Comments on: Window cleaner removes grease stains

By: admin

admin — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 00:27:24 +0000

Thanks everyone for these comments. Vodka and toothpaste – I love it!

- Miss T.

By: Saver Queen

Saver Queen — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 21:20:04 +0000

Great tip – I am always on the look-out for alternatives to expensive cleaning solutions. Thanks!

By: Jenny

Jenny — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 05:06:55 +0000

I haven’t tried window cleaner, but Dawn dishwashing detergent works great on laundry stains also!

By: Cathy Quik

Cathy Quik — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 04:55:49 +0000

Hey there Miss Thrifty,
I just thought I should say hello before jumping right into my first comment ever on you blog (I just started my blog, so I’m new around blogland)

Anyway, hello!

So, I have this habit of twirling ball point pens around my finger when I’m thinking really hard. I do it without even really thinking about it. A couple weeks ago I was twirling it a whole bunch and it popped out of my fingers and landed on the screen of my laptop, gooing ink all over the screen…ick!!!

I scrubbed it a bit with soapy water, with no success. So, I asked google. It turns out TOOTHPASTE, toothpaste!?! will remove pen. It worked like a charm!

By: Funny about Money

Funny about Money — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 17:29:08 +0000

Thanks so much for the mention!

In the US, we can buy both ethyl and isopropyl alcohol in drugstores and supermarkets. I’ve never seen a combination of ethyl & methyl alcohol; during Prohibition, a number of folks died from drinking these products, and so methyl alcohol probably was taken off the market to protect us from ourselves. In any event, it’s important to remember that NONE of these should be used as a thrifty substitute for your favorite vodka! Isopropyl and methyl alcohol, especially, are poisonous.

Also, bear in mind that all three types of alcohol are flammable. Don’t smoke while working with them, and keep the stuff and its fumes away from open flame such as a candle or a pilot light on a stove or gas water heater.

That said…amazingly, it did work to get out grease stains that had resisted three launderings….