Handscrub powder, CHEAP!
Here’s a tip of the day for ya!
Buy 3 or four boxes of baking soda and dump them in a plastic coffee can that you have saved from the trash! Keep the “Bucket O Soda” underneath your kitchen sink, where it will be handy to use.
After chopping hot peppers for a recipe, all of the “handwashing with soap” isn’t going to help you much…. when you go to scratch your eyelid… THAT’S when you’ll notice that!
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So…. don’t waste your time and soap. Grab a handfull of soda outta your can and moisten it under warm water, making sure you keep it IN your hand, and rub the paste between your fingers, under your fingernails, and REALLY SCRUB your palms together.
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When you’re done with all THAT, as a cool “multi task” kinda thing, rub the soda you have left in your hands around in your sink. It is an excellent scrub powder for your sink and also will help freshen drains as you rinse it all away.
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Besides being a wonderful cleaning powder and swiftly removing the burning stuff from your hands, the baking soda is natural and gentle on your hands. It smooths your skin, as it acts like a gentle abrasive polishing compound!
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Plastic containers, such as these ugly red coffee containers, are hard to recycle into anything “pretty” or “gifty”. But they are ideal when serving a utility purpose like this.
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Other uses for the “ugly” red containers:
To get rid of the coffee smell-
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Make a thick paste out of baking soda to coat the inside of the container. Let the paste coat the whole inside, when rolled around a bit with the lid on.
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Remove the lid and let the paste on the lid and container fully dry.
Put the lid back on (Do NOT wash out the dried soda paste) and store the container for 2 weeks or even longer, and this will remove the smell of coffee from the plastic.
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When you need a container for cookies or large batches of snack mix, wash out one of your containers, dry it well, and use.
(Remember to wash it out in your sink and use the soda as a “sink wash”.)
January 31st, 2008 at
I love your handscrub powder idea-I am going to try that!
January 31st, 2008 at
It really works- I washed and washed trying to get the hot pepper off my hands. Kept sticking a finger in my mouth to “test”. Finally the baking soda took it COMPLETELY off with no hint of hot pepper on my fingers anywhere!
Thank you for all your kind comments.