TSP
Post by johnflorida on Jan 26, 2011, 7:41pm
I started using it in the dishwasher a couple of nights ago and again tonight. It does make a difference the inside of the coffee cups are less stained and the plastic storage containers aren't greasy feeling any more. I hated those things I always ended up washing them by hand the next morning.
I think I'll try Borax in the laundry I saw while looking around last night that it can be used in place of color safe bleach along as a booster for regular laundry soap.
I don't know what else to try.Re: TSP
Post by sectionhand on Jan 26, 2011, 7:44pm
Jan 26, 2011, 7:41pm, johnflorida wrote:
I started using it in the dishwasher a couple of nights ago and again tonight. It does make a difference the inside of the coffee cups are less stained and the plastic storage containers aren't greasy feeling any more. I hated those things I always ended up washing them by hand the next morning.
I think I'll try Borax in the laundry I saw while looking around last night that it can be used in place of color safe bleach along as a booster for regular laundry soap.
I don't know what else to try.
Just don't do what I did one day about 25 years ago . I put liquid dish soap in the damned thing and in a couple of minutes it looked like Ensign Pulver had set off his bomb in the laundry .
The kids loved it ! My wife didn't . Re: TSP
Post by johnflorida on Jan 26, 2011, 8:01pm
Jan 26, 2011, 7:44pm, sectionhand wrote:
Jan 26, 2011, 7:41pm, johnflorida wrote:
I started using it in the dishwasher a couple of nights ago and again tonight. It does make a difference the inside of the coffee cups are less stained and the plastic storage containers aren't greasy feeling any more. I hated those things I always ended up washing them by hand the next morning.
I think I'll try Borax in the laundry I saw while looking around last night that it can be used in place of color safe bleach along as a booster for regular laundry soap.
I don't know what else to try.
Just don't do what I did one day about 25 years ago . I put liquid dish soap in the damned thing and in a couple of minutes it looked like Ensign Pulver had set off his bomb in the laundry .
The kids loved it ! My wife didn't .
I won't.Re: TSP
Post by irondiopriest on Jan 26, 2011, 8:11pm
I started mixing TSP in with Cascade about a month or so ago, and notice a remarkable improvement in how clean the dishes are getting. I'm premixing in a rubbermaid container so we don't have to add powder from two separate containers every time we do the dishes. It's working like a charm.Re: TSP
Post by Pandora on Jan 26, 2011, 8:15pm
I just dump a line of it on the bottom of the dishwasher, and toss some regular detergent in the cup. Working from two containers doesn't bother me. I will tell you that any aluminum - pie plates and such - will come out somewhat blackened with the addition of the TSP.
JF, Borax does not work like colorsafe bleach, but it helps with odiferous garments, sheets and towels.Re: TSP
Post by johnflorida on Jan 26, 2011, 10:32pm
Jan 26, 2011, 8:15pm, Pandora wrote:
I just dump a line of it on the bottom of the dishwasher, and toss some regular detergent in the cup. Working from two containers doesn't bother me. I will tell you that any aluminum - pie plates and such - will come out somewhat blackened with the addition of the TSP.
JF, Borax does not work like colorsafe bleach, but it helps with odiferous garments, sheets and towels.
Check this out:
http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf955132.tip.htmlRe: TSP
Post by Pandora on Jan 26, 2011, 10:37pm
Jan 26, 2011, 10:32pm, johnflorida wrote:
Jan 26, 2011, 8:15pm, Pandora wrote:
I just dump a line of it on the bottom of the dishwasher, and toss some regular detergent in the cup. Working from two containers doesn't bother me. I will tell you that any aluminum - pie plates and such - will come out somewhat blackened with the addition of the TSP.
JF, Borax does not work like colorsafe bleach, but it helps with odiferous garments, sheets and towels.
Check this out:
http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf955132.tip.htmlWhatever.
I've been using Borax in the wash for years now and I'm telling you it's not a stand-in for bleach in my experience.
Try it; see what you think. It sure won't hurt anything.Re: TSP
Post by johnflorida on Jan 26, 2011, 10:43pm
Jan 26, 2011, 8:11pm, irondiopriest wrote:
I started mixing TSP in with Cascade about a month or so ago, and notice a remarkable improvement in how clean the dishes are getting. I'm premixing in a rubbermaid container so we don't have to add powder from two separate containers every time we do the dishes. It's working like a charm.
I know we talked about it but I don't remember the ratios needed.Re: TSP
Post by johnflorida on Jan 26, 2011, 10:44pm
Jan 26, 2011, 10:37pm, Pandora wrote:
Jan 26, 2011, 10:32pm, johnflorida wrote:
Check this out:
http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf955132.tip.htmlWhatever.
I've been using Borax in the wash for years now and I'm telling you it's not a stand-in for bleach in my experience.
Try it; see what you think. It sure won't hurt anything.
I have never used it at all over the years but now something need help and I can't find Phosphates to buy and add.Re: TSP
Post by Pandora on Jan 26, 2011, 11:00pm
Phosphates to add to the laundry? You can find the TSP? No reason why you can't put that in the washwater as well.Re: TSP
Post by johnflorida on Jan 26, 2011, 11:09pm
Jan 26, 2011, 11:00pm, Pandora wrote:
Phosphates to add to the laundry? You can find the TSP? No reason why you can't put that in the washwater as well.
