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  2. How to Wash Potatoes to Actually Get Them Clean ... - AOL

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    Place potatoes in the water, and let them soak for 15 minutes to allow dirt and grime to loosen. Using a vegetable brush, thoroughly scrub the potatoes to remove dirt from the skins.

  3. Stain removal - Wikipedia

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    The dye itself can be directly absorbed through the skin and into the bloodstream. [14] The stratum corneum (the outermost layer of skin also called the “horny layer”) contains a “lipid domain” that allows the dye to pool and provide opportunity to diffuse into the body. [14] Some hair dyes can also irritate the skin with prolonged ...

  4. Skin maceration - Wikipedia

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    Maceration often occurs with the application of a bandage to a wound, regardless of its mildness or severity, particularly if the bandage prevents water from evaporating from the surface of the skin. This occurs because the skin under the bandage becomes wet due to perspiration, urine or other bodily fluids, or contact with other liquids. The ...

  5. Chaconine - Wikipedia

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    The study found no significant decrease in the amount of solanine and chaconine. Therefore, it can be considered that boiling potato is not effective to reduce the amount of solanine and chaconine. [14] Also, since glycoalkaloids are soluble in water, soaking potatoes in water may cause SGAs to dissolve into the water. [15]

  6. Scarification (botany) - Wikipedia

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    Species that can withstand hot water will sprout faster under that condition than from cold tap water. The North Carolina State University recommends placing the seeds in boiling water and letting them soak while the water cools to room temperature, and then remove the seeds from the water and sow. [ 2 ]

  7. Water softening - Wikipedia

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    The surface of human skin has a light charge that the soap tends to bind with, requiring more effort and a greater volume of water to remove. [4] Hard water contains calcium or magnesium ions that form insoluble salts upon reacting with soap, leaving a coating of insoluble stearates on tub and shower surfaces, commonly called soap scum. [4] [5]

  8. Nixtamalization - Wikipedia

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    An 1836 lithograph of tortilla production in rural Mexico Bowl of hominy (nixtamalized corn kernels). Nixtamalization (/ ˌ n ɪ ʃ t ə m ə l ɪ ˈ z eɪ ʃ ən / nish-tə-mə-lih-ZAY-shən) is a process for the preparation of maize (corn), or other grain, in which the grain is soaked and cooked in an alkaline solution, usually limewater (but sometimes aqueous alkali metal carbonates), [1 ...

  9. Lye - Wikipedia

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    Pellets of soda lye (sodium hydroxide) Pellets of potash lye (potassium hydroxide)Lye is a hydroxide, either sodium hydroxide or potassium hydroxide.The word lye most accurately refers to sodium hydroxide (NaOH), [citation needed] but historically has been conflated to include other alkali materials, most notably potassium hydroxide (KOH).