Washing Up Methods

ariba10

Van1971 wrote:

Washing up liquid = soap = toxic.

Can't you taste the soap when you drink a glass of water?

Washing up liquid does not contain soap.

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But we always rinse.

[Deleted User]

OK maybe it's not toxic, but it can't be good for you and I'll continue to rinse, just like a rinse after a shower/bath or after brushing my teeth...

Jamp

Grrr my flatmate doesn't rinse and it drives me up the wall. Even forgetting the detergent, it means the dried bits of food often don't get rinsed off properly so remain stuck to the 'clean' plates. Yuck. Analogy with brushing teath above is a good one I think.

Maybe you could rinse in a bowl of clean water if you're lucky enough to have a double sink. Surely it'll quickly be coated in detergent bubbles that will stick to your plates are you remove them though, so you'd have to replace the water very often. A quick rinse under the tap is the only way really - just have to turn the tap off each time to save water. You don't need to waste hot water though - use the cold tap.

wigginsmum

Sinkfull of only hot soapy water, chopping-boards and plates on bottom, then cutlery, then mugs dotted on top. Walk away and go play on the computer for 10 minutes. Add a bit of cold water if still too hot. Scrub each item individually; rinse if very soapy, otherwise just leave. Mugs are always rinsed.

DH drives me crazy - he runs the hot tap without the plug in and washes each item individually under it. Very wasteful! Probably because he doesn't wash up very often and can't remember how you're supposed to do it ...

flang

I was having an arguement with my mum the other day about dish washers and how i think they use less water than washing up by hand!!!

aurora_borealis_2

I never rinse either.

I can't taste soap

It's usually the dishwasher anyway. They use less water

kingmonkey

Rinsing is part of the cleaning.

The detergent sticks to the dirt and the rinse washes it away.

Some detergent molecules are similar in structure to oestrogens.

You wouldnt wash your hair and not rinse. You wouldnt wash your clothes and not rinse. You would not wash your face and not rinse. Would you?

furndire

Don't put so much washing up liquid in when washing - no suds - don't. Pots just as clean.

HappyShopper3

I was always brought up to just wash up in washing up liquid and a bowl of hot water and not rinse. I see the Americans always rinse yet we haven't. It's not affected me in anyway. However, when fairy active foam came on the market I thought it was a novel way to wash up. You apply one squirt of the foam onto a sponge, wash the plates etc and rinse off in COLD water.

There was a lot of controversy about wasting running water, but hey why should I pay out to heat up my water to wash up! I have experimented and now I use one squirt of every day antibacterial washing up liquid on my sponge (I squirt an extra bit of washing up liquid on greasy items) and the washing up liquid used neat works the same as the active foam, without the extra cost of the active foam! I have ended up using less washing up liquid doing it this way than when I used a bowl of hot water and squirted loads of the stuff in! I always rinse off doing it this way and give a quick rinse to the plates etc, before I wash up. Honestly, you DO NOT need hot water to wash up. I haven't suffered any ill effects at all. It saves you on hot water and you will notice your washing up liquid will last sooooo much longer.

kingmonkey

HappyShopper3 wrote:

you DO NOT need hot water to wash up.

I agree since you will never get the water hot enough to kill any bacteria. Hot water may soften up some grease to wash away but srubbing/wiping has the same effect.