We grow up using this soap. I’m telling you! Watching these videos makes me realize everything we used growing up had more the 1 uses. Plus was way cheaper. We were very poor growing up so my mom used a lot of Home remedies. Great video!
I like to think of those times as survival camp. A lot of people used to a lot of good money for survival camp and my children and I did it for free. Who were the smarter ones? 🤪
Florida here. We're known for our mosquitoes. Floridians have been using scented dryer sheets for ever down here. We rub the sheet on our arms and legs then we just lay a few on the patio table and tucked in our chairs. Keeps 95% of them away. Doing that along with a small fan works 100%. Just blows them away.
Dryer sheets toxic? By far less of any of the toxina that are in the ambient air & auto tailpipe of the vehicle we drive to the store. Life in a bubble, terrifiied of everything is not the way to live. Thank you-did the research.
We stayed at a working B & B farm in VA many yrs ago... we were surprised that the owner had pieces of Irish Spring soap (tied in knee high hosiery & hanging about) which she explained kept the critters from eating her garden plants.
I am a horticulturist and have all kinds of Biological and environmental pests and critter hacks ..never heard of Irish Spring working so well ...makes sense ..Rosemary plants will help keep all kinds of things away ..its a beautiful plant ..All kinds of Herbs can repel insects and Critters ..most have fragrant odors that animals and pests are highly sensitive too ...plus herbs are just AWESOME to grow and use in all kinds of cooking and home remedies .. They are all so beautiful also ...Gotta get some Irish Spring soap and dental tabs....
@@Wann-zo7rn2qn4i I Think it's the Scent the Irish Spring Emits .. Smells so Clean ... You could try any kind of soap that has a strong scent...Try it ... One way to find out ...
I don’t use Alka Seltzer, I use the cheap brand of denture cleaning tablets. It works just as good and cost way less. Got some of the dollar tree Irish spring soap for indoor ideas but I’ll have to try it on the outdoor hacks too!
We also use denture tablets for everything she used Alka Seltzer for cleaning. I run them in the dishwasher as well with our normal dishwasher soap. Great video. The soap is also good to rub on wooden furniture drawers. Helps with a smoother slide, keep bugs away & leaves a nice smell when you open them up.
This was a great video. I will try the Irish Spring trick because I love the smell. As for the other, I will stick with the baking soda and vinegar combo.
We use this soap on our farm everywhere. It may not be the healthiest but I tell you, it keeps the biting insects off of me! We keep chunks in the goat barn and the mice do not like it! I buy it by the case😀
Soap for you is like windex on the movie My Big Fat Greek Wedding! I am really enjoying the enthusiasm for Irish spring! My husband loves the stuff. Be careful if you have kids or grandkids having that soap on the edges of tables might result in getting the soap on hands and in eyes though!
Pine-Sol in a 50/50 combination with water in a spray bottle works well too (I wouldn't spray it on your skin though). Great for pest control of your RV. White vinegar is the best stain and mineral remover and is much less expensive than Alka Seltzer tablets!
Now I know what to do with my Irish spring soap that I can't stand the smell of, and now know why the bugs don't like it either. I'm trying this for sure on them. Thank you for the tips.
Just curious as to why would you have Irish spring soap if you can't stand the smell of it, because you can smell it through the packaging when buying it at the store🤔
@@lovinglife9826 It's just too overwhelming and my bathroom continues to smell like it hours after my shower, didn't know it was going to hang around that long to make the scent annoying to my nose👃
GREAT Irish Spring hacks- Here is 1 more that I use to stop deer from eating our bush leave and fruit from trees, I heard when hung on a stick in a garden they will leave tomatoes alone also. They don't like the smell. I hope I can explain what to do without a video. Save the netting that onions come in. I guess you could also use cheese cloth, thin fabric, piece of chicken wire or nylons? Do they make nylons anymore? I usually buy some Irish spring from the dollar tree, cut them in small pieces-maybe about ten to a bar. Cut the netting in thirds, place about 4 pieces of soap on each piece of netting, bring up the netting like a pouch. Cut a piece of string, fishing line or whatever about 12 inches long tie the top of the pouch hang it from tree or bush. It works for me. I have a lot of deer.
My kitchen cabinets and drawers are all wood, hand made in 1958. In damp weather drawers stick and are difficult to open and close. I rub Irish Spring soap on the top and bottom of the runners on each drawer. They open and close so easily. I also run the soap on shelves of cabinets. Helps keep bugs away in both applications. ❤️ love Irish Spring!
20 years ago I couldn't keep the deer out of my garden. A old timer told me to lay bars of soap around the garden, been using Irish Spring like that every year since, never have deer, rabbits or other critters in the garden. Have told several friends about it after they had problems, all of them now use soap around their gardens every year.
@@jv-ep2tc Took me a while to figure out why there were some soap pieces next to the bird bath…was some critter washing their hands/feet? Then I saw them eating it. Apparently the fat content of the soap is what they’re after.
