Category: Daily Living
Anybody else having a problem pouring liquid tide into a cup from the bottle? the spout seems too open. I tried stuffing the opening in the spount with a paper towel and just pouring the liquid into a cup from a smaller opening, but still tide seems to get wasted. Any suggestions to have all the tide go into my cup instead of down the side of the tide container?
Hmmm, my first suggestions would be to store the tide into another container and maybe scoop out the liquid with the cup. Or maybe use a funnel, though that could be a pain. I use the powder stuff.
Smile, I'm having problems with the liquid douney... I need to find a darker cup. The lavender douney comes with a light colored top. Light liquid into a light colored top sucks! Lol! And the liquid at room tempature is so hard to feel!
Why not try the Tide plus Downy? If you buy the really big jug, there is a little button that you push for the liquid to come out into the cup, rather than trying to pour it yourself.
Dea, are you pouring by touch or with functional vision? My suggestions vary depending on that answer.
Smile, hey I'd like to hear both your answers. I sometimes pour by touch, but liquid is hard to feel at times. Other times, I pour by vision if the contrast is good.
Hmmm, tide plus douney, may need to try that one!
Yeah, the Tide plus Downy is really good. Since it's already mixed, you don't have to worry about adding fabric softener into your laundry, and, as I said in my last post, the big jugs, which do a lot of loads, has a little push button thing that you press, and the liquid goes into the cup as you hold it under the spout. It's very convenient and helpful if you have trouble pouring. I, personally, don't have trouble, but, nonetheless, it's still a great thing to use. I definitely recommend it.
I have no vision. I use drier sheets for the static cling business for my clothes. I wish the plain tide had a button on the spout, I may just explore that possibility. Any other thoughts are appreciated.
the regular tide also comes with a spout. you just have to buy the jug that gives you over 100 loads or something. it comes in all different scents, with or without downy and bleach. it is around 20 dollars i believe.
Here's a possible silly question... What about when I do smaller loads? How does this push button business work then?
You just push on it, and the liquid comes out. You have complete control over how much comes out and all. It comes with a little plastic cup, that I use to fill with the liquid. In the cup, there are three lines that you can feel. Each line represents the spot where to stop the liquid for small, medium, and large loads.
Some of the strategies I suggest to students have already come up in this board.
Use color contrast to help you visually. If pouring a light color, use a dark cup and vice versa.
Pour over a sink or a dish pan to catch your spill. If you tend to spill a lot, pour over something from which you can then pour the excess back into the bottle. If you spill just a little, wash it down the sink and don’t worry about it.
Make sure you have good lighting above where you are pouring to help you see better. Laundry rooms are notorious for having poor lighting. If this is the case, see if you can add an affordable light source to help out.
Many people find it helpful to pour into a larger cup than is needed, rather than the small lid to the container. This is easier to line up and it will catch your overage if you pour too much.
Some buy the smaller bottles of detergent, which are lighter and easier to control. However, these an still be tricky if the bottle is full.
Some transfer the bottle to a pitcher with a lid like you might use for iced tea. This has a wide mouth so is easy to fill from the original bottle, but when the lid is added, it offers a small spout from which it is easier to pour.
For touch, keep your soap in the refrigerator. The cold liquid offers better contrast and is much easier to feel than room temperature liquids. Similarly, if you run hot water over your finger before pouring room temp liquid, you can feel it better.
Because a half empty bottle is easier to manage and pour slowly, some people keep an empty detergent bottle and when they buy a new one, use a funnel to transfer half of the liquid into the old bottle, thus giving them two lighter bottles from which they can pour. This would not help, if transferring with a funnel causes similar/bigger troubles.
Many folks find powder detergent to be much easier to work with.
There used to be capsules, about 2 inches in diameter, that contained liquid soap. You tossed the whole thing in the washing machine and the water dissolved the capsule and released the detergent into the wash. I’m not sure if you can get them anymore. I’ve seen them for the dishwasher recently, but am just not sure if the laundry ones are still available.
As mentioned earlier, there are some detergent dispensers on which you push a button to get the soap out. You can either hold the cup under the spout and fill your cup that way or I’ve even known people who position the container on a shelf above the washing machine, lined up with the opening and hold the button in for a count and the soap comes out of the spout and drops down into the machine. This is not as precise of a measurement, but it works quite effectively. Loll, just make sure you remember to open the lid before you push the button.
There are some kind of sheets that contain detergent. I haven’t ever used them or talked to someone who has, but it may be worth looking into them. They are called EasyWash I think.
I had a client who struggled to measure liquid and powder soap. He had someone measure out his soap when he first bought the box, placing one loads worth of powder in a sandwich sized zip lock. When he was ready to do laundry, he would open one of the ziplocks, pour the contents into the machine and he was set. Although he needed the assistance to begin with, this did allow him to be able to get the rest of washing finished independently and it meant that he only needed help each time he bought a new box of soap rather than every time he washed clothes.
I’ll keep brainstorming, but hopefully some of these ideas help.
Lis
the large cup solved the problem. The cup was too small and liquid got spilled because of the size of the bottle. Still a little gets spilled but not as bad as with a smaller cup. thanks.
Yea! Glad to hear that all is well. Now, would you come and do my laundry? Smiles!
It's called pouring really slowly and make sure it comes out mainly at one point. It's not that hard. It's the cup in to the bottle that's problematic not the other way round.
in the UK we have tablets you shove into the machine, usually into the drum, and various liquids etc.
tablets? What are these tablets?