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Monthly Frugal Discussion Thread - November (aussie.zone)

submitted 8 months ago by melbaboutown@aussie.zone to c/frugal@aussie.zone

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Posting this a day early while I remember.

Have you found a good bargain lately, made a repair, or figured out something that works for you?

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[–] melbaboutown@aussie.zone 1 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

I was having skin issues with a multipack of scented soap (trying to go cheap as possible) so I donated the rest of the pack and am using the initial bar up on washing my hands. It’s happened a few times and I don’t want the scent on my clothes by putting them in a drawer. So I may also use unwanted used bars to ‘wax’ sewing thread or for washing out stains before putting clothes in the laundry.

The bristles of my cat’s self cleaning brush had slipped behind the guard, getting crushed and trapped or going through the wrong slots so it wouldn’t sit flat. Common issue. I tried to manually pull them back into alignment with a bobby pin but the wire bristles were badly bent and needing to have the guard fully lifted up meant getting one fixed but another would slip behind.

The back securing the guard was simply clipped on so I removed it and took the guard off. Straightened the wire bristles with some needle nose pliers. Now I could maybe ease the bristles back through in their proper rows to get the guard fully in place and then snap the back on to get the guard under tension again… but it would just happen again. I decided for now to also remove the tension spring and just use as a standard slicker brush.