Another usage for bar soap is: If you have a door or a dresser drawer or a kitchen cabinet drawer/door that sticks a little, rub the bar soap on the area(s) where it sticks. (The door jamb & where it sticks on the door itself. Or, the drawer's edge & the edge of the drawer frame where the sticking happens.) This usually helps to stop the sticking. 🍀🌻🌿
Thank you that's a great idea I wonder if you put the soap in the drawers like maybe a quarter of it it would probably keep bugs away from the drawer too
Yeah drawers Windows zippers. My grandfather used to use it on screws when he's building things they go in easier and if you need to remove them they come out easier
@@LetArtsLive my mama always saved bits of candles that had been pretty much done for. She's rub the wax on our coat zippers, screws on the cabinets, drawer slides, squeaky hinges. Things like that.
Crushed or small pieces of ice and some salt is great to clean inside your glass coffee pots. Swirl it around for a minute if you have real bad stuck on dark spots. We did that at a restaurant and it worked great.
Baking soda and vinegar whitens wash amazingly well. Take husband’s shirts that have collars badly soiled. Sprinkle baking soda onto dirty soiled collar. Put inside washer and add 1/2 cup of vinegar on top of shirt. Turn on washer. Take out shirt clean and soft.
At 4:12 you should DEFINITELY TELL the PAINTER that you rubbed soap on that. Because If you don't get it ALL OFF, the next coat of paint won't even last a year. The soap will remain BETWEEN the old and new layers and will prevent the binding agent in the paint from BONDING. The paint will dry and shrink as it is supposed to do, but as it shrinks it WILL separate from the surface.
@@billofrightsamend4 NOT with bar soap. It has a wax in it that will not be easily removed. I was a professional painter for over 18 years. Most painters only use warm water to wipe down trim, doors, Windows, and walls WHEN NECESSARY. Most of us wouldn't realize that the homeowners had rubbed bar soap on anything. As I said, They should DEFINITELY tell the painter.
This is probably one of the best ideas I’ve seen and probably the only use for Irish spring soap considering the fact that I’m allergic to it thanks for sharing 😊
When I first saw the thumbnail I thought maybe it was going to be the hack I use for one of the best shaving soaps I've ever used. I just grate Men's Dove from the dollar store into my shaving mug and pack it down. The cleansing cream in it gives me the best shave and leaves baby soft skin @ 77 yo. Also, apple cider vinegar and a few drops of dish soap in a jar with holes in the lid lures fruit flies to their doom. Got that one from the tube.
Yes, the vinegar lures them in and then they get stuck in the soapy water and drown. I do this too in the summer as we constantly get a ton of gnats because my wife insists on owning 7 million house plants 😂. I’ll definitely tell my father about the shaved soap to shave his face though. He uses it to bathe so I’m sure he’d appreciate that hack of yours, especially because it’ll save him some money on shaving cream.
Strongly Disagree on the mice deterent. I read this suggestion elsewhere, bought a case and shredded it to protect a new $3000 pool cover. Delivered in spring, stored til fall. Got my new pool cover out of the garbage can in the shed (with the Irish spring shavings in the can and sprinkled generously around and inside shed) and was Mortified of all the mouse damage! I had to use 3" gorilla tape inside and out to seal/cover of all the holes before install. OMG We've had very little damage in the past 9 years to our old cover, Before the Irish Spring. Never had holes big enough to tape.....til now. Also, told my girlfriend about putting it in her RV (another suggester)(I never tested it out first).....she said they ATE it and loved it apparently. She wasn't happy about her damage either. Just our personal experiences. Not a mice deterent.
Peppermint Essential Oil is a Mice Deterrent … add drops to cotton balls, sprinkle those around strategic areas. The # of drops may depend on your own tolerance for the scent - The first year I did this, the peppermint smell was almost overpowering in my garage, so the “you can always add more” principle would apply here too.
Great video! I didn't know they still sold Alka Selzer. Irish Spring soap smells good, but I can't bathe with it. Will try using it outside to keep bugs away. TFS.
All’s seltzer seems kind of expensive to use to clean items when you can just add baking soda and peroxide (edit) instead. I loved the Irish Spring hacks.
Yes, it is a good bug spray, but remember once water hits the area, such as a porch or sidewalk, and you forgot (!!) that you sprayed, YOU WILL SLIP AND FALL!!
Biting flies are worse here in MN/WI than the mosquitoes, although they’re a problem as well, at our seasonal. Ive heard about the Pine Sol but I’ve not seen the Irish Spring uses. Gonna have to try it out! 👍🏼
I do aS well, after my father passed I had stock in denture tabs & found several great use for them around the house making life much easier maintaining the home.
Excellent tutorial! Place a bar of this (or similar), under the bed sheets. Keeps odors away. VO5 cleans silver. The insert tells all one can do with VO5. Bay leaves, tobacco, cloves keep little buggers out of clothes(winter summer storage). A little container of Cloves kept on a shelf, with winter hats and gloves smells good but the bay leaves and tobacco keeps away moths, silverfish, etc.
To our surprise the chunks of "Irish" soap were gathered together near a plant after we had scattered a previous night before. Some critter evidently knew the "hack" and showed us who's boss.
Nice and cheap way to put bugs off. I particularly hate flies, coming in the house, I put bleach in the toilet bowls and kitchen bins . I also use lavender and eucalyptus oil in drawers and cupboards, to stop moths. Thank you X; )
@YeshuaMyKing mixed together it does the same thing as the Alka-Seltzer. I use baking soda and cheap white vinegar in my sinks and bathrooms to clean and help unclog pipes.
