[AquaticLife] Driftwood Cleaning & Curing…. Now, why didn’t I think of this???
Rubber band the brim onto a foot ball or something similar shaped (round) and leave it sit, that’ll bend the brim back without having to hand bend it (and get frustrated when it bends back outward, LOL). Amber
Menagerie_Manager wrote: > > My dishwasher has a hole in the door into which is screwed a removable > knob labeled, “rinse aid indicator.” I imagine I could wash a lot of the > aquarium stuff without removing the rinse fluid. I just wouldn’t wash > anything that could absorb it. Plastic and such could be rinsed under the > faucet. > > BTW, the dishwasher is also good for washing baseball caps. If you get > one of those plastic hat frames that they sell, you only have to > recurve the > brim afterward. > > DebR and the Three Goldfish > (CB, Lucille, and Raven) > > —– Original Message —– > From: “Lenny V. aka GoldLenny” > > To: > > Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2009 1:22 PM > Subject: RE: [AquaticLife] Driftwood Cleaning & Curing…. Now, why > didn’t I > think of this??? > > Dishwashers are different, depending on the brand and the age. Some have > simple plastic hang-on things in them that you can put a slowly dissolving > tab in them. Other’s have systems built into the doors where you refill > them with either liquid spot remover or a tablet and it dispenses it with > each cycle. How do you fill your spot remover system? That would give me > more info to answer how to empty it. I don’t use that stuff… I just buy > spotted dishes to begin with so the water spots don’t show up… > ahhh.. the > life of a bachelor! 
> > Yes, electric dishwasher and washing machine detergents have non-sudsing > chemicals added to them. Using anything else like a normal hand > dishwashing > liquid in either your electric dishwasher or washing machine will > result in > a room full of bubbles… messy for you but fun for the kids though! Use a > little laundry detergent next time you run out of electric dishwashing > detergent…. then your dishes will smell Mountain Breeze Fresh (or > whatever > flavor laundry detergent you have) afterwards. LOL Not really, the rinse > cycle rinses away any scents added by the detergent companies > anyhow… but > DO NOT use detergents when cleaning aquarium stuff. You could add a few > ounces of bleach or even a few ounces of salt at the beginning if you > like.. > as soon as the dishwasher starts the filling and/or cleaning cycle. The > bleach would not have time to soak into the wood and would be rinsed > and/or > evaporated away during the HOT rinse and drying cycles. It’s probably not > necessary for either of them. > > Lenny Vasbinder > Fish Blog - http://GoldLenny.blogspot.com > (Links to any articles referenced in above reply are listed on the right > side, alphabetically under Labels and also under Archives by Year, Month) > > >
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