Do You Agitate, Shake ?

[mrboilwash]

Out of habit I flip over any bottle of liquid detergent, fabric softener etc to make sure that all ingredients are well suspended. On the contrary I see no point in doing this when handling dish soap or things like all purpose cleaner.

The only time I have actually seen a deposit at the bottom of a bottle was an older version of Ariel and the Pod-type Persil that doesn`t look homogenous, but I could imagine they don`t require the extra chemicals to keep things well suspended because you are not supposed to use less than one pod.

Also whenever I have to rinse a dosing cap with water, I would flip over the bottle to "charge" the cap with the product`s preservatives in the believe to expand it`s shelf life.

Do I need professional help or am I just a little more anal than others ? [this post was last edited: 12/12/2012-07:27]

 

[tomturbomatic]

Can't smell anything from here.

 

[strongenough78]

I do the same thing with liquid fabric softener, so don't feel alone.

 

[jeffg]

Ditto the above. We also give new boxes of powdered detergents a good shake before opening them, probably for no reason whatsoever.

 

[sudsmaster]

I've been using Clorox Green Works liquid laundry detergent. It's very gentle and leaves towels fairly soft. It's clear green, of course. When I got to the bottom of the first jug, I noticed that it got thick and cloudy. For the next jug, I've been inverting it and shaking it a bit from time to time, to keep whatever "goodness" is in the cloudy part suspended. So now it's a kind of pearly green.

Haven't found the need to do that with fabric softener, though.

It's a good idea to shake a bottle of salsa before using it. Also good idea to shake a can of evaporated milk prior to opening.