Polystyrene Balls

BOIL, not boild, I mean!

My mother used to boild my dad's hankies in a pan,*Alie*. I used to boil nappies too, Jess. ! I used to have a large zinc tub, that I put on the gas. Happy, happy days.......

LOL, I borrowed the huge boiling pan from the hospital doctor's mess kitchen - to use at home - hence finding said polystyrene balls around the house for years!

When those beanbags gave up the ghost, I kept the beads to use with potting compost for growing seedlings, to mix with our clay soil in the borders and the raised beds, instead of vermicullite - worked wonders

I used to boil nappies. Best to draw a veil over that stage of my life.

I boiled my husband's horrible, horrible handkerchiefs....in the 60s.

I didn't boil them, JessM, but my MiL regularly did used to boil old T's underwear on top of the stove. She wanted them to look sparkling white when she put them on the clothes line.....something that was very important in those days!
One of the nicest things to say about any housewife was, "Aye, she hings oot a braw washing!".

Good grief! What did you boil exactly?

I've just found this thread. I thought it was about Christmas decorations and hadn't read it. Boiling the granules in a big pan from the hospital kitchen, granjura ? I can imagine the wee balls floating about in the soup the next day
My MiL used to boil FiL's pants in a big pan on the cooker, but that's another story,,,

When we first got married, I had to make bean bags for us to sit on as we couldn't afford furniture. In those days (early 70s) you could buy polystyrene granules that you had to boil so they would expand around 10x - then dry in a great big gauze sock on the line. I had to borrow one of the huge pans from the hospital kitchen- we found beads all over the house for years to come.

And of course stitched into ribbed brown corduroy - them were the days

Well, silver ones from Marelli and now polystyrene ones from you, Jess! Whatever next?

JessM yes the market is where I would suggest (great minds glass) have you thought of the superstores stock rooms ask the managers if you can have what their stock arrives in they would be glad to get rid I'm sure.

I think they are the exact same balls nananel . But not expecting any deliveries.

Could you use the balls that people use for packing. We get bags full of them in every delivery we get and they drive us mad. Come to think of it I'll have a go at making a bean bag with them and let you know.

Ah - market is great idea, thanks glass .

Good morning jess do you have a local market? Ours sell huge bags of balls approx enough to fill an average bean bag could not tell exactly the amount but dont think they were that expensive. Our local upholstery shop also sell them but I would think they would be more expensive.. Or buy a couple of cheap bean bags from ebay and use the filling.