Use a jey cloth to clean loo and then throw it away - is there a better way???

ageandjo

I do the same as Math, clean the bathroom first and leave the loo til last, then stick in an empty sink with bleach - kills 2 birds with one stone as Math says!
Whats that advert on the TV--- there are more germs on your kitchen table than in your loo:o

bargain_babe

I often have my hand down the loo giving it a good clean, I think my toilet is so clean you could eat your dinner off it - Yuck what a thought!! But I always clean it last, after using the cloth on the sink and surround etc. Then bung it in the wm on a hot wash (when I have a full load of course - which being in this house is all the time!!!)

comping_cat

Well said MATH, exactly what i do!!!!

embb

I use baby wipes and stardrops, I have them in anyway then I leave bleach in the bowl to soak. Years and years ago I used to use any old thing, cut up towels/old cloth nappies, vests, underwear, anything that was no good and was gonna get chucked really, but I got fed up of having a raggy cloth lying on the back of the toilet so got rid. Suppose the re-cycling way is better but for ease I do the wipes thing now.

lil_me

Good points there Math. I do exactly the same, start on the tiles in the shower and work my way across bathroom doing the toilet last. Cloths go into a buket I use for disinfecting then in the wash after a good soaking. I do have a toilet brush for if it's particularly nasty but keep that disinfected regularly.

dolly_day_dream

I have a collection of micro cloths for cleaning the bathroom with. As flylady says a quick swish each day. I do colour code them though. All the blue ones are just used to clean the toilet ( blue for the loo) and the others for the rest of the bathroom. I know that it gives me two cloths to clean but it just gives me peace of mind. I used to use this system with j cloths before micro cloths and just threw them away after they had disintegrated. I also used to wash all (3) of my children's nappies in the washing machine. I wasn't that long ago the youngest is 20.

Justamum

I use a micro-cloth which is kept separate (I also have a separate container for the cleaning solution for doing the loo). Shoving my hand down the loo really doesn't bother me - when you've changed nappies and wiped sh***y bums for three children you get hardened to these things!

For loo cleaning I sprinkle a few soapflakes in the bucket, add a few drops of tea tree oil and top up with hot water. Then I wash the whole toilet from outside to in. The tea tree is anti-lots of things! When I wash it I put it on a hot wash with the towels (I've now nearly potty-trained my youngest so have moved on to disposables as we don't use so many). Let's face it bath towels are used to dry the bottom area aren't they?

Penelope_Penguin

kethry wrote:

you could just use cloths that you wash after using once. if you put vinegar in the machine and do on a hot wash, then there'd be no problems with cleanliness or sterility (lets face it, if it'll do nappies, it'll do cloths).

I'm actually taking part in an environmental challenge posted by someone somewhere else, to *stop* using disposables - and things like cleaning cloths is a big part of it. We've even had discussions about stopping using loo roll, but OH refused to do that, so that's one disposable we're stuck with!

but certainly all others have gone. including the kitchen sponge - i'm now trialling something in the hope that it can be washed and reused.

keth
xx

Hi, Keth! That challenge looks interesting. Do you have the link?

Many thanks, Penny. x

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the bounty kitchen towels for surfaces are very good, just don`t put them down the loo

incidentally and off topic well a wee bit!! the toilet seat was looking a bit coloured around the front inner edge and I tried several products to whiten it again. I then tried stardrops and had an amazing result with a seat that now looks as good as new

Glad

twink wrote:

i agree with you math, when i started nursing years ago we were told a cloth was the best way to clean a toilet, yes student nurses did that sort of thing then occassionaly, and that is how i do it today and cant say its done us any harm

now the cleaners in the Hospital I work in use a J-cloth and dispose of it each day