
- To pre-treat sweat stains: when you have to wash some garment marked with sweat stains, and you want to make sure that only one wash cycle is enough to solve this problem (and perhaps without having to use an aggressive program), you can pre-treat the garment with a little quantity of dish soap. Pour a drop of soap on the stain, then sprinkle it with a teaspoon of baking soda and scrub gently with a soft-bristled toothbrush to get the paste into the fibers of the fabric. You can also add a drop of light bleach, or hydrogen peroxide. Then put everything to soak in warm water for half an hour and thereafter proceed with a normal wash.
- For ceramic, stoneware or marble floors: fill a bucket with hot water and pour a few drops of mild dish soap into it, and you will have your own detergent for the toughest floors. Being diluted, there is no need to rinse, and for less delicate floors you can also add two tablespoons of baking soda.
Have you ever tried the alternative uses for dish washing soap?
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