How much I didn't see anything on the box?Re: TSP
Post by irondiopriest on Jan 26, 2011, 11:11pm
Jan 26, 2011, 10:43pm, johnflorida wrote:
Jan 26, 2011, 8:11pm, irondiopriest wrote:
I started mixing TSP in with Cascade about a month or so ago, and notice a remarkable improvement in how clean the dishes are getting. I'm premixing in a rubbermaid container so we don't have to add powder from two separate containers every time we do the dishes. It's working like a charm.
I know we talked about it but I don't remember the ratios needed.
Then online consensus seems to be somewhere in the 7% to 9% range.Re: TSP
Post by michelleo on Jan 26, 2011, 11:31pm
Can't seem to find TSP around here, but then I sent my husband off (with his man eyes) to find it. Means I'll probably have to go foraging for it myself first before I give up.
I did find a generic Kroger Value brand of dish detergent left on the shelf that has phosphate in it. Only 2% though. We'll see how that does. If it cleans the coffee mugs, I'm buying every single box left off the shelf.
The cashier asked me how I liked that brand. I told him the only reason I'm trying it is because all the others are now phosphate free and no longer work. Then I went on quite a rant for the entire checkout line to hear about why do I even have a dishwasher when it doesn't actually wash dishes, and about how soon we'll all be beating our clothes on rocks to get them clean, the evils of big government, etc.
Somehow I've stopped caring about what people think of me anymore.Re: TSP
Post by Pandora on Jan 26, 2011, 11:34pm
Jan 26, 2011, 11:09pm, johnflorida wrote:
Jan 26, 2011, 11:00pm, Pandora wrote:
Phosphates to add to the laundry? You can find the TSP? No reason why you can't put that in the washwater as well.
How much I didn't see anything on the box?
What we're considering here is known as "off label use", lol.
The directions on the box call for "one cup of TSP to one gallon of warm water for normal cleaning jobs and removal of mold and mildew from exterior surfaces". I'd go with a half-cup, on a load of light-colored clothes and see.
Re: TSP
Post by Pandora on Jan 26, 2011, 11:38pm
Jan 26, 2011, 11:31pm, michelleo wrote:
Can't seem to find TSP around here, but then I sent my husband off (with his man eyes) to find it. Means I'll probably have to go foraging for it myself first before I give up.
I did find a generic Kroger Value brand of dish detergent left on the shelf that has phosphate in it. Only 2% though. We'll see how that does. If it cleans the coffee mugs, I'm buying every single box left off the shelf.
The cashier asked me how I liked that brand. I told him the only reason I'm trying it is because all the others are now phosphate free and no longer work. Then I went on quite a rant for the entire checkout line to hear about why do I even have a dishwasher when it doesn't actually wash dishes, and about how soon we'll all be beating our clothes on rocks to get them clean, the evils of big government, etc.
Somehow I've stopped caring about what people think of me anymore.
OMG, LOLOLOL!
We must have a mutual, cantankerous-minded ancestor somewhere.
You should be able to find it in Lowe's or Home Depot. It comes in a white, milk-container type, pint container with a red front, made by DAP.Re: TSP
Post by johnflorida on Jan 26, 2011, 11:57pm
Jan 26, 2011, 11:38pm, Pandora wrote:
Jan 26, 2011, 11:31pm, michelleo wrote:
Can't seem to find TSP around here, but then I sent my husband off (with his man eyes) to find it. Means I'll probably have to go foraging for it myself first before I give up.
I did find a generic Kroger Value brand of dish detergent left on the shelf that has phosphate in it. Only 2% though. We'll see how that does. If it cleans the coffee mugs, I'm buying every single box left off the shelf.
The cashier asked me how I liked that brand. I told him the only reason I'm trying it is because all the others are now phosphate free and no longer work. Then I went on quite a rant for the entire checkout line to hear about why do I even have a dishwasher when it doesn't actually wash dishes, and about how soon we'll all be beating our clothes on rocks to get them clean, the evils of big government, etc.
Somehow I've stopped caring about what people think of me anymore.
OMG, LOLOLOL!
We must have a mutual, cantankerous-minded ancestor somewhere.
You should be able to find it in Lowe's or Home Depot. It comes in a white, milk-container type, pint container with a red front, made by DAP.
In the paint isle.It's not in the cleaning suppliesRe: TSP
Post by glock32 on Jan 27, 2011, 12:06am
Yep. They usually put it near the rollers and pans, stuff like that. One of its main uses is neutralizing lead dust, so I guess that's why they still keep it in the paint aisle.Re: TSP
Post by charlesoakwood on Jan 27, 2011, 12:43am
DAP, long time brand friend, good contact cement also.Re: TSP
Post by michelleo on Jan 27, 2011, 12:34pm
Thanks for the tip! Wouldn't have thought of the paint isle.Re: TSP
Post by johnflorida on Jan 28, 2011, 7:34pm
I got my hands on an old Cascade jug and it claims they use only up to 4% phosphates.Thought I would pass it along.