Laundry Flops

I  heard two or three dry towel in the dryer would cut drying time on half.  I tried it out and did not notice a difference.  My clothes took just as long to to try- or the difference was not enough to worry about extra towels in the dryer every time.


I heard two or three safety pins in the clothes would prevent static cling.  I pinned socks with their match and tested it out.  The results were STATIC.

 I also read rolling two pieces of aluminum up into balls and putting them in the dryer works.  I was nervous to try this, but in the name of science in they went.  The results-on low heat this time- was STATIC!

FAIL!

So here is my very best solution to static in the laundry- the very thing I used to do.  Go buy dryer sheets and cut them in half.  Now you have no static and save money.  Tada!

For the cheap kind you can cut them in half and still have them work on a full load of laundry.  If you buy Bounce, you can actually cut (or tear) them into thirds and they will still take the static out of your laundry.  So with that, Bounce, on sale, may save even more money than the generic brands.

Cooking Spray

So, I heard there was a great way to save money by making your own cooking spray.

The first recipe I tried was this:  
1 Part oil
4- 5 parts water

Mix in spray bottle or brush on

I baked banana bread and while both loaves came out easily, I was left with this.

Left was homemade spray

I added more oil to 50/50 put it in a spray bottle instead of brushing it on and baked cupcakes.
I got this:

Can you guess what row had the homemade?  This recipe is all over the internet, or versions of it.  Not sure what I am doing wrong.  For now I'm back to the expensive can of junk. Sad.