How to wash dishes correctly and quickly

For most housewives, washing dishes turns into a heavy, dreary and onerous task, which she tries with all her might to shift to household members. And they, in turn, throw it back. Dishes accumulate in threatening mountains, fill all the free space of the kitchen and threaten to collapse in sparkling fragments of a beautiful life. But an unpleasant procedure can be turned into a completely acceptable pastime if the process is optimized and streamlined. And eating from plastic plates is not included in the optimization process.

How to wash dishes by hand

First, you need to understand and accept the fact that there will always be dirty dishes and there is no escape from them. Therefore, we will treat the process calmly, as an inevitable evil. And we will learn to defeat him in the shortest possible time, so as not to spoil our blood and nerves.

Good music or a funny TV series and the joy that the kitchen from a pigsty is about to turn into a well-kept room will help make you fall in love with this process.

Advice! Turn the washing area into a pleasant corner: hang a nice towel nearby, a funny souvenir, change bright and elegant sponges more often.

Soak

It is best to start washing dishes immediately after using them. This way the housewife will spend much less time, effort and cleaning products.

But if for some reason this is impossible, then instead of courageously peeling off the stuck dirt, you just need to soak dirty items in hot water. If this happens often, then you can even get a special basin. And if dirt on the dishes is an unfortunate exception, then you can completely get by with a sink with a plugged drain hole.

A couple of drops of detergent will help cope with even severe stains.

Important! If there are no very greasy stains on the dishes, you can soak them without using chemicals.

In the future, this will help save time and water when rinsing.

Do not soak greasy pans and bowls with mayonnaise residue along with other serving items. It is better to repeat the procedure again, but with fatty objects. Otherwise, the fat will stick to more or less clean dishes.

While the dishes are soaking, you can wash the stove and replace the dirty towel or even wipe off the dust.

The washing up

When the dirt comes off, which will happen in 10–15 minutes, you can begin the main procedure.

Usually they start with the least dirty cups, glasses, glasses. Then comes the turn of plates and cutlery. Pots and pans are saved for last.

Advice! Try to wash as many dishes as possible with “one drop” of detergent.

To do this, apply the liquid to a damp sponge and squeeze it several times, causing the foaming process. Now each item must be wiped with such a sponge, making sure that it remains wet and continues to foam. This way you can wash your dishes efficiently and at the same time save on purchasing detergents.

Drying

The washed dishes are thoroughly rinsed and put away to dry. It is not recommended to wipe it with a towel! First of all, it's long and boring. Secondly, promotes the spread of germs and fat. And thirdly, they will then have to be washed too quickly.

How to speed up the process

The simplest advice: wash immediately! This speeds up the procedure as much as possible.

But if you can’t do it right away, use the following simple tips.

• Better get 2 sponges. One will be used to quickly wipe cups and plates of bread, vegetables, and fruits. The second sponge will be larger and useful for greasy dishes. It is advisable that they be of different colors so as not to be confused. And we change the second sponge much more often.
• You can remove carbon deposits from a frying pan much faster if put it on the stove first and reheat thoroughly. And then pour a glass of warm water.
• For preliminary cleansing, which will speed up the washing process itself, you can use salt. Pour half a glass of salt onto the bottom of the pan and leave for several hours. After which the soot practically falls off on its own.

What products will help you wash dishes quickly?

Modern housewives can no longer imagine the washing process without special products. These can be liquids or powders. However, they often require additional strong rinsing and are not suitable for allergy sufferers. In this case, they will come to the rescue folk remedies.

• Combination vinegar and soda will cope perfectly with grease on any surface.
• If use lemon juice instead of vinegar, then a delicate and pleasant citrus aroma will remain in the kitchen.

Important! Baking soda is not used for cookware with non-stick coating.

• Well proven mustard powder, soda ash, laundry soap. It’s just better to take the bar version; the liquid version copes much worse with fat.
• You can prepare an effective solution yourself by grating soap and adding regular salt and water.To achieve a pleasant smell, you can add a drop of aromatic oil.
• Crushed activated carbon It will help perfectly with drips of burnt milk.
• A ammonia will help make crystal and glass shine.

And remember: when you wash the dishes, you make the world a cleaner place, even if just in one particular kitchen. And it's worth the effort.