#MEwx Mixed showers and T-storm and how salt can help you remove dirt and stains from your laundry

Good morning Augusta

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This morning we have partly sunny skies with patchy fog. A chance of showers and thunderstorms during afternoon hours.  Some thunderstorms may be severe with damaging winds and heavy rainfall. Highs in the lower 80s with light and variable winds.

Tonight we’ll have showers with a chance of thunderstorms during evening hours, then showers likely with a slight chance of thunderstorms after midnight. Some thunderstorms may be severe with damaging winds and heavy rainfall this evening. Lows around 60°F. Winds will be light and variable.

The outdoor temperature is 74.1°F, the dewpoint is 69.6°F and it feels like 75.3°F.

We received 0.32 inches of  rain here over the past 24 hours.

Today’s sunrise is 5:32 AM, sunset is 8:00 PM and we’ll have 14 hours 27  minutes of daylight today. Moonrise is 6:28 AM and Moonset is 8:57 PM. The moon phase is Waxing Crescent and is 1% illuminated. Our next full moon will be on August 19 and our next new moon is on September 3.

The wind velocity is between 2.0 MPH and 6.0 MPH from the West Northwest.

The Relative pressure is 29.77, the Absolute pressure is 29.57 and rising with a weather graphic indicating sun and a few clouds.

The Humidity is 76%, the UV index is 4 placing the average person at moderate risk and the solar radiation reading is 454.9W/m2.

Visibility is 10.0 Miles / 16.1 Kilometers with Sun and clouds.

 

Salt can be used for laundry and to treat stains too,

These tips come from a book entitled “The Secrets of salt” which you can get on line almost for free.

 

Laundry and Stains

 

Keeping all of your laundry, linens, carpet, rugs, and wearables clean and stain free is an important part of saving money in your household budget. Make

it a habit to use salt in your everyday laundry and cleaning to keep your home items fresh and stain free. Keep in mind that salt is very inexpensive and

you can use salt to clean in a variety of ways throughout your home.

 

Does your iron stick to your ironing when you use starch for a crisp iron look? Using a pinch of salt in your laundry starch will keep the hot iron from

sticking to your laundry. Salt also gives your cottons a glossy, like new look and feel after ironing.

 

If it has been a long hot day and your shirts have perspiration stains on them or if they have a ring around the collar, you can remove these stains by

soaking the item in saltwater before adding to the laundry. If the stain is double stubborn, you can make a paste of salt, baking soda, and water and rub

on the stained area to work it out.

 

Sometimes a wet towel or wet clothes can grow mildew on them. To get mildew out of your white fabrics make a paste of lemon juice and salt and work into

the mildew spot. Let this stand for a couple of hours in the sun before laundering as usual.

 

When you are cooking or eating and you get grease on your clothes, you should put salt on the effected area right away to prevent staining. The salt will

absorb the grease. You can also use this method when a grease spill gets on your favorite tablecloth during dinner.

 

Wine is a favorite when dining and for the holidays. If wine is spilled on a tablecloth or rug, you should blot up as much as possible and then immediately

cover the wine with table salt. The salt will absorb the remaining wine. Later when you have more time, or the guests have left you can rinse the tablecloth

with cold water; or you can scrape up the salt from the rug and then vacuum the spot.

 

Are you using too much detergent in the sink or in the laundry that creates too many bubbles? You can sprinkle salt on the bubbles, lightly to reduce the

amount of suds being made.

 

To keep your colors bright on curtains or on your fiber type rugs, wash them in a saltwater solution. The salt will loosen dirt while bringing out the best

of your colors. When you want to clean your rugs before laundering them you can put them out on the patio, make a saltwater solution in a bucket, and rub

the rugs with a broom for a pre-clean wash.

 

No matter how careful we are, there is always one piece of clothing that we own that ends up with an ink stain on it. To remove ink stains from you lightest

colored clothes, rub a mixture of lemon juice and salt on the area, and then place the item in the sun to dry for a few hours. If it is not a sunny day,

you can leave the clothing sit overnight to dry before laundering as usual.

 

Accidents happen, and to remove blood stains from clothes soak the clothing in cold saltwater overnight and then launder as usual. After you launder, but

before you dry the item, boil a pan of water and boil the item for just a few minutes. You can only use this method with clothing that can take the high

heat of boiling, refer to the clothing tag to be sure.

 

To brighten your yellow colored cottons or linens you can boil the articles in a water, baking soda, and salt solution up to one hour. But be careful when

using an open flame so you don’t catch the clothing on fire as you are attempting to put it in the pot.

 

Do you have a favorite shirt but the color is just not right? You can change the color of your clothes or fabrics by using a saltwater solution and dye

that you can obtain from the local grocery.