probably a daft question... but what do you do with dirty dishcloths/tea towels?

DeniseNZ

When I have enough to do I soak them in Napisan overnight then put them through a warm wash with some disinfectant in the rinse.

MIL washes her dishclothes in with her general wash - knickers et al - sorry, but that's not for me.

Separate towel for hand wiping, too . . .

gemmaj

Wow! What a lot of replies!

Thanks everyone, I shall try out a few different methods.

Gemma.

daisyroots_2

susank wrote: »

- why would you want to use the machine to boil anything? It is not really environmentally friendly to do so. I thing if I had to I would boil some things in an old pan instead or microwave them. I am "trying" to be green for a change.

I was rushed to hospital in July with a severe asthma attack, and they kept me in for two weeks. The lady from the British Lung Foundation (my new best friend) :Ahas given me my orders, and one is that I must wash my bedlinen every week at at least 60 degrees. This is the temperature necessary to destroy house mites, and I'm allergic - not to the mites themselves, apparently, but to their faeces. I could put all my bedlinen in a pan on the stove every week, but I'd never find a pan big enough. And even then...

debranamelia

I rinse the dirty dishcloths and hang them up to dry, then store them in a separate laundry bin. With dirty teatowels, I hang them to dry too, and store them in the same bin - until I have a full washload. I don't run my machine unless it's full (trying to be green AND save water and cash!) It does mean having to have a larger stock of dishcloths and teatowels, but it's more economical in the long run.

kittenpea

Has anyone tried putting them into a fabric bag or maybe a peg bag

curlywurlygirly

I do mine with my towels and FH's - so they are done on a regural basis (with a non-bio powder, no softner)...

HH62

Daft question but here goes...
In my continuing quest to be more OS I've made the switch from using kitchen roll to dishcloths for wiping down my worktops and mopping up spills etc. The problem is, I use a fresh one every day, and so I'm finding that the dirty ones are piling up in my kitchen till wash day. I wash them at 60 on a separate wash so I do them once a week or every 10 days.
So, my question is, what do you do with the dirty ones when you've finished with them but before you are ready to do a wash? How do you stop them from smelling or getting manky ?
I'm looking at a pile of them right now and thinking how much easier paper towels are to just use and bin, but buying all those rolls of paper isn't OS.....

Pink.

Hi HH62,

I keep them in a bucket under the sink filled with a solution of water and bleach until I have enough dishcloths and teatowels to wash.

There are more ideas on this thread :

probably a daft question... but what do you do with dirty dishcloths/tea towels?

I'll add your thread to that one later to keep the suggestions together.

Pink

vivamartin

I don't know if is right, but I put the dirty one inside the washing machine, until I can sort out.
My sister put the dirty ones in a bowl with soap and water until she can wash.

funkymonkey849

I put dirty tea towels straight in the washing machine and they go in with the next wash