Was watching Drugs Inc one night and they were cutting their cocaine with baby formula to increase their yield and suddenly it occurred to me….
I had been experimenting with Home Brand dishwasher powder and getting poor results. Streaky glasses and the odd dirty bowl. The wife had hounded me about it and I'd relented and bought a 2kg Finish powder to replace it.
I got up and found a container and cut finish with home brand 40/60 and put it on. In the morning the results were almost perfect but not 100%. I increased it to 50/50 and told the wife I was only using the finish. Perfect results every time.
Later I told her of my experiment and despite her horror she agreed it works. Been doing this for months now, no issue with the dishwasher. We have Miele.
I'm gonna try it with washing powder next.
Update: (the madness continues)
Bought a 4kg Homebrand washing powder and have been topping up the Biozet by about 25%. So far so good. I've hidden the Homebrand and the wife is yet to be told of this bold new experiment. I'll slowly increase the % until it becomes noticeable and then back it off a bit.
Also mixed homebrand dry cat food with the Royal Canin and the cat IS NOT HAPPY! This experiment failed miserably. The cat whines until the bowl is topped up then picks out the Royal Canin then whines again. EPIC FAIL!
Might try Blackhawk instead. It's under $5 a kilo if you buy in bulk.
Recently I retried home brand and now made in China toothpaste. The quality has improved remarkably, and I haven't showed any signs of been poisoned yet. The kids flat out refused to try it and so did my wife. Thus I employed my original strategy and refilled their almost empty tube of colgate with homebrand. They haven't noticed. GREAT SUCCESS!
Oh that's a boring new title you've given this dear moderators!!!!