By tradition, guests are always invited to the table, or at least for tea. And how unpleasant it is that this same tea is poured into a cup with tea bloom. After such a visit to the guests, the first desire is to check their dishes at home and see if everything is clean and shiny.
How to properly and quickly wash the dishes, preserve her beauty and get rid of fat, scale and scale?
Where to begin?
The answer to this question depends on several factors:
- Do you have a big family and do you often have to wash dishes?
- how do dishwashing products act on the skin;
- what means are used more often: national or industrial;
- how many are greasy dishes;
- do I have to wash the bottle (for example, children).
For a large family, the dishwasher will be a chopstick. But even without it, most of the population still manages and copes. To do this, just need to stock up with tools for dishes, protect your hands and a small amount of patience.
In addition to gloves and apron, you should stock up with various sponges, brushes, brushes, washcloths with metal threads. Depending on preferences for all sorts of dishes, liquid and dry detergents will be needed to remove plaque, grease, and burnt food. Some types of dishes can and should be washed with cold water but it is still difficult to do without hot water. In the absence of running water, you will need a basin or dish. In nature, this role is usually performed by a bucket.
When choosing any method of washing, you need to remember that from all chemicals preparations should be rinsed under running water for at least 15 seconds.
The following rules should also be followed:
- Before washing dishes should remove all food residue, so as not to clog the sink.
- Do not forget about the sorting and order of washing dirty objects.
- Each dishware has two sides: internal and external, and both of them need to be washed.
- Cleaning greasy utensils is much easier after soaking.
- Drying is carried out in one of two ways: natural drying in an inverted form or drying with a towel.
We choose the means
Modern industry offers a large number of detergents and cleaning products. When choosing, do not forget that:
- high price is not a guarantee of quality, but a means of advertising;
- a large number of components increases the risk of an allergic reaction to the drug;
- the strong smell of flavoring can hide the chemical smell of substandard components;
- Bright fluorescent (acid) colors of liquid detergent compositions are the result of the use of a large number of dyes to which allergies can negatively react.
So, transparent, odorless gel is a good choice for those who care about their health. And who does not want to risk them at all, can choose folk remedies.
There is a huge number of popular ways to clean dishes. Here are some:
- Dry mustard can be used in undissolved form as an abrasive. It is rubbed on the surface and left for 10 minutes, then rinsed with running water. Mustard can be diluted in water and soak dishes in it. Dried food is perfectly removed in this way.
- Baking soda is used similarly.It can scratch the surface, but it copes well with burnt food, stubborn stains, tea and coffee bloom, yellowness on enameled pans, dark stains on tableware. And soda removes unpleasant odors from any dishes. To do this, it must be dipped in soda solution (1 tablespoon to 1 liter of water).
- Soda Ash is a stronger remedy. It is necessary to work with it in gloves, to use in the form of a solution or paste.
- Table vinegar (not essence) remarkably degreases surfaces, fights scale, bleaches bright dishes and kills germs. To use you need to dilute 2 tbsp. spoon vinegar in 1 liter of water, and, wetting the sponge in the solution, wash the dishes. In addition, vinegar removes odors from kitchen items. A bay tool in the pan and leaving it for a few hours, you can clean the utensils from carbon.
- The laundry soap has an alkali in its composition, thanks to which it perfectly disinfects and copes with any dirt. It is necessary to use classical soap of brown color with an unpleasant smell.
- The ammonia has a too sharp smell. But the one whom it does not frighten, can clean a few drops of old stains on the dishes and other kitchen surfaces.
- Citric acid will clean, bleach, decontaminate, remove scale and remove unpleasant odors. 5 g of citric acid, diluted in 1 liter of water, will help to wash household utensils.
- Wood ash is a rare component today. But it is her best to clean the dishes in the country, in nature, during a hike. The remnants of the fire perfectly cope with the fat in the pot and smoked bucket.
- Food salt - the abrasive available to all. A pan with frozen fat or scorch should be covered with a centimeter layer of salt and a little water. Capacity to leave overnight, then boil. This method can not be applied to Teflon coatings.
- River sand, as well as ash, will help to clean the dishes in nature. But at home, this abrasive shines aluminum pans and cast iron pans with brilliance.
- With the help of clerical glue, you can also clean the old dirt on the dishes. To do this, in a large saucepan with boiling water, pour the shavings of one bar of household 72% soap, ½ cup of office (silicate) glue, ½ cup of soda ash. Reduce boiling water, put pots and pans into it, boil for 2 - 5 hours. The smell of the composition can not be called pleasant, so you need to work when the hood is turned on or the window is open. Water should be added to the pot periodically so that the dishes are covered with water. When the water turns dark, and the carbon from the pan or pan goes away, the dishes are removed from the container and begin to be cleaned with a scraper, a knife or an aluminum sponge.
- Paraffin that gets on the dishes from the candles, first of all, you need to scrape as much as possible. The remains are heated with a hairdryer and removed with a paper napkin or towel. In another case, in a large container, standing on the fire, put the dishes in paraffin, add detergent (preferably soda ash) and bring to a boil. Dissolving paraffin remains in the water. It remains to wash the dishes under running hot water.
