How to wash your dishes better, faster and more fun

1. Use the rule of a soapy sponge

when the kitchen accumulated a mountain of dishes, it seems clear it from grease and dirt - it's quite a feat. Try to simplify your task by using a soapy sponge rules: wash the dishes as long as the foam sponge. When the amount of the charge is over, take a break and do something else. The secret is that the procedure is divided into several small stages, psychologically much easier to perform.

2. Get a beautiful dish accessories

Washing dishes is not the most inspiring task. But the work of the old ugly sponge, having an unpleasant chemical smell and unattractive environment would be desirable even less.

Enough to surround himself with beautiful amenities: soap with your favorite scent, original dispenser or cute brushes - and the prospect of the dishes would not seem so daunting.

3. And buy a pair of rubber gloves

Enough to build from a Cinderella. Buy rubber gloves that keep your hands dry and protect them from the harmful effects of chemicals and possible damage during dishwashing. This luxury you can afford exactly.

4. Save detergent

Instead squeeze detergent directly on a sponge, try to dissolve a small amount in a bowl of water and moisten the sponge in it. This will significantly reduce the amount of detergent.

Additionally, the dishes, which are not concerned raw meat, eggs or oil, it is not necessary to wash with soap. Often it simply rinse.

5. Use life hacking difficult to remove contaminants

Burnt food on the bottom of the pot or pan - a nightmare of any dishwasher. Here are a few tips that will help to eliminate the dirt easier and faster.

• Place an empty dirty dishes on the stove and then select the maximum temperature. After a while the water drip into the container. If the drop sizzles and evaporates instantly, safely fill after a glass of water at room temperature. As soon dissipate steam relentlessly scour pollution wooden spatula.
• Fill the bowl with water, add it to the detergent and boil 10-20 minutes. Half an hour later, when everything cools down, proceed to the purification of the contaminated surface.
• Take advantage these recommendations.

6. Do not clutter up the sink

We are all faced with a situation where a dirty dish in the sink turns into a stinking mountain of dishes. Of course, wash all at once does not always work, so you can use the following method.

When you have a first and deep enough contender for cleaning (eg, pan or a large bowl) fill it with hot water and detergent, put next to the sink (not!) and adds to it other dirty utensils.

So you, first, save the empty shell, and secondly, prepare the dishes to the rapid cleaning. Otmokshaya in hot water, it will quickly be washed, you will be less tempted to leave it for later, and the kitchen unlikely to turn into the Augean stables.

7. Do not wash everything in the dishwasher

Even if you are a proud owner of a dishwasher, you still can not avoid the washing up in the traditional way. At least, if you do not want to damage the kitchen utensils and expensive equipment.

Here is a list of things that you should not send in the dishwasher:

• Products made of cast iron. They require a more thorough and careful maintenance.
• Good knives. Blunted faster if to wash them in the car, not your hands.
• Crystal. Can crack or scratch.
• Wooden crafts. Can be deformed.
• Dishes with non-stick coating. It all depends on the brand: some models can be washed in the dishwasher, while others - not. If you do not know for sure, it is better to use good old hands. Otherwise, your pans at risk of losing their capabilities.
• Copper cookware. Can change the color.
• Plastic. The exception is the product of hard plastic, which the manufacturer has indicated that they can be washed in the machine.
• Gilded utensils. The machine can spoil noble coating.
• Crockery with labels. Under the influence of heat they can come off and clog the dishwasher.

8. Timely empty the dryer and dishwasher

Wash dirty dishes would be desirable even less if it is necessary to perform the additional step: remove and place the previous batch. Therefore, before preparing dinner, make sure that enough space in the dryer, and dishwasher is free.

9. Listen to something nice and cheerful

Rather than suffer the sink, mentally composing to-do list for the next week, turn on your favorite music, radio or a podcast funny. Time will fly by.

10. meditate

Not much time we have to ensure that stay alone with myself. So exhale, relax and let yourself not to think about anything. Even on dirty dishes. Just wash, wash ...

Do you use any life hacking for washing dishes? Share them in the comments.