Washing up suds in the sink....

tankgirl1

Hi

Does anyone know of a good way to kill the suds in the sink after washing up, without wasting loads of water rinsing them away???

Ive tried sprinkling salt, and oil, and neither has worked....

Can anyone help?

thanks

tg x

lynzpower

a bog standard bar of soap often sorts this out

tankgirl1

lynzpower wrote:

a bog standard bar of soap often sorts this out

thanks :T

erm.. what do i do with the soap though? lol

Bambam

Just rinse the suds away with cold water. Works every time!

black-saturn

Just leave them, they burst on their own eventually.

Rachie_B

maybe you are using too much washing up liquid if you are getting quite a lot of residual bubbles after the water has drained ?

saving-grace

lynzpower wrote:

a bog standard bar of soap often sorts this out

Yes, soap breaks the surface tension of the bubbles (remembered from O-level physics!). Just swish the soap in the bubbles.

This is why ,if you have a bubble bath and use soap, you start losing the bubbles.

tankgirl1

thanks

bambam- i am rinsing them with cold water at the mo, but i feel awful rinsing all that water down the drain!

BS- after i wash up, i refill the sink with REALLY hot water to soak/rinse the babys bottles etc, and as i only have a normal sink (ie not a double one), i need the sink free of bubbles straight away.

rachie b- i thought that too- i dont think i am though, as theres never that many bubbles when im actually washing up, and the pots dont go all slippery like they do when you put too much in..

tankgirl1

saving-grace wrote:

Yes, soap breaks the surface tension of the bubbles (remembered from O-level physics!). Just swish the soap in the bubbles.

This is why ,if you have a bubble bath and use soap, you start losing the bubbles.

thanks- ill try that later :beer:

hilstep2000

Yep, just rub a bar of soap around the sink, bubbles will be gone in seconds!

highland

I'm sure vinegar also gets rid of sud's