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Finish Quantum – who needs a housekeeper anyway?

Before my DOMESTIC ASSISTANT went on vacation, she left me a VERY detailed instruction list. You notice that I said “domestic assistant” instead of housekeeper? Yes, once again she got all up in arms about her TITLE, BUT I put my well manicured foot down when she asked for a raise (it’s a title change – NOT a promotion).

One of the things on her list was…

HOW TO WASH THE DISHES (this is her list verbatim)
  1. Take Off Your Tiara: You don’t want it falling into the dishwasher
  2. Don’t Wash by Hand: It is more expensive to wash dishes by hand than to properly run them in a dishwasher.
  3. Run Tap Water First: For sparkling clean dishes, run the hot water tap before starting the dishwasher to make sure the water entering the machine has reached its highest temperature.
  4. Scrape, Don’t Rinse: Scrape the dishes, because the enzymes in your detergent that soften burnt-on food need to cling to protein/starch, such as egg and oatmeal, in order to work properly
  5. Load Properly: Cups, glasses and less soiled items should be placed on the top rack. Generally, larger and dirtier items are best on the bottom rack.
  6. Select the Right Detergent: Use FINISH Quantum – because it’s premeasured, wrapper free AND it’s got a Powerball with Jet-Dry Gel for an amazing shine, Powermax Bleach to remove stains like tea and coffee and Powerful Enzymes to soften burnt-on food like lasana.
  7. Avoid Wet Dishes: Use JET-DRY TURBO DRY so that the dishes come out dry.
  8. Put Your Tiara Back On

I did EVERYTHING she said and my dishes came out sparkling like DIAMONDS with no ugly spots on them (and honey, I KNOW diamonds). Hmmm…..maybe I don’t NEED a Domestic Assistant after all….. LOL (more like a giggle) – of course I do.

Finish Quantum is giving away a prize to 2 LUCKY Champagne Living Readers…

UPDATE – I JUST HEARD FROM THE SPONSOR OF THIS GIVEAWAY AND THEY WANT TO DOUBLE THE PRIZES! I think is was the Tiara that did it…LOL. Sooooo…..

  • 2 winners will EACH RECEIVE a FULL pack of Finish Quantum AND a bottle of Jet-Dry Turbo Dry!!


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Comments

  2. My biggest frustration is when my kids eat Fruity Pebbles and don’t rinse out the bowl. They’re like concrete in there!

    Sue
    s.mickelson at gmail dot com

  15. The one thing that seems to be trouble for me is peanut butter on my butter knives, my kids make sandwiches and then put the dirty knife in my dishwasher and after the dishwasher has ran, I go to empty it & I always have to re-wash the knives because they are caked all over with crusty peanut butter and I tell them to please rinse them off good, but so far they havent listened to me, Thanks for hosting this wonderful giveaway

  17. My egg white omelette we make every morning in the microwave — so hard to clean have to let the bowl soak for hours!
    tvollowitz at aol dot com

  19. Oatmeal is hard to get cleaned off. For some odd reason when I run a load of dishes it never is cleaned out of my bowl.

    jmaurer487(at)gmail(dot)com

  23. Lasagna is my hardest to get off dishes! argh!

    Rachel
    abby.girl195[at]gmail[dot]com

    Good luck to all! 🙂

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    Rachel
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  37. I agree with most of the posters–oatmeal and lasagna are pretty well tied for difficulty to get off of dishes, but I would pick oatmeal for the worst.

    clynsgatyahoo.com

  49. I think egg yolks are one of the toughest. Thanks.

    Judith Greenberg

    judy(dot)greenberg(at)gmail(dot)com

  50. I’ve subscribed to your blog via email.

    Judith Greenberg

    judy(dot)greenberg(at)gmail(dot)com

  52. Scrambled eggs when cooked in the microwave! Even when you soak and soak. Arghhh!

  55. The hardest thing for me to get off of my dishes would be dried egg yolk, terrible stuff!
    Thanks for offering the giveaway=0

  57. Baked on food, like the milk that rims the casserole dish I’ve baked scalloped potatoes in (it needs soaking first)

  58. The worst for me is oatmeal. Even a bowl that is rinsed has little bits that get missed then dry harder than cement.

    surveymhart at yahoo dot com

  60. Spaghetti sauce or any type of red sauce. Thanks for the giveaway

    sharr1226 at yahoo dot com

  67. Oatmeal that’s been dried on, because nobody knows how to rinse a dish in my family but me!!!

  74. In my opinion, housekeepers are a waste of time. It’s your own house, why couldn’t you take care of it by yourself?

  79. Egg yolks are the hardest for me. Normally I have to rinse off dish right away or let it sit in hot water for a while.