Put a bird bath under tour apple tree, and squirrels/birds will avoid going at your apples. Keep the water fresh everyday. Add a feeder for both animal also. Both animals seek out fruit for lack of water. The animal feed is what their bodies mainly need, but if that is lacking they will go for the apples/fruits. I promise this will help out a ton.
Cool beans, thank you! When you were putting it around your plant it looked like the soil on the moon 😂. Another thing that works well in the toilet and bathroom sink is denture cleaners. I'll have to try the Alka-Seltzer.
Yes! Depends because in philly ; we have hood squirrels who fight people and cats so Irish springs is not stopping them . Also, I'm afraid if the stray cats may eat it and get sick
A friend who grew up on a farm told me they cut green Irish Spring soap bard into 4 and set them outside close to bacement windows and on sides of doors outside and it keeps mice out.
Wow great video. Glad i read the comments. I found 2 cases of denture tablets on one of my refuse rescue trips and wondered if they would work in place of alka seltzer. Finding that they do.... has my cleaning wheels turning. Lol Laundry staims?? Upolstry stains?? Outdoor yard ornaments... I have pecan trees... So for part of the summer everything is covered in black sap. Excited to see what all it can do. I live in the south so i Cant wait to see how the irish soap hacks work
for those here in South Africa watching this, I looked up Sunlight bar soap and it has much of the same ingredients INCLUDING geranium extract which really does repel rats, its also in citronella and is the base ingredient in the German rat spray for your car Molly something or other. :)
love all the Irish spring uses but the alka seltzer not so much. Too expensive when you can do the same with baking soda and if need be for stubborn stains, a bit of white vinegar to the mix and it's magic. Thanks so much for all your suggestions.
I use glass marbles for mulch in potted plants outdoors. Seems to assist in keeping plants moist and also helps keep warm in spring on chilly days. Or so I think.
If you are putting shavings of soap around your plants, when you wet your plants, won't there be damage to the root of the plant, or kill the plant all together?
Peppermint oil not harmful to people, pets or environment and will do the same thing! Can use mixture of tea trea and Peppermint or just the one. But I'm sure the soap is great for some things though, so thanks for that info.. I will definitely try in thr trash can instead of my essential oils, A they're more costly. I do buy large quantities in bulk, so that helps. I've always used the denture tabs for toilets and porcelain, or tough cleaning jobs one or two tabs does it plus the minty smell freshens small spaces like toilet areas! Win, win in my book. When my step Dad passed I ft like I had stock in them had to find a use, his bathroom was the first place I tried them.
I can believe that bugs hate Irish Spring. My regular soap was discontinued so I bought a bar 20 years ago. Unwrapped it and placed it in the shower for the next morning. 2:00 am - I woke up with my sinuses on fire - because of that soap - 2 rooms away! Got up, picked it up with a plastic bag so I didn't have to touch it and carried it outside to the trash can so I could get some sleep.
@Clifton McNally. I had a friend years ago who was very allergic to Ivory soap. She broke out in a terrible rash. 99 and 100% pure didn’t work for her.
@@libbyworkman3459 I can't use it either. Just washing my hands in it regularly would cause the skin on my palms to start peeling. I'm also allergic to lanolin.
@@maggiesmith4699 i dont use dishwashers. Im kinda against them. I think they are appliances that should only be used on like occasions like christmas or thanksgiving where you did a lot of work and shouldnt have to wash all that mess by hand. I find them to be a place where bacteria and mould can build up and you just don't notice plus using all that extra electricity... Just not for me
@@g.borgia5100 I know but after seeing all these natural ways of whitening and cleaning I started getting a bit paranoid. I always have a bottle of chlorine in the house because sometimes it's the only way to get a really good clean after it's been a while or when you have many animals and one of them gets sick. You defo have to put chlorine in the cleaning mixture. Also when my bath stains because of dyes or cloves. Nothing else whitens it again WITHOUT scrubbing
A cheeper way to clean coolers, toilets, tubs, etc. is to use a 1/2 cup baking soda, 1/2 salt, 1 cup vinager. Does the same thing as those tables and its already in your kitchen. For disinfecting counter spray use hydrogen peroxide.
Shower gel doesn't work as long. The bar soap works partially because the hard soap itself sticks and stays in place, thus keeping more of the scent in the places you put it. The gel has lots of water to make the gel and disappears fairly quickly thus taking the scent away fairly quickly as well.
Also to keep coffee pots from getting calcium and other gunk built up,don't run sink water in it. Use only bottled water or other purified or natural spring water
I'd advize against using Irish spring as bug spray for skin, although I see the use of it as a plant soap to scrub off pest eggs and drive off pest. Putting soap on skin without rinsing it off has all kinds of itch-and-dryness related effects, plugs pores and can actually stick more grime to the body. Think of people with sensitive skin who have to be extra careful that they carefully select laundry soaps and that washed clothing is super rinsed; soap facilitates the cleening and disinfecting process, but even the best soaps are designed to be rinsed off the body.
HOPEFULLY they will at some point bath or shower. This is temporary. Don't people spray other bug repellent on their skin? This far less harmful. Life is full of love.
@@TheEntrepreneur101 Exactly. I live in Texas where we have tons of mosquitoes. I'm definitely going to be trying this. I'd try this over chemicals any day.
