Do you change kitchen cloths every day?

Stompa

Do you change kitchen cloths every day?

Good god no. They last at least a couple of weeks, probably longer.

Stompa

BACKFRMTHEEDGE

Defo. Everyday

Mr_Meanie

My mum gives her dishcloth a hot hand wash every day and then lays it out on the lawn for a day!
Why, because that’s what her mum used to do with her whites.

Would anybody like to shed any light on that idea?

BTW Mums now 89 years old and can still walk faster than I can.

FRUGALPIE_2

I change my cloths everyday! My DH thinks I'm a mad woman but I alwasy do this no matter what is going on around me!

Murtle

Mr_Meanie wrote:

My mum gives her dishcloth a hot hand wash every day and then lays it out on the lawn for a day!
Why, because that’s what her mum used to do with her whites.

Would anybody like to shed any light on that idea?

BTW Mums now 89 years old and can still walk faster than I can.

is this just in the summer or all year?? I thought it was in the summer as the sun is the strongest natural bleach and would help keep the whites white.

susank

My mum used to put the whites out in the frost to bleach them whiter and in the sun in the summer - sun and fresh air is the best disinfectant you can get with the cloths.

quickstepqueen

Glad I found this thread as I was debating between bleaching dishcloth every other night or so (as my mum swears by) or using disposable dishcloths (which seem like a biiiiig waste.)

So, from what I've read I could use my ordinary cloth dishcloths but stick them in the washing maching with towels on a 95c wash. That's great because I'm not really a fan of using bleach. Thankyou MSE users.

Horasio

I put mine in with every wash

Horasio

susank wrote:

My mum used to put the whites out in the frost to bleach them whiter and in the sun in the summer - sun and fresh air is the best disinfectant you can get with the cloths.

Unless the birds poop on them

maryb

I change mine several times a day if they get damp - damp tea towels breed germs and waste time when you are trying to dry up. If they don't get damp I still change them at night. I just wash them with whatever load is going on cheap rate overnight at whatever temperature the rest of the wash needs.

I have managed to train DH and DDs not to dry their hands on tea towels. Apart from that washing up brush and sponge go in the dishwasher at night.

If I'm preparing raw meat I wash the cloth I used to wipe down the worktop and I never use the same knife or chopping board for vegetables.

Otherwise that's largely it as far as hygiene goes. I don't obsess about it, I just bought a whole load of cheap teatowels from the pound shop so that I don't have to think twice about whether or not to get out a clean teatowel