Cleaned the bathroom yesterday! Most was done with a wet rag made from an old sock. Used some baking powder in the sink and toilet, some homemade thieves spray (7.5ml thieves concentrate in 250ml water) in the toilet and a squirt of homemade vinegar spray for the mirror (water, vinegar, hydrogen peroxide, tea tree, eucalyptus and lemongrass oil.
I confess to procrastinating on this BB because I've never done a video before. I've also never fried an egg with my left hand! Although a little awkward, the technique is so brilliant that which hand doesn't seem to matter.
Pan clean-up.
Before
So easy! I just wiped it out with a cloth rag (old sock).
Greased my front door hinges as they were squeaky for awhile now. Just sprayed a bit of white lithium grease on the hinge and opened and closed the door a few times and wiped up the excess. Worked like a charm.
Had some leftover Thai curry for lunch today! I enjoyed cleaning without soap, recently went poo-less and looking for more opportunities to cut back on cleaning products!
Synthetic stones ultimately last longer because it's a solid block of abrasive. They tend to "dish out" over time and need to be flattened, which is a bit of a chore. I just grind them down on the flat underside of a paving stone. Hardly scientific but it works for me.
Diamond, surprisingly, is not forever. Monocrystalline tends to round off over time, and eventually doesn't cut as fast. Polycrystalline fractures as it wears, so it keeps cutting agressively until it's worn away and there's nothing left but the steel plate. The lifespan of both types is affected by the quality of the bond between the abrasive and the steel substrate. On the plus side, diamond stones remain perfectly flat through their whole life.
Shane DeMeulenaere wrote:
We also have many Pyrex containers with plastic lids, and the occasional plastic takeout container (though I'm not as concerned about these long term). Any thoughts for these type of containers?
For short term storage, I write on the lids with a non-stinky dry erase marker inherited from my mom. It wipes off a little too easily, but once I got used to grabbing containers from the sides only, t was fine.
Obviously don't do this with produce that will leak, like red currants. For that matter, don't trust red currants to a plastic bag (or even two) either. Guess how I know!
