Plastic Basins - to use or not to use

gibson123

A bowl for me too, I am always lifting it out to wash stuff such as windows or front steps and I throw the dirty water over any piece of concrete my very old incontinent dog has used.

lostinrates

Bitsy_Beans wrote: »

My sentiments exactly. Do we have adverts warning us of the dangers of tea towels or should I resort to paper plates and thereby ensure no washing up ever need happen again? :rotfl: personally I prefer a few germs, means my immune system gets a work out

I think we need better campaigns on teaching some of the public to learn to wash their hands after using the toilet :eek:

And FWIW I have a bowl

Well, home ec also taught at my school that tea towels were to be used mainly for stuff that had to be used immeadiately because they were germ carriers:rotfl:

I almost never dry up. For various reasons washing up is a huge chore here. My sink has a hole in it so needs a bowl underneath it let alone in it, and i have only the immersion to heat water. I tend to wash up in batches, having built up enough to make it worth doing, so that i am not struggling with the undersionk set up too often.:o

BitterAndTwisted

LittleMissAspie wrote: »

It does because you have to clean both the bowl and the sink after you've emptied all the dirty water into the sink.

No, you don't have to. I really don't think it's necessary. The washing-up water once you've finished that job is hardly putrid or harmful, it's got soap in it.. My washing-up bowl is lucky if it's cleaned on the outside along with the sink once a week. Perhaps even less often, I dunno, I'm not counting. Life's too darn short.

Anyone who feels the need to go though all that on a daily basis is either a bit OCD or has too much time on their hands. I suggest doing something constructive and much more satisfying like a bit of baking. Germ-free baking, it goes without saying.

Stephen_Leak

BitterAndTwisted wrote: »

<snip> Now, if someone could help me stop chipping my best glasses when I'm rinsing them under the tap I'd be very grateful indeed.

Be more careful?

Living_proof

Bowl - I agreed they can get rather grubby underneath but that's easily enough dealt with. I have tried simply using the sink but I find it takes too much water and I agree, you can't just drain the dregs of a tea or whatever. I use mine daily even though I have a dishwasher. Certain items are just too big or used too regularly (I only run the dishwasher once a week).

RedLass

We are a bowl household. No double sink so by doing the washing up in the bowl we can give particularly dirty items a quick rinse under the tap before the proper wash. Helps keep the water in the bowl cleaner for longer IYSWIM, less refills for big batches.

Of course, said bowl gets regular scrubbing in and out (well, by regular, I mean probably once a week - it just gets a rinse after a normal wash). If we've had something particularly strong in colour, we put the plug in and put a couple of inches of hot water and bleach in the sink with the bowl on top. The sink is white coated (which I hate) and colour sticks to it terribly.

I am not in the least bit convinced that my bowl will be the death of me