So, after listening to you, and then poking fun at my wife because she has your same northern Midwestern accent, which I find absolutely adorable. I started thinking and came up with a question. Wouldn't it work to take the spray bottle with the Irish Spring solution and spray it around the door frame, or wherever you needed that scent but didn't want any visible traces of the soap? It seems like it would be a much cleaner application, so you wouldn't see any residue like you would when rubbing it on like a big crayon, or springing the shavings around. Not to mention, applying it would be so much quicker and easier, and you could apply it whenever you noticed its effectiveness beginning to diminish. This time of year in the Phoenix area we get a lot of flies bussing in through our sliding patio door, so I'm thinking I might try making a water solution and spraying it all around the patio area. I'm absolutely going to try this. THANK YOU for this awesome Irish Spring tip.
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We grow up using this soap. I’m telling you! Watching these videos makes me realize everything we used growing up had more the 1 uses. Plus was way cheaper. We were very poor growing up so my mom used a lot of Home remedies. Great video!
I like to think of those times as survival camp. A lot of people used to a lot of good money for survival camp and my children and I did it for free. Who were the smarter ones? 🤪
Lots of perfumes and chemicals in this soap.
We were poorer as well but we used ZEST bar soap
@@kathleendraper5704 ahhhh zest ??? You had some money. 🤪
@@WifeofaJer We used Dial...
Florida here. We're known for our mosquitoes. Floridians have been using scented dryer sheets for ever down here. We rub the sheet on our arms and legs then we just lay a few on the patio table and tucked in our chairs. Keeps 95% of them away. Doing that along with a small fan works 100%. Just blows them away.
I live in South Florida and find that witch hazel and lavender essential oil work very well to keep the mosquitoes away
Dryer sheets are neuro-toxic. Research it.
Dryer sheets toxic? By far less of any of the toxina that are in the ambient air & auto tailpipe of the vehicle we drive to the store. Life in a bubble, terrifiied of everything is not the way to live. Thank you-did the research.
@@sallyk7363 what's the proportions of each? If you have the time. Thank you
@@sallyk7363 will try it thanks !
Love the smell of Irish spring!
We stayed at a working B & B farm in VA many yrs ago... we were surprised that the owner had pieces of Irish Spring soap (tied in knee high hosiery & hanging about) which she explained kept the critters from eating her garden plants.
The critters KNOW that scent is toxic!!!
Really appreciate these suggestions. I love that you aren't using noxious chemicals. I love Irish Spring so I'm going to try this. Thank you!
I live in the UK, and we don't have this particular brand. Can you please tell me what it smells like? Thanks.
Does it only work with this one brand only ? Or any bar soap will work just as well?
I am a horticulturist and have all kinds of Biological and environmental pests and critter hacks ..never heard of Irish Spring working so well ...makes sense ..Rosemary plants will help keep all kinds of things away ..its a beautiful plant ..All kinds of Herbs can repel insects and Critters ..most have fragrant odors that animals and pests are highly sensitive too ...plus herbs are just AWESOME to grow and use in all kinds of cooking and home remedies .. They are all so beautiful also ...Gotta get some Irish Spring soap and dental tabs....
@@Wann-zo7rn2qn4i I Think it's the Scent the Irish Spring Emits .. Smells so Clean ... You could try any kind of soap that has a strong scent...Try it ... One way to find out ...
@@cathymorgan8670 Thanks. Will do.
I don’t use Alka Seltzer, I use the cheap brand of denture cleaning tablets. It works just as good and cost way less. Got some of the dollar tree Irish spring soap for indoor ideas but I’ll have to try it on the outdoor hacks too!
It's puke juice, warn others if in use!
We also use denture tablets for everything she used Alka Seltzer for cleaning. I run them in the dishwasher as well with our normal dishwasher soap. Great video. The soap is also good to rub on wooden furniture drawers. Helps with a smoother slide, keep bugs away & leaves a nice smell when you open them up.
I use denture cleaning tablets too. They work amazing well, and yes, they are cheaper and have a pleasant smell.
I use baking soda and lemon juice
Me, too, and also in place of pricier cleaners for my hiking backpack water bladders.
I remember this video. I just wanted to say I'm glad to see it re-released. It helped me remember how to do these hacks for this summer.
This was a great video. I will try the Irish Spring trick because I love the smell. As for the other, I will stick with the baking soda and vinegar combo.
We use this soap on our farm everywhere. It may not be the healthiest but I tell you, it keeps the biting insects off of me! We keep chunks in the goat barn and the mice do not like it! I buy it by the case😀
Thank you
Farm mice must be different because the mice in the Midwest loved eating the Irish Spring soap
You're lucky, chipmunks (striped rats) around here just use it in nest building. 😒
Soap for you is like windex on the movie My Big Fat Greek Wedding! I am really enjoying the enthusiasm for Irish spring! My husband loves the stuff. Be careful if you have kids or grandkids having that soap on the edges of tables might result in getting the soap on hands and in eyes though!
What is in the Irish Spring that repels bugs and critters??
Pine-Sol in a 50/50 combination with water in a spray bottle works well too (I wouldn't spray it on your skin though). Great for pest control of your RV. White vinegar is the best stain and mineral remover and is much less expensive than Alka Seltzer tablets!
Yes it does! Instant
Thank you for sharing all your great tips
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Now I know what to do with my Irish spring soap that I can't stand the smell of, and now know why the bugs don't like it either. I'm trying this for sure on them. Thank you for the tips.
