I store my large laundry detergent dispenser and my fabric softener dispenser in a cabinet over my washing machine. I slide the detergent container out of the cabinet and dispense the liquid by letting it drop into the washer by counting to 4. No matter how careful I am, the spout drips inside my cabinet and makes an awful mess. The blue fabric softener is even worse. It stains my white cabinet absolutely nothing will remove that blue stain!
So the next best thing is to prevent the drip. No worries, there is a lid that fits both the detergent and the fabric softener spout. It is the Tabasco hot sauce lid. Save one for each spout.
You will need 2 rubber bands to secures each lid. Follow the photos for instruction but basically you wrap one rubber band around the Tabasco lid. Then you fish the second rubber band under the first and slip knot it. Then you slide the loose rubber band over the spout. It will hang nicely to the side to allow you to dispense the liquid. When done, cap the spigot and slide the container back into the cabinet. No more drip. Remember save your lids there can be used for so many things !
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I love finding uses for lids ! I save mine grouped by size to make it easier but
I just fill smaller deturgent bottles and pour directly into the machine dispensers. No drip. Same with softener.
I Fill water bottles with laundry detergent and softener if Im going on a trip but at home I find that to be an extra step
Deborah S.,
I sure can relate to the blue drip of the detergent in the cabinet above the washer.
I really like your "fix" for this. Thank you!
Wouldnt covering that shelf with contact paper make the spills easy to wipe up, and prevent further staining of the wood? No Tabasco sauce lids and rubber bands necessary!
Alicia,
I sure know what you mean, as I'd done that years ago, I'd put contact paper in the cabinets above the washer and dryer, but even wiping the laundry detergent off when it made a mess (because the bottles drip) that eventually removes some of the paint after awhile, and I wasn't that careful wiping it off.
I think that's why I really appreciated this suggestion with the bottle caps, because now I need to do a touch up on the paint in cabinet again from all the wiping off of the soap. I guess I should of run the contact paper out more to the edges, but I thought it would curl up on the ends in time.
I think because I can relate to this and the problem it causes, I love the idea of the caps. :)
Forgot to say, I just went into the laundry room and took a picture *in previous post* of how the paint eventually gets rubbed off the cabinets from wiping off that liquid soap that drips all the time.
I thought I was the only one that doesnt put the cover back. I love this idea because I get lazy and just take the whole jar and pour into the washers dispenser
The original cap also catches drips.
A great idea, when you need laundry detergent like that you will make great use of the space and this is neat.
I make a 'drip catcher/lid holder from another bottle. The one I am currently using is a orange juice bottle.
Step 1
1. I start at the top, cut down 2 sides to about 2 inches from the bottom.
Step 2
2. Cut across from one side to the other to make a large opening.
Step 3
3. Remove area just cut. This leaves one side long to act as a 'hanger' for the drip catcher.
Step 4
4. On the remaining long side (hanger) cut a hole big enough to slip over the spout of the detergent bottle.
If the detergent cap or the hanger get messy, I just toss them in the laundry (with towels, jeans, or rags that won't be damaged). When switching laundry load to dryer, I remove the hanger and cap and reposition on the spout. (sorry if picture is sideways.)
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