Sorting rules
Regardless of the method of washing, the dishes are pre-sorted. The most fat should be separated from the fat-free, glasses - from the plates, pans - from the cups and cutlery. Such sorting will significantly speed up the work, because it is easier to place the washed dishes, and the muscle memory will quickly remember what, why, and where to put. Therefore, it is easier to wash the dishes, starting with spoons - forks, continuing with glasses and cups, catching up with saucers, plates and dishes and finishing with pots, stewpans and baking pans.
Consider the type of material
Indeed, not every type of dish can be washed with the same product. Otherwise, the pans can darken and gilding to get off.
Glass
To clean glassware, follow these tips:
- Hot salted water well washes glassware.After washing it should be rinsed under cold water.
- A lemon peel or a few drops of its juice, added to the wash water, will add shine to glass objects.
- Instead of lemon for shine, you can add small pieces of raw potatoes to the water.
- Glass objects can be cleaned with fine-grained grits or salt: pour into a decanter or a vase (bottle), add a little water and shake thoroughly. This method of cleaning will help out if there is no bottle brush.
- The water in which the potatoes were boiled will perfectly clean glass, earthenware and earthenware.
But glassware requires special drying: clear glass should be carefully wiped with a lint-free cloth, such as a towel.
New glasses, glasses, plates of glass tempered by boiling to give them strength. Pure river sand 1 cm thick should be poured into the pot, add cold water, bring to a boil and boil for 15 minutes. Then pour 2-3 tbsp. l salt and boil for another 30 minutes. Cool the water, then remove the dishes and rinse thoroughly.
Metal
Among the household utensils there is found the most diverse metal: cast iron and silver, gold and nickel silver, stainless steel and enamel, copper and aluminum. In order not to spoil it, consider the following:
- Do not use for washing dishes from stainless steel, polished aluminum abrasives, hard sponges or metal scourers, otherwise the coating will be scratched.
- Cutlery made of silver and nickel silver after use is dipped in boiling water, adding a little baking soda there.
- To clean the enameled pan from the yellow coating inside, you need to pour water into it and add salt at the rate of 5-6 tablespoons. spoons per 1 liter of water. The solution can be left for several hours or boiled for 40 minutes.
- A hot enameled pan can not be immediately put in cold water - the enamel will crack.
- Metal dishes are rubbed with slices of raw potatoes to shine.
- Copper cookware is easy to clean with half a lemon sprinkled with salt. Lemon carefully rub the copper, rinse and wipe dry with a soft cloth.
- To avoid white spots on the stainless steel pot, do not add salt to cold water. Only in the hot, while stirring. To get rid of white spots, you can also rub the bottom of the pan with half a lemon.
Plastic
Over time, plastic dishes cover an unpleasant bloom and smell. You can get rid of them with the help of soda: dilute the soda with water, and rub with this gruel a lot of plastic, wash it off after 24 hours.
Coffee grounds applied to dishes for 3-4 hours, relieve it from odors, and a bag of vanilla (not sugar), diluted in warm water, poured into a container. The container is closed with a lid, shaken for a few seconds and left for 2-3 hours, after which the container is rinsed.
Porcelain
Porcelain and earthenware dishes can not be washed with abrasives. Besides, she doesn't like temperature drops: wash and rinse with water of the same temperature. Save porcelain from browning can be a mixture of soda and vinegar or rubbed soda. Plaque from the tea is also removed with soda or ammonia solution.
Gilded
Gold plated dishes should not be washed in the dishwasher. It is washed in the sink with liquid products. Teaspoons of black can be cleaned with baking soda. A glitter gold return with egg whitesthat rub the dishes with a flannel napkin.
Remove fat
Above, there have been several ways to get rid of the fat of kitchen utensils at home. Let's name some more:
- 100 g of baking soda diluted with hydrogen peroxide to a paste-like composition. Gruel rub the dishes and leave for a while. This method will not only help to wash utensils from old fat, but also disinfects it.
- Soda and vinegar (1: 1) quickly break down fat and after 10-15 minutes. washed off the dishes without staining. For too much dirt, the procedure can be extended.
- Hot water is poured into a cast iron skillet so that the bottom is completely covered. Capacity put on fire and add 2 tbsp. spoons of salt. After boiling, the same soda falls asleep and boil for another 15-20 minutes. After cooling, the surface is cleaned and rinsed.
Baby Supplies
In order not to provoke the development of allergy in a child, it is recommended to use soda, salt, mustard powder instead of chemical preparations. If possible, boil the dishes. If you can not do this, hydrogen peroxide or soda. The main thing is to rinse it thoroughly after washing.
Useful tips
Recommendations hostess:
- Acetic solution will help to get rid of the smell of onions or fish.
- It is possible to wash the stiffened caramel by means of sparkling water.
- To avoid rust on metal products, the dishes should be carefully dried.
- To remove sediment from a vase, you need to pour water with acetic acid into it (1 liter of acid for 1 l of water).
- Wooden utensils will be of natural color for a long time, if you dip them in cold water before use.
- Crystal dishes are washed with mustard, rinsing with a weak vinegar solution.
- Laundry soap washes away fat even in cold water.
- To wash the teapot from the plaque will help soda solution, poured into the vessel for several hours.
For information on how to properly and safely wash the dishes without resorting to a dishwasher, see the following video.