Good morning from Philadelphia where it will be 97 degrees today. I think I’ll do laundry.
@PhillyBella Will you crawl in the washer to take a spin to cool you down😜 ???????
@ReneeVoiceBrand good idea! Doing cold water wash today!
@PhillyBella @ReneeVoiceBrand We wash almost everything in cold water. It saves electricity.
@Oma_Trisha @ReneeVoiceBrand me too actually! Saves my clothes too!
@PhillyBella @Oma_Trisha I live by the mantra 'clothes aren't clean unless they're boiling in hot water.'😱
Clothes washed in cold water last longer. Heat helps break down the fibers. It's environmentally more responsible to wash clothes in cold water. There's really no difference. It's not about the temperature of the water anyway. Science behind how washing machine works is actually fascinating. The water breaks down the dirt so the surfactants and enzymes in laundry soap can remove it from the fibers. The temperature of the water rarely matters.
2/ The only time hot water is really beneficial is when you have something that's full of odor or stains, in which case warmer water helps the dirt/odor molecules move faster, which results in them being removed from the fibers of the fabric more rapidly. Unfortunately, heat can also set certain stains -- blood, for instance. It can also shrink certain items made from specific types of fiber.
@Oma_Trisha @ReneeVoiceBrand @PhillyBella
Blood stains can be removed using Peroxide before washing. Always check in an inconspicuous spot for colour fastness, as in a seam allowance.😉
@Krysdammit @ReneeVoiceBrand @PhillyBella
I learned that in nursing school. If only it were so easy to get coffee ground/undigested food vomit, overflow from an NG tube, or the yak from a tracheostomy suctioning out of our scrubs. 🤢🤢
@Krysdammit @Oma_Trisha @ReneeVoiceBrand @PhillyBella
Always used hydrogen peroxide to get blood out of my scrubs.
@RuthEd @Krysdammit @ReneeVoiceBrand @PhillyBella
It comes in handy when you have a grandchild with a bloody nose, too.
@Oma_Trisha @RuthEd @ReneeVoiceBrand @PhillyBella
No grandkids here, but the cat has claws at the end of those cute toebeans.🙀
@Krysdammit @RuthEd @ReneeVoiceBrand @PhillyBella
Lenny is declawed in the front, but Smudge has some serious murder mittens going on. They can both do a number with their back claws as well. That's why I keep them trimmed.
We also have plants that bite. I think they're called fan palms..... If you brush buy one and aren't careful, it will cut you.
@Oma_Trisha @RuthEd @ReneeVoiceBrand @PhillyBella
I don't know of any native plants which cut where I live.
I've sick skin and have rubbed just a little and created wounds.Showed one in the webbing between two fingers to my baby sis when she visited me yesterday.
It made her very sad.
@Krysdammit @Oma_Trisha @ReneeVoiceBrand @PhillyBella
Murder mittens 😆
@RuthEd @Oma_Trisha @ReneeVoiceBrand @PhillyBella
I've never worn scrubs, but I do sew, kni,t & crochet.
Sometimes hishaps happen 😂 and the peroxide is needed to keep my work pretty.🤷♀️
@Krysdammit @RuthEd @Oma_Trisha @PhillyBella Isn't Peroxide harsh on yarn and clothing fabric?
@ReneeVoiceBrand @RuthEd @Oma_Trisha @PhillyBella
If the piece is ruined by a blood stain, depending on what it is, it's ruined & unusable anyway.🤷♀️
@Oma_Trisha @ReneeVoiceBrand @PhillyBella
I had a friend who teried to clean her rug just using water.😂
She was very cautious because she had a crawling baby and a doggo.
It's the soap/detergent which breaks down the dirt. Water is what spreads it around. Temp doesn't matter.🤷♀️
She was making mud.🙄
@Krysdammit @Oma_Trisha @ReneeVoiceBrand wow. No soap! Interesting.
@PhillyBella @Oma_Trisha @ReneeVoiceBrand
This was a University educated teacher by profession. 🤷♀️
She didn't understand soap and water.😂
@Krysdammit @PhillyBella @ReneeVoiceBrand
My son-in-law's mother is a teacher with a master's degree. SIL had meningitis at the age of 3 and was left severely hearing impaired. His mother refused to send him to the school for the deaf less than an hour away because she believed it would be better for him to be mainstreamed. He never learned sign language. She also refused to acknowledge his seizures as a youth. "He just has fainting spells." Book knowledge isn't wisdom.
@Oma_Trisha @PhillyBella @ReneeVoiceBrand
I've tried to instill in my kids that being intelligent and being smart is NOT the same thing. We need to be both.
@Oma_Trisha @PhillyBella Whoah! Did not know! Mind set adjustment! I will now use cold water! I LOVE our peeps on CoSo😍