Go back to good old fashioned Dish Cloths!!!

Legacy_user

When i worked as a school cleaner, i noticed that the cleaning utensils they gave me to use, was basic to say the least (cheapskates i thought at the time). At home i use the spondex sponges, or J cloth type cloths.

So as i was cleaning the sinks i was amazed at how much grime these old fashioned dishcloths actually shifted without that much scrubbing. I bought them for home too, and would never go back to the more expensive type of cloth or sponge as they dont do half the job.

Give them a go, you might be suprised!!

Galtizz

Yep, I'll second that they are great and you can bung them in the washer on a white wash so you don't have to keep buying new ones.

To make them really cheap you can knit your own. I think it's just cast on until it's about wide enough then knit one knit one, no pearling required my Gran used to get me knitting them and it's how I learnt to knit.

Knitting is the new rock and roll you know

bumpybecky

I think this was a Aggie and Kim tip for dishcloths, can't say I've tried it but..

if you sew a small button onto the corner of a dishcloth you can use it as a scraper for really stubborn burnt on bits

I've never bothered as alhtough I love my dishcloths, I've still got a backlog of scouring pads from my pre-discloth days!

elona

You have inspired me to go out and buy a pack of two dishclothes and you are right. They are a bit like these microfibre things but a quarter of the price.

16011996

the button in the corner is also great for running along the grout between tiles.

halloweenqueen_2

If you save all your nets from oranges etc - you can ball them up and use them as scourers

nabowla

I heard somewhere that dishcloths are much more unhygenic than disposable jay cloths. Is this just a marketing gimmick to scare us into buying jay cloths? How often do you wash your old-fashioned dishcloths? Do you just rinse them with washing up liquid or should they be thrown in the washing machine?

Austin_Allegro

I hardly ever buy cleaning cloths. J cloths and disposable cloths etc are just a waste of money and landfill space.

For washing up, I use economy scouring pads from Sainsbury's, I think it's about 30p for five. Each pad lasts about a month.

For other jobs like the floor, bath etc I just use rags - old vests, t shirts etc cut up into squares with pinking shears.

I wash in boiling water or soak these in bleach to sterilise.

elona

They should be washed in a hot wash - 60 degrees or else sterilised in bleach.

Magentasue

I use dishcloths and put them in for washing every day! At the end of the day,I hang the cloth over the edge of a bucket in the utility room. In the morning it's dry and saved up for the 'whites load' that I do every week. This is a 80-90 degree wash fior the weeks cloths, tea towels and all whites. I was told that it's good for your washing machine to put a hotload through every week or two to dissolve all the scummy soap residue. Lakeland are good for dishcloths - expensive but outlast the cheap ones. Same for dusters - they do white dusters that can be boil washed.

Sarahsaver

i think dishcloths are gross
i get the sponges and run them through the dishwasher if they get grimy. Mainly use them for scrubbing potatoes and saucepans/roasting tins. You can wash J cloths and reuse them quite a lot of times.