Question about washing dish rags

[peggo]

"Nan" <nobodys@home.com> wrote in message
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> On Mon, 10 Oct 2005 17:41:48 GMT, Dawn <dawn@noyoudont.uk> wrote:
>
>>On Sat, 08 Oct 2005 22:44:40 -0400, mm <NOPSAMmm2005@bigfoot.com>
>>wrote:
>
>>>If you used cloth diapers for your kids, what would you do with them
>>>after the kid didn't need them anymore?
>>>
>>>Hint: They make great dishtowels. Very absorbent.
>>>
>>>Would you be willing to use them for that?
>>
>>No way.
>>I would use them for the floor or car washing or toilet cleaning
>
> I've used cloth diapers for all of my kids and I have to agree.
> They're *great* as cleaning rags, but I wouldn't put them near my
> dishes.
>
> Nan

yep. gross.
We've gone over this here before I think?

peggo

[Nan]

On Mon, 10 Oct 2005 20:41:16 -0500, "peggo" <peggo666@hotmail.com>
wrote:

>
>"Nan" <nobodys@home.com> wrote in message
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>> On Mon, 10 Oct 2005 17:41:48 GMT, Dawn <dawn@noyoudont.uk> wrote:
>>
>>>On Sat, 08 Oct 2005 22:44:40 -0400, mm <NOPSAMmm2005@bigfoot.com>
>>>wrote:
>>
>>>>If you used cloth diapers for your kids, what would you do with them
>>>>after the kid didn't need them anymore?
>>>>
>>>>Hint: They make great dishtowels. Very absorbent.
>>>>
>>>>Would you be willing to use them for that?
>>>
>>>No way.
>>>I would use them for the floor or car washing or toilet cleaning
>>
>> I've used cloth diapers for all of my kids and I have to agree.
>> They're *great* as cleaning rags, but I wouldn't put them near my
>> dishes.
>>
>> Nan
>
>yep. gross.
>We've gone over this here before I think?
>
>peggo

A couple of times <G>

Nan

[Choreboy]

Nan wrote:
>
> On Thu, 06 Oct 2005 10:21:46 -0400, Choreboy
> <choreboyREMOVE@localnet.com> wrote:
>
> >Wouldn't it be simpler to use heat for rags, too?
>
> I don't really like to nuke my rags since I can't lay it flat in the
> microwave, I always wonder if the heat is distributed evenly enough to
> kill the germs.
>
> Nan

I use a covered plastic microwave container. Then steam from the wet
rag distributes the heat.

[Choreboy]

Phisherman wrote:
>
> 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.


For disinfecting kitchen surfaces, the