With the arrival of summer and hot days, we all plan to go to the beach to cool off and stay away from the city.
Our allies in these “excursions outside the city ” are certainly the plastic containers that we carry in the thermal bag to preserve food .
But let’s be honest: these tend to suck up all the dirt straight away and leave stains that aren’t easily removed. In this regard, today we will see together how to quickly degrease greasy containers!
What will you discover?
Vinegar
The first remedy we suggest is to use vinegar , an ingredient known for its stain-removing and descaling properties.
Then all you have to do is pour half the vinegar and half the water into a basin and then immerse your greasy and dirty containers in the resulting mixture for about 2 hours or overnight. Then continue with normal washing, scrub the grease stains vigorously and… your containers will be degreased in no time!
Bicarbonate
Like vinegar, baking soda also has a slightly abrasive effect that can remove incrustations and grease stains . In addition, it has a deodorizing effect that makes all bad odors accumulated in the containers disappear. Not surprisingly, it is also used to remove odors from the refrigerator!
In this case, it is therefore enough to prepare a bicarbonate paste by mixing about four tablespoons of bicarbonate with water and rubbing this mixture on the containers with a sponge or toothbrush. Then leave it to act for a few hours before proceeding to wash the containers together, preferably with an ecological dishwashing detergent or with Marseille soap and yellow soap: goodbye to grease stains !
Marseille salt and soap
Marseille soap is suitable not only for final washing, but also for removing fatty deposits in your containers, provided that it is combined with another pantry ingredient that you will certainly have at home: salt .
While salt, on the one hand, is actually able to absorb dirt and deodorize, Marseille soap, on the other hand, is excellent for degreasing and perfuming! In fact, we remind you that it is from this ingredient that the universal do-it-yourself degreaser is made!
Add a spoonful of Marseille soap and two spoonfuls of salt to a bowl of warm water, immerse the containers in it and let them soak for a few hours . Now rub the stains with a sponge and rinse them: the grease marks will only remain a bad memory!