Question about washing dish rags

[Bonnie Jean]

Personally I don't understands the publics obsession with getting rid of
germs. To a great extent they are exercise for your immune system.
I use a sponge for dishes. I do not nuke or bleach it. If it looks funky I
throw it out although they last many months. I use microfiber rags for all
other general cleaning. I do not treat them specially. They go in the
regular laundry and then they get used again.
PS- I rarely get sick.
Bonnie

[Dawn]

On Thu, 06 Oct 2005 10:33:30 -0400, Choreboy
<choreboyREMOVE@localnet.com> wrote:

>peggo wrote:
>>
>> "Dawn" <dawn@noyoudont.uk> wrote in message
>> news:gqb5k1p6gpfqjia8esfo7mene6obq0h4l1@4ax.com...
>> > On Tue, 4 Oct 2005 11:43:31 +0900, "Jason Ducharme"
>> > <jaydude@gmail.com> wrote:
>> >
>> >>If I wash dish rags in the same load as cleaning rags that are used to
>> >>scrub
>> >>mildew off, are the dish rags contaminated?
>> >>
>> >>I asked a similar question last spring about whether it would contaminate
>> >>the machine, but now I have just mixed up a whole bunch of cleaning rags
>> >>and
>> >>dish rags by mistake and washed them all together. Are the dish rags no
>> >>longer suitable for dishes now? Sorry if it's an obvious question but I
>> >>have asked it anyway.
>> >>
>> > personally I wouldn't use them. They may be clinically clean and white
>> > as the driven snow but if they've been mopping up other dirt I
>> > wouldn't want them near my dishes or kitchen worktops.
>> >
>>
>> I'm glad you posted that, Dawn.
>> I was thinking the same thing.
>>
>> peggo
>
>
>That's how I feel about reservoirs open to the rain. Water used to mop
>up dirt can evaporate and come back as rain. Worse, it could have been
>the moisture that caused strange underarm stains in somebody's deep
>purple polo shirt! Maybe you can drink from the reservoir after it
>rains and not catch the same disease, but who would risk it?

acid rain, yuk. I'm with Peggo!

[Dawn]

On Fri, 7 Oct 2005 06:38:19 -0400, "Bonnie Jean" <me@comcast.net>
wrote:

>Personally I don't understands the publics obsession with getting rid of
>germs. To a great extent they are exercise for your immune system.
>I use a sponge for dishes. I do not nuke or bleach it. If it looks funky I
>throw it out although they last many months. I use microfiber rags for all
>other general cleaning. I do not treat them specially. They go in the
>regular laundry and then they get used again.
>PS- I rarely get sick.
Some people can have a low immune system and need to take extra care.
Older people are dropping like flies in hospitals because of germs,
babies and the sick are at risk. It's always the weaker ones that go
down first.

[Nan]

On Fri, 7 Oct 2005 06:38:19 -0400, "Bonnie Jean" <me@comcast.net>
wrote:

>Personally I don't understands the publics obsession with getting rid of
>germs. To a great extent they are exercise for your immune system.
>I use a sponge for dishes. I do not nuke or bleach it. If it looks funky I
>throw it out although they last many months. I use microfiber rags for all
>other general cleaning. I do not treat them specially. They go in the
>regular laundry and then they get used again.
>PS- I rarely get sick.
>Bonnie

The germs that kitchens can harbor aren't your garden-variety cold/flu
germs. Salmonella is not fun. Trust me.

Nan

[Phisherman]

On Fri, 07 Oct 2005 18:44:22 GMT, Nan <nobodys@home.com> wrote:

>On Fri, 7 Oct 2005 06:38:19 -0400, "Bonnie Jean" <me@comcast.net>
>wrote:
>
>>Personally I don't understands the publics obsession with getting rid of
>>germs. To a great extent they are exercise for your immune system.
>>I use a sponge for dishes. I do not nuke or bleach it. If it looks funky I
>>throw it out although they last many months. I use microfiber rags for all
>>other general cleaning. I do not treat them specially. They go in the
>>regular laundry and then they get used again.
>>PS- I rarely get sick.
>>Bonnie
>
>The germs that kitchens can harbor aren't your garden-variety cold/flu
>germs. Salmonella is not fun. Trust me.
>
>Nan

Right about the Salmonella. Bleach kills this nasty germ.

[win-ho-lee]

Nan wrote:
> On Tue, 4 Oct 2005 11:43:31 +0900, "Jason Ducharme"
> <jaydude@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>>If I wash dish rags in the same load as cleaning rags that are used to scrub
>>mildew off, are the dish rags contaminated?
>>
>>I asked a similar question last spring about whether it would contaminate
>>the machine, but now I have just mixed up a whole bunch of cleaning rags and
>>dish rags by mistake and washed them all together. Are the dish rags no
>>longer suitable for dishes now? Sorry if it's an obvious question but I
>>have asked it anyway.
>
>
> Just to be on the safe side, I'd probably re-wash them with a bit of
> bleach.
>
> Nan
>
If you knew how your food was made, you probably wouldn't care if you
used the same D... rag.

[Mrs Bonk]

win-ho-lee wrote:
> Nan wrote:
>> On Tue, 4 Oct 2005 11:43:31 +0900, "Jason Ducharme"
>> <jaydude@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>>> If I wash dish rags in the same load as cleaning rags that are used to
>>> scrub mildew off, are the dish rags contaminated?
>>>
>>> I asked a similar question last spring about whether it would
>>> contaminate the machine, but now I have just mixed up a whole bunch of
>>> cleaning rags and dish rags by mistake and washed them all together. Are
>>> the dish rags no longer suitable for dishes now? Sorry if it's an
>>> obvious question but I have asked it anyway.
>>
>>
>> Just to be on the safe side, I'd probably re-wash them with a bit of
>> bleach.
>>
>> Nan
>>
> If you knew how your food was made, you probably wouldn't care if you
> used the same D... rag.
Oh my goodness, Nan must have been dining at Barbecue Bob's place.

[Mrs Bonk]

Choreboy wrote:
> peggo wrote:
>>
>> "Dawn" <dawn@noyoudont.uk> wrote in message
>> news:gqb5k1p6gpfqjia8esfo7mene6obq0h4l1@4ax.com...
>>> On Tue, 4 Oct 2005 11:43:31 +0900, "Jason Ducharme"
>>> <jaydude@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> If I wash dish rags in the same load as cleaning rags that are used to
>>>> scrub
>>>> mildew off, are the dish rags contaminated?
>>>>
>>>> I asked a similar question last spring about whether it would
>>>> contaminate the machine, but now I have just mixed up a whole bunch of
>>>> cleaning rags and
>>>> dish rags by mistake and washed them all together. Are the dish rags
>>>> no longer suitable for dishes now? Sorry if it's an obvious question
>>>> but I have asked it anyway.
>>>>
>>> personally I wouldn't use them. They may be clinically clean and white
>>> as the driven snow but if they've been mopping up other dirt I
>>> wouldn't want them near my dishes or kitchen worktops.
>>>
>>
>> I'm glad you posted that, Dawn.
>> I was thinking the same thing.
>>
>> peggo
>
>
> That's how I feel about reservoirs open to the rain. Water used to mop
> up dirt can evaporate and come back as rain. Worse, it could have been
> the moisture that caused strange underarm stains in somebody's deep
> purple polo shirt! Maybe you can drink from the reservoir after it
> rains and not catch the same disease, but who would risk it?
Certainly not me. I have been poorly and can't risk any germs. One never
knows, a passing troll could have washed his feet in it or even worse -
pee'd in it.