  82. Scrambled eggs are the hardest, I have been known to throw out the pan I cooked them in!
    smchester at gmail dot com

  83. Dried cereal to the bowl – I usually have to let it soak with soap and hot water before I can scrub it off the bowl.

    Tarah
    tarah716[at]ymail.com

  88. Dried hot cereal is tough, like cream of wheat. I let it soak forever and it still doesn’t come off.

  94. Hi – I think something that is hard to get off is dried on bisquik mix that was mixed into dumplings (yum!) Thanks for the tips on dishwashing – I’ll be trying them.

    Evelyn Powers
    Evelyn.powers@gmail.com

  95. Cheese is the worst to get off!! Thanks for the contest and the blog! It is always interesting

  105. The hardest thing I have found to get off a plate is egg yolk that has set and dried on a plate.

  107. OATMEAL! My whole family loves it but it is hard to get off dishes in the dish washer!

  108. It’s a toss up between Cheese or Eggs – Yuck !
    Thanks for a great contest – love the prizes 🙂
    dmbozich (at) gmail (dot) (com)

  111. I just bought my first package of these the other day and they work great. Peanut butter is the hardest thing I face – my hubby and son both eat a lot of it and for SOME reason they never wipe off the knife or spoon and just toss it in the sink for me to deal with.

  117. I shake that can of grated cheese on spaghetti to the point that it looks like snow. Love my cheese. But, it is even hard to scrape off once it mixes with the hot mixture. Tough in the dishwasher too. Always have to pre-clean.

    OcalaRose(at)aol(dot)com

  120. I find any baked-on mess hardest to remove and usually end up using a scraper. *Thanks* for the giveaway!
    blog[at]theluckyladybug[dot]org

  132. Fried onions with mushroom sauce can be very challenging to remove if you get distracted when cooking. But that’s why I use “Finish.” It doesn’t get intimidated. It does the job from “start to Finish!”

  133. It sounds bad, but dried dogfood is really hard to get off — especially after a couple of days. Jean

  134. Anything baked on the dish. Lasagna, casseroles, whatever, especially if it had cheese in it.

  135. Any type of Italian usually is the toughest – especially lasagna!
    What a wonderful contest ~ Thanks for posting!

  151. cheese is hard to get out once it has dried on the dish, and if i burn something that bad too. thanks for the giveaway.

  152. All I can think of is Spaghetti and Lasagna are horrible at getting off! Thanks for a great giveaway 🙂

  172. Egg is a hard one to get off and dried up ranch. Thanks
    jdob bs23 at gmail dot com

  175. Michael Kuntz
    Michael.Kuntz[ at ]gmail.com

    The food that’s toughest to get off of dishes is definitely baked on cheese!

  176. OMG!! Spaghetti OR lasagna is the worst! Yuck!! Thanks for the giveaway!

    hmahan_0529 @ yahoo dot com

  178. Pretty much anything that’s spent hours clinging to the sides of a caserole dish baking in the oven, remaining baked on the side while the dish (with leftovers) is put in the refrigerator and then periodically rotated back and forth from the microwave to the refrigerator until finally ready for the ‘Quantum’ challenge! 😉

    mcj4tlj@comcast.net

  180. Cheese that is dried on I feel is one of the hardest foods to get off dishes after it has sat and cooled.

    Thank you

    camper223[at]live[dot]com

  183. One thing I have a hard time getting off is melted cheese.

    Thank you for the giveaway!

    Darcy
    mistyriver2009 at yahoo.com

  184. I subscribe to your RSS feed in Google Reader.

    Thank you.

    Darcy
    mistyriver2009 at yahoo.com

  187. The toughest for me is when my cookies burn on the bottom. Those bottoms really stick on there.

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