Just curious as to why would you have Irish spring soap if you can't stand the smell of it, because you can smell it through the packaging when buying it at the store🤔
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@@lovinglife9826 It's just too overwhelming and my bathroom continues to smell like it hours after my shower, didn't know it was going to hang around that long to make the scent annoying to my nose👃
GREAT Irish Spring hacks- Here is 1 more that I use to stop deer from eating our bush leave and fruit from trees, I heard when hung on a stick in a garden they will leave tomatoes alone also. They don't like the smell. I hope I can explain what to do without a video. Save the netting that onions come in. I guess you could also use cheese cloth, thin fabric, piece of chicken wire or nylons? Do they make nylons anymore? I usually buy some Irish spring from the dollar tree, cut them in small pieces-maybe about ten to a bar. Cut the netting in thirds, place about 4 pieces of soap on each piece of netting, bring up the netting like a pouch. Cut a piece of string, fishing line or whatever about 12 inches long tie the top of the pouch hang it from tree or bush. It works for me. I have a lot of deer.
My kitchen cabinets and drawers are all wood, hand made in 1958. In damp weather drawers stick and are difficult to open and close. I rub Irish Spring soap on the top and bottom of the runners on each drawer. They open and close so easily. I
also run the soap on shelves of cabinets. Helps keep bugs away in both applications. ❤️ love Irish Spring!
Thanks Vee, I have a similar problem do I'm going to try your idea🤠👸
Wax will work too!
20 years ago I couldn't keep the deer out of my garden. A old timer told me to lay bars of soap around the garden, been using Irish Spring like that every year since, never have deer, rabbits or other critters in the garden. Have told several friends about it after they had problems, all of them now use soap around their gardens every year.
I did this and discovered that crows and ravens were bringing the soap pieces to the bird bath and dipping and eating them. 😮
@@Katnip7770really? Lol
does it make bubbles when it rains?
@@jv-ep2tc Took me a while to figure out why there were some soap pieces next to the bird bath…was some critter washing their hands/feet? Then I saw them eating it. Apparently the fat content of the soap is what they’re after.
Irish spring smells wonderful. It was my dads favorite soap and now i use it.
Another usage for bar soap is: If you have a door or a dresser drawer or a kitchen cabinet drawer/door that sticks a little, rub the bar soap on the area(s) where it sticks. (The door jamb & where it sticks on the door itself. Or, the drawer's edge & the edge of the drawer frame where the sticking happens.) This usually helps to stop the sticking. 🍀🌻🌿
Thank you that's a great idea I wonder if you put the soap in the drawers like maybe a quarter of it it would probably keep bugs away from the drawer too
You can rub it over metal zippers that jam as well.
Yeah drawers Windows zippers. My grandfather used to use it on screws when he's building things they go in easier and if you need to remove them they come out easier
Or wax
@@LetArtsLive my mama always saved bits of candles that had been pretty much done for. She's rub the wax on our coat zippers, screws on the cabinets, drawer slides, squeaky hinges. Things like that.
Crushed or small pieces of ice and some salt is great to clean inside your glass coffee pots. Swirl it around for a minute if you have real bad stuck on dark spots. We did that at a restaurant and it worked great.
Baking soda works too
Ajax or comet and ice works great on glass coffee pots also .. I have used baking soda...Its awesome ...
Yes we did that at our restaurant too and sometimes added lemon wedges to our coffee/tea pots
Wow, that's a whole lot of uses for soap, I love the way it smells too!! Makes me want to buy a boat load of soap !! They should sponsor you!!
I use sterident tabs for cleaning the coffee pot etc, they are for cleaning dentures but are amazing for the hard to clean things like the flask.
Baking soda and vinegar whitens wash amazingly well. Take husband’s shirts that have collars badly soiled.
Sprinkle baking soda onto dirty soiled collar. Put inside washer and add 1/2 cup of vinegar on top of shirt. Turn on washer. Take out shirt clean and soft.
And you don't have to use fabric softener. It does not make your clothes smell like vinegar either. I love it!
I love how this soap smells!
Irish Spring smells sooooo good...thanks for the idea
At 4:12 you should DEFINITELY TELL the PAINTER that you rubbed soap on that. Because If you don't get it ALL OFF, the next coat of paint won't even last a year. The soap will remain BETWEEN the old and new layers and will prevent the binding agent in the paint from BONDING. The paint will dry and shrink as it is supposed to do, but as it shrinks it WILL separate from the surface.
You're supposed to wash your walls and trim before you paint or have someone to paint.
@@billofrightsamend4 NOT with bar soap. It has a wax in it that will not be easily removed. I was a professional painter for over 18 years. Most painters only use warm water to wipe down trim, doors, Windows, and walls WHEN NECESSARY. Most of us wouldn't realize that the homeowners had rubbed bar soap on anything. As I said, They should DEFINITELY tell the painter.
This is probably one of the best ideas I’ve seen and probably the only use for Irish spring soap considering the fact that I’m allergic to it thanks for sharing 😊
When I first saw the thumbnail I thought maybe it was going to be the hack I use for one of the best shaving soaps I've ever used. I just grate Men's Dove from the dollar store into my shaving mug and pack it down. The cleansing cream in it gives me the best shave and leaves baby soft skin @ 77 yo. Also, apple cider vinegar and a few drops of dish soap in a jar with holes in the lid lures fruit flies to their doom. Got that one from the tube.
