When do you replace your washing up bowl?

hev_2

My washing up bowl is looking very second hand - scratched, stained and the veteran of a lot of washing up.

Part of me says that this cannot possibly be hygenic and think of all the germs in the scratches. But I use a 'antibiotic' washing up liquid (can't remember the correct term) and VERY hot water, and it seems a waste to get another bowl just because you've seen a pretty one in Lakeland

They have black washing up bowls in Matalan - how cool is that?

So, should I stick with my instincts and keep the veteran or should it be retired?

fizzel81

i kept my last one untill it had a split in the bottom, i only noticed after about a month of wondering where my washing up water was going

purpleivy

I don't use one.

Pollybear

I replaced mine when my son used it to do an oil change on his car......

hev_2

fizzel81 wrote: »

i kept my last one untill it had a split in the bottom, i only noticed after about a month of wondering where my washing up water was going

You see, the sensible bit of me says that is how it should be, and you expect a few scars after a battle. But Lakeland have these really nice looking see through bowls... And Matalan have these really cool black bowls...

Really, can't justify another one. Sigh.

hev_2

Pollybear wrote: »

I replaced mine when my son used it to do an oil change on his car......

:eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek:

Actually, I do have a newer one, but I used it to put compost in, and somehow it feels a bit icky to have it back in the house. It is now doing duty as a plant pot holder in the garden - Alan Titchmarsh, eat your heart out.

jcr16

i bleach my washing up bowl every other day and it goes in the dish washer once a week. i buy a new bowl prob every year. then the old one my hubby uses in the shed of for oli changes etc. and the old one he had then gets thrown away. i only ever spend a max of £1.00 fot £1.50 on a washign up bowl.

hev_2

jcr16 wrote: »

i bleach my washing up bowl every other day and it goes in the dish washer once a week. i buy a new bowl prob every year. then the old one my hubby uses in the shed of for oli changes etc. and the old one he had then gets thrown away. i only ever spend a max of £1.00 fot £1.50 on a washign up bowl.

The one at Matalan is £2...

I've soaked it in biological washing powder before now, which sees off a lot of stains, but I don't use a lot of bleach (okay, I spray Dettox over everything, but it doesn't seem the same ) but that will be a good way to go. (No dishwasher )

pollyanna24

We don't have one. What's wrong with the sink?

LumpyCustard_2

I use the sink too (and the dishwasher about once a week). I find bowls a real pain, so don't use one.

hev_2

My mother never used a washing up bowl either. Every time I washed up for her I used to find half a cup of black coffee, or a pan full of veggie water, which I would normally tip down the sink, but couldn't because it would make the water dirty. (:rolleyes:There's always one, and it's always me)

So I use a washing up bowl and I put it on a stand because I am slightly taller than average and if I wash up with the bowl in the sink I get back ache. And if I use a bowl I always remember to empty the slops first :rolleyes: