Don't waste 48 minutes. Go to Home Depot and buy trisodium phosphate in the painting supply aisle. Use 1/3 as much detergent and add a teaspoon of TSP. This is what was removed from dish and laundry detergents.
Ain’t that the old wall cleaner/prep for painting?
It softens and dulls paint making it easier for new paint to stick. A strong solution in water will remove paint from things like switch and outlet plates if you get sloppy.
Yep. Phosphates have many uses. Big Ag uses a shit ton of it in fertilizers.
If you can still find it. A lot of shit is labeled with big letters "TSP" and in the fine print explains it's a phosphate free substitute. TSP is good stuff but it was blamed for eutrification of ponds--like anyone still dumps waste water into ponds.
If it works without it why should we care?
Btw, good comment.
For many years after phosphates were banned in consumer detergents, they just sucked. You'd need to add a booster of some kind or run longer cycles (or two cycles). At the same time high efficiency machines were also mandated. The combination meant everything sucked. In the years since both detergents and machines have improved, but simply adding phosphate will guarantee good results in your dishwasher and clothes washer regardless. Whenever your machine needs cleaning just run it with two or three tablespoons of TSP.
Is it safe to eat (have on your plates and dishes in case the rinse cycle doesn't get all of it off?)
Yeah, I remember when the soap sucked because of the phosphate ban. No issues with it now, though. Works just fine.
It doesn't work without it.
Thanks... now I'll use the shit out of these saved 48 minutes!
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