Yes, the vinegar lures them in and then they get stuck in the soapy water and drown. I do this too in the summer as we constantly get a ton of gnats because my wife insists on owning 7 million house plants 😂. I’ll definitely tell my father about the shaved soap to shave his face though. He uses it to bathe so I’m sure he’d appreciate that hack of yours, especially because it’ll save him some money on shaving cream.
Instead of AlkaSeltser use vinegar and baking Soda it will be a lot CHEAPER
I use vinegar and baking soda for so many things. It's cheaper and works better!
What is this good for?
We put Irish Spring under our sinks in both our cabin and our RV to keep mice out. We've been using it for years, works well.
Strongly Disagree on the mice deterent. I read this suggestion elsewhere, bought a case and shredded it to protect a new $3000 pool cover. Delivered in spring, stored til fall. Got my new pool cover out of the garbage can in the shed (with the Irish spring shavings in the can and sprinkled generously around and inside shed) and was Mortified of all the mouse damage! I had to use 3" gorilla tape inside and out to seal/cover of all the holes before install. OMG
We've had very little damage in the past 9 years to our old cover, Before the Irish Spring. Never had holes big enough to tape.....til now.
Also, told my girlfriend about putting it in her RV (another suggester)(I never tested it out first).....she said they ATE it and loved it apparently. She wasn't happy about her damage either.
Just our personal experiences. Not a mice deterent.
Is any Irish Spring soap formula good for this or just the original?!? Thx
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Peppermint Essential Oil is a Mice Deterrent … add drops to cotton balls, sprinkle those around strategic areas.
The # of drops may depend on your own tolerance for the scent - The first year I did this, the peppermint smell was almost overpowering in my garage, so the “you can always add more” principle would apply here too.
@@babzee7111peppermint oil is dangerous to use around small pets.
Wonderful suggestions!!!
Thank you!!!😇
I like the idea of the shredded soap in a jar it just looks better I may do this for my hall closet
Great video! I didn't know they still sold Alka Selzer. Irish Spring soap smells good, but I can't bathe with it. Will try using it outside to keep bugs away. TFS.
WOW God Bless You, and You have Too Much Free Time on Your Hands! Blessings and Joy!
Thank you God for another year
All’s seltzer seems kind of expensive to use to clean items when you can just add baking soda and peroxide (edit) instead.
I loved the Irish Spring hacks.
I've been using cheap denture cleaning tablets - you can get 30 for £1 or les and they do exactly the same 😁
I was thinking same thing!
Exactly
dollar store has them
@Victor Eagle Arrington Your right! Idk why I typed water. 🙃
Yes, it is a good bug spray, but remember once water hits the area, such as a porch or sidewalk, and you forgot (!!) that you sprayed, YOU WILL SLIP AND FALL!!
Good catch. I hadn't thought of that!
Biting flies are worse here in MN/WI than the mosquitoes, although they’re a problem as well, at our seasonal. Ive heard about the Pine Sol but I’ve not seen the Irish Spring uses. Gonna have to try it out! 👍🏼
I've been using denture tablets instead of alka seltzer. Is alka seltzer more powerful and would do a better job on the items you showed? Great video!
Woman, I thought I'd heard it all, but this... THANK YOU!! Purely, deeply, truly, THANK YOU!!
I've used denture tablets for some of the things you used Alka seltzer for. It remove stains and smells minty.
I do aS well, after my father passed I had stock in denture tabs & found several great use for them around the house making life much easier maintaining the home.
We put Irish Spring on our tires of vehicals that we are not driving, same with our travel trailer, too, it keeps mice away too.
Oh do tires attract mice?
I tried it for the mice problem, it is not working..
@@jewellenhart7717 walmart has rat poison pellets. Don't they work?
Mice will eat wires in your engine causing thousands. The wires in the car are coated in soy.
@@jewellenhart7717 I use mint essential oil on cotton balls put them in cracks etc. Mice hate it. I'm in the rural woods and watch them flee for it.
Great idea. I'm definitely going to try this to get rid of squirrels.
Great hacks.......and BTW.....beautiful patio chairs!!!!!!!
Dang! what have I been doing wrong. This lady helped me more ways than one. wow
I’m going to try the Irish spring soap around my plants , I believe the squirrels have been messing with them. Thank you for your video
Excellent tutorial!
Place a bar of this (or similar), under the bed sheets. Keeps odors away.
VO5 cleans silver. The insert tells all one can do with VO5.
Bay leaves, tobacco, cloves keep little buggers out of clothes(winter summer storage). A little container of Cloves kept on a shelf, with winter hats and gloves smells good but the bay leaves and tobacco keeps away moths, silverfish, etc.
Why would anyone wanna smell like that that's nasty asf
OK Irish Spring and Alka-Seltzer we bout to do some things TFS!!!
To our surprise the chunks of "Irish" soap were gathered together near a plant after we had scattered a previous night before. Some critter evidently knew the "hack" and showed us who's boss.
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LOL
Too funny
That's hilarious 😂
Thank you for sharing this wonderful message it really help for again thanks
Nice and cheap way to put bugs off. I particularly hate flies, coming in the house, I put bleach in the toilet bowls and kitchen bins . I also use lavender and eucalyptus oil in drawers and cupboards, to stop moths. Thank you X; )
How do you put the oil in the drawers n cupboards? Do you place it directly on them or do you place cotton balls with it?
