Make Your Own Scrubber
Dishes, the never ending chore in this household. Well, dishes and laundry, and picking up toys, and cleaning up mud. . . oh they joys, but I digress. Back to the dishes.
The other night I was washing a casserole dish that had baked on splatters. The dish cloth wasn't cutting it. That handy little scraper tool that comes with stoneware wasn't doing the trick either, and the blue scrubby thing I had was shot. There were no more scrubby things in reserve. The pan was not getting clean.
Then I remembered a trick I read somewhere. I thought it came from the Tightwad Gazette
1. Find a plastic mesh bag.
The kind onions come in. My bag once held oranges.
2. Cut a strip of it off.
I cut about a 4 inch strip, but I think a little larger would be better.
3. Gather it all up into a ball and secure the edges with a rubber band.
It got those splatters right off my casserole dish. It is good for non-stick pans. It worked well on my flat top stove, and it would probably even do the trick on bar faucets. It is easy, free, uses recycled items, and works well. What more could you ask for?
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6 comments:
LOL! When I first saw your picture, I wondered how you were able to scrub a skillet with a strawberry!
I thought it was a strawberry too....lol
Good idea.
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You know what else works? If you have a dryer sheet or even better liquid fabric softener, just put some water in your dish (or fill the sink and submerge if the splats are on the outside) and put a half capful or half a sheet in and let set for about 15m. All of the stuff on the dish will WIPE OFF. I'm not kiddin'. Easy easy easy.
A strawberry?! Funny I didn't see that!
Crystal,
I've never heard of that before. I wonder if it fabric softener would get the spots off my stove I don't have the muscle power for?
You would laugh at what I have for a scrubber, but I haven't used it yet. When I got my wedding dress altered, the netting from underneath it needed to be shortened. The seamstress' mother crafted it into a dish scrubber and gave it to me as a wedding gift. I quickly realized how much my life was going to change ;) From glam to dishes all in one day ;)
I thought it was a strawberry too! I also use the dryer sheets to soak dishes.. doesn't have to be a new one, used ones work fine. I'm sure it would soften the crud on the stove too. Just wet it and let it sit on the spot for a while.
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