Frugal Friday

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Welcome back to Frugal Friday! This is a weekly forum post to encourage people to share tips on saving money, especially but not only by doing stuff yourself. A new post will be going up every Friday, and will remain active until the next one goes up. Contributions will be moderated, of course, and I have some simple rules to offer, which may change further as we proceed.

Rule #1:  this is a place for polite, friendly conversations about how to save money in difficult times. It's not a place to post news, views, rants, or emotional outbursts about the reasons why the times are difficult and saving money is necessary. Nor is it a place to use a money saving tip to smuggle in news, views, etc.  I have a delete button and I'm not afraid to use it.

Rule #2:  this is not a place for you to sell goods or services, period. Here again, I have a delete button and I'm not afraid to use it.

Rule #3:  please give your tip a heading that explains briefly what it's about.  Homemade Chicken Soup, Garden Containers, Cheap Attic Insulation, and Vinegar Cleans Windows are good examples of headings. That way people can find the things that are relevant for them. If you don't put a heading on your tip it will be deleted.

Rule #4: don't post anything that would amount to advocating criminal activity. Any such suggestions will not be put through.

With that said, have at it! 

Comments

Just in regular laundry

[(Anonymous)]

Mine have always just been thrown into regular laundry, and anyone else I know. It should wash out. If your clothes arent getting clean, including hankies, it is an issue with the SOm washing machine, being wadded up, detergent or something. SOme modern newer front loaders and low water top loaders just dont wash anything well, some front loaders do alright. Most things at my house are washed on cold right now, some loads super dirty might get warm. Hankes go with whatever load I am doing

If all the stuff is washed off, there will be no germs once they dry as there would be no "medium" for the germs to be growing in. If they are clean and dry, they will not be spreading germs. I just dry on a wooden drying rack inside the house

Re: Just in regular laundry

[(Anonymous)]

This made me think that exposure to sunlight during the drying process might also help with regards to any germ concerns.

Caldathras

Re: Just in regular laundry

[(Anonymous)]

Sure, but I dont dry in the sun. Just not being wet anymore means there is nothing for those germs, that grow in a moist environment, so they die. The hankies just need to dry realy ( but we clean them so they are more soft and comfortable and absorbent again)

For this same reason, I use a crocheted loose woven cloth to wash dishes. It is rinsed out after use, and it drys very quickly. Then there is no germs. Sponges stay moist and germs grow

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