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Washing up suds in the sink....

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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??? :confused:

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

Can anyone help?

thanks

tg x
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RIP POOCH 5/09/94 - 17/09/07
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  • lynzpower
    lynzpower Posts: 25,311 Forumite
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    a bog standard bar of soap often sorts this out :)
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  • tankgirl1
    tankgirl1 Posts: 4,252 Forumite
    lynzpower wrote:
    a bog standard bar of soap often sorts this out :)


    thanks :T

    erm.. what do i do with the soap though? lol :o
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  • Bambam
    Bambam Posts: 359 Forumite
    Just rinse the suds away with cold water. Works every time!
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  • black-saturn
    black-saturn Posts: 13,937 Forumite
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    Just leave them, they burst on their own eventually.
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  • Rachie_B
    Rachie_B Posts: 8,785 Forumite
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    maybe you are using too much washing up liquid if you are getting quite a lot of residual bubbles after the water has drained ? :)
  • 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
    tankgirl1 Posts: 4,252 Forumite
    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.. :confused:
    I don't know half of you half as well as I should like, and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve.

    RIP POOCH 5/09/94 - 17/09/07
  • tankgirl1
    tankgirl1 Posts: 4,252 Forumite
    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:
    I don't know half of you half as well as I should like, and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve.

    RIP POOCH 5/09/94 - 17/09/07
  • Yep, just rub a bar of soap around the sink, bubbles will be gone in seconds!
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  • I'm sure vinegar also gets rid of sud's
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