I use Parmigiano jars for baking soda in refrigerator
I think you can also use baking soda and vinegar to clean and a lot cheaper! :) Also Dawn and vinegar are great for the kitchen and bathroom.
Baking soda scrubs but it’s not soap
It doesn’t clean
Vinegar isn’t a cleaner either just rinses well
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@YeshuaMyKing combine them and they work very well
@YeshuaMyKing mixed together it does the same thing as the Alka-Seltzer. I use baking soda and cheap white vinegar in my sinks and bathrooms to clean and help unclog pipes.
I'm going to get a couple of soap bars and give it a try.
Me too!
Put a bird bath under tour apple tree, and squirrels/birds will avoid going at your apples. Keep the water fresh everyday. Add a feeder for both animal also. Both animals seek out fruit for lack of water. The animal feed is what their bodies mainly need, but if that is lacking they will go for the apples/fruits. I promise this will help out a ton.
Wow. Interesting tip. Thanks!!
Thank you for sharing these unique tips
Cool beans, thank you! When you were putting it around your plant it looked like the soil on the moon 😂. Another thing that works well in the toilet and bathroom sink is denture cleaners. I'll have to try the Alka-Seltzer.
You can also wash yourself with it! Amazing.
So helpful. Thank you very much!
Your decor and home is so cute.
Surprisingly, this actually works, I've used it for years, results may vary depending on the craziness of the squirrel 😅
Yes! Depends because in philly ; we have hood squirrels who fight people and cats so Irish springs is not stopping them . Also, I'm afraid if the stray cats may eat it and get sick
@@samyljones3871 lol, hood squirrels, we have those too 😅 I expect to be mugged every time I shoo them away 😂
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A friend who grew up on a farm told me they cut green Irish Spring soap bard into 4 and set them outside close to bacement windows and on sides of doors outside and it keeps mice out.
Love your cone timer🍦.
Wow great video.
Glad i read the comments. I found 2 cases of denture tablets on one of my refuse rescue trips and wondered if they would work in place of alka seltzer.
Finding that they do.... has my cleaning wheels turning. Lol
Laundry staims??
Upolstry stains??
Outdoor yard ornaments...
I have pecan trees... So for part of the summer everything is covered in black sap.
Excited to see what all it can do.
I live in the south so i
Cant wait to see how the irish soap hacks work
Love the Irish Spring hack👍 thanks
Thank you so much for sharing!! This hack is amazing ❤
for those here in South Africa watching this, I looked up Sunlight bar soap and it has much of the same ingredients INCLUDING geranium extract which really does repel rats, its also in citronella and is the base ingredient in the German rat spray for your car Molly something or other. :)
Thank you 💜
Thank you.I also thouth maybe sunlight will help
love all the Irish spring uses but the alka seltzer not so much. Too expensive when you can do the same with baking soda and if need be for stubborn stains, a bit of white vinegar to the mix and it's magic. Thanks so much for all your suggestions.
Irish Spring...
Manly Yes...
But I like it too!
Wow, definitely trying these hacks!
Excellent hacks, thank you for sharing😊
Wow. What a great idea! Thank you....
This reminds me of the dad on My Big Fat Greek Wedding with his Windex. 😂
😄 HaHa
Used it for everything lmbo yes that was funny 😆
I liked your presentation. I hadn't thought to use Alka Seltzer to clean. Cool.
Anyone notice what appears to be a blue glass marble stuck in the soil at 1:17 into the video?
Saturn!
Yeah, it just happened to be there as I read your comment. Hmmm...
I ADD MARBLES IN MY GARDEN ALL THE TIME..MAKES IT LOOK🥰 PRETTY🙏🏻🙋🏼♀️💜
Those are the glass flat beads/marbles you can get in a bag at Walmart, Michaels and probably Dollar Tree. They're used for decorating and crafting.
I use glass marbles for mulch in potted plants outdoors. Seems to assist in keeping plants moist and also helps keep warm in spring on chilly days. Or so I think.
Thank you Blessings always
Thank you kindly for sharing 👍
Wow! I am definitely going to try this!
If you are putting shavings of soap around your plants, when you wet your plants, won't there be damage to the root of the plant, or kill the plant all together?
yes, I wondered that also.
Peppermint oil not harmful to people, pets or environment and will do the same thing! Can use mixture of tea trea and Peppermint or just the one. But I'm sure the soap is great for some things though, so thanks for that info.. I will definitely try in thr trash can instead of my essential oils, A they're more costly. I do buy large quantities in bulk, so that helps. I've always used the denture tabs for toilets and porcelain, or tough cleaning jobs one or two tabs does it plus the minty smell freshens small spaces like toilet areas! Win, win in my book. When my step Dad passed I ft like I had stock in them had to find a use, his bathroom was the first place I tried them.
Denture cleaners are great for the bad water stains in a toilet bowl too
Thank You definitely gonna try💯🤗
I can believe that bugs hate Irish Spring. My regular soap was discontinued so I bought a bar 20 years ago. Unwrapped it and placed it in the shower for the next morning. 2:00 am - I woke up with my sinuses on fire - because of that soap - 2 rooms away! Got up, picked it up with a plastic bag so I didn't have to touch it and carried it outside to the trash can so I could get some sleep.
