Go back to good old fashioned Dish Cloths!!!

System

Lyndsay_21 wrote:

ok i am confused what is the difference between j-cloth and dichcloth? Which one is the white stringy one is that the dish cloth
Personally i get my cloths from aldis that i use for wiping down side etc. u get about 5 and they're all different colours and they wash and bleach really well.

This is a J cloth


This is a dish cloth

System

You can tell i like my value products cant you?

sarah1

tie your dishcloth to the top rack inside your dishwasher taking care to keep away from rotating arm. When they come out they are sterilised, smell fresh and are really clean .

HOLsale

nabowla wrote:

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?

sponges, jcloths or dish cloths can all be unhygienic if you keep using them! if you want to resuse a cloth before washing it you must thoroughly wring it out and then hang it over the faucet or somewhere so it can dry out. you can microwave a plain sponge for 30 seconds to kill germs but i always washed mine. you can wash scrubby sponges several times before they need to be binned. you can also wash j cloths quite a few times before you have to bin them, but hang them to dry, don't put them in the dryer (don't put sponges in the dryer either!)

make your own dish cloths by cutting up old towels, then you'll have plenty and can use a new one every day or several a day if you're doing grimy work.

one thing i've always done is if a jcloth or sponge had been washed so many times they needed to be binned i put them in a storage container in the bathroom. then any time i needed to do a nasty job like cleaning under the toilet seat or all the grunge along the taps or the dust on the skirting boards i could just use one of these and throw it away without guilt... old toothbrushes go in the same container.

HOLsale

student100 wrote:

Yes, you can wash a cotton dishcloth in the washing machine, but the energy and water etc used to wash & dry it probably costs more than a disposable cloth (which can be bought for less than 5 pence each).
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it's not always financial costs you need to think about, the ecological costs include but aren't limited to the manufacture of the cloths and the plastic to wrap them in for sale, the transport of the goods back and forth to the factory where they are made and again to the stores where they are sold and again to your home! then there is the impact on the environment when you dispose of them.

people can make dish cloths from old clothes or towels, you rarely do an entire load of wash for towels but if you did you'd be washing a lot of them and it wouldn't be that expensive per towel. most towels are thrown in with other items and aren't really taking up much extra space. the inital outlay in cost and in the manufacturing process average out over a much longer period and are thereby much more econmical in both senses.

[Deleted User]

So are the value dishcloths longlasting or would it be better to go for Tesco own brand?

System

So are the value dishcloths longlasting or would it be better to go for Tesco own brand?

Personal preference really. Own brands are better quality and would last longer, but i find it makes no difference to the cleaning ability. In fact the own brands are a bit to thick and cumbersome for my tiny hands.

toozie_2

Have been married for 22 years, and have only ever used dish cloths! Used to bung them in the washing machine, but now they go in the dishwasher.

But usually after I've cleared up at night, I run hot water in the sink with a bit of bleach and leave the cloth and sponge over night-next morning as good as new.

Unknowingly I must have saved some money over the years from not buying J-cloths, or other specialised cleaning cloth!!

buffers

Quite agree. I have two dishclothes on the go at once - one for use and the other ready for when the first one goes into the dishwasher. In between the hot water and bleach works a treat. We oldies know a thing or two!

millie

I have just bought a pack of 5 100% cotton dishcloths from a freezer shop called Heron, I dont know whether they are part of a chain, for 59 pence. I always seem to have trouble getting 100 % cotton and they wring out so much drier than the ones with synthetic in them.