@Clifton Mcnally. Such a shame for you!! What a reaction 😅
Yep! Can’t stand it but it does work for the bugs etc!!
@Clifton McNally. I had a friend years ago who was very allergic to Ivory soap. She broke out in a terrible rash. 99 and 100% pure didn’t work for her.
@@libbyworkman3459 I can't use it either. Just washing my hands in it regularly would cause the skin on my palms to start peeling. I'm also allergic to lanolin.
😂😂😂😂 I needed that laugh 😂😂
I need to use Irish Spring for my sinks
What does that do to butterflys and bees? If it repells bugs will it kill them?
I hang chunks of Irish Spring in my apple and orange trees, to keep the squirrel's out.
Works well....
That seltzer hack is nice!!! I'm going to have to try this at some point. Been using a bit of chlorine on my tea cups and spoons. Not very healthy.
I remember when I was younger my mom used to do the same thing,. Maybe run your dishes through the dishwasher
@@maggiesmith4699 i dont use dishwashers. Im kinda against them. I think they are appliances that should only be used on like occasions like christmas or thanksgiving where you did a lot of work and shouldnt have to wash all that mess by hand. I find them to be a place where bacteria and mould can build up and you just don't notice plus using all that extra electricity... Just not for me
@@Anarky 😂
Restaurants are mandated to have chlorine in the water when washing dishes etc also don't forget chlorine is used to purify water.
@@g.borgia5100 I know but after seeing all these natural ways of whitening and cleaning I started getting a bit paranoid. I always have a bottle of chlorine in the house because sometimes it's the only way to get a really good clean after it's been a while or when you have many animals and one of them gets sick. You defo have to put chlorine in the cleaning mixture. Also when my bath stains because of dyes or cloves. Nothing else whitens it again WITHOUT scrubbing
A cheeper way to clean coolers, toilets, tubs, etc. is to use a 1/2 cup baking soda, 1/2 salt, 1 cup vinager. Does the same thing as those tables and its already in your kitchen. For disinfecting counter spray use hydrogen peroxide.
Hi
Is it 1/2 cup salt?
Regarding the Irish Spring bug spray hack...can you use the Irish Spring shower gel for the same effect?
Shower gel doesn't work as long. The bar soap works partially because the hard soap itself sticks and stays in place, thus keeping more of the scent in the places you put it. The gel has lots of water to make the gel and disappears fairly quickly thus taking the scent away fairly quickly as well.
Oh wow! Thanks for sharing!
I was thinking of denture cleaner tabs instead of Alka Seltzer!
What a cool witch!!
Funny, that they hate the smell of Irish Spring....and it smells so good!!!! 🤣🤣
Also, this gave me an amazing idea of something to make!! 👀👏🏼
Good tips! Thank you!
It's lovely on my pasta too. Gives it a certain zing taste.
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You put soap in your pasta?
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Not the perfumed kind though.
@@maggiesmith4699 Yes. I putta the soapa ona mia pasta!
Brilliant!! Thank you!😁😁😁👏👏👏
Also to keep coffee pots from getting calcium and other gunk built up,don't run sink water in it. Use only bottled water or other purified or natural spring water
Distilled water only
I love Irish spring original soap
I'd advize against using Irish spring as bug spray for skin, although I see the use of it as a plant soap to scrub off pest eggs and drive off pest. Putting soap on skin without rinsing it off has all kinds of itch-and-dryness related effects, plugs pores and can actually stick more grime to the body. Think of people with sensitive skin who have to be extra careful that they carefully select laundry soaps and that washed clothing is super rinsed; soap facilitates the cleening and disinfecting process, but even the best soaps are designed to be rinsed off the body.
HOPEFULLY they will at some point bath or shower. This is temporary. Don't people spray other bug repellent on their skin? This far less harmful. Life is full of love.
It's puke juice, gosh awful smell. ALSO, people should be fully warned if you using in where they could touch or accidently ingest. Dangerous
TM - soap cleans because it breaks the surface tension and then things will rinse out clean.
@@TheEntrepreneur101 Exactly. I live in Texas where we have tons of mosquitoes. I'm definitely going to be trying this. I'd try this over chemicals any day.
Even more, it's a deodorizing soap, which is also not good for the skin.
I use denture cleaning tablets for all the hacks you mention. They work very well and are cheaper than the Alka Selzer tablets.
Does the Irish spring work on indoor plants to get rid of the bugs ?
What kind of bugs do you get in your indoor plants, sometimes I get certain bugs in mind?
So, after listening to you, and then poking fun at my wife because she has your same northern Midwestern accent, which I find absolutely adorable. I started thinking and came up with a question. Wouldn't it work to take the spray bottle with the Irish Spring solution and spray it around the door frame, or wherever you needed that scent but didn't want any visible traces of the soap? It seems like it would be a much cleaner application, so you wouldn't see any residue like you would when rubbing it on like a big crayon, or springing the shavings around. Not to mention, applying it would be so much quicker and easier, and you could apply it whenever you noticed its effectiveness beginning to diminish. This time of year in the Phoenix area we get a lot of flies bussing in through our sliding patio door, so I'm thinking I might try making a water solution and spraying it all around the patio area. I'm absolutely going to try this. THANK YOU for this awesome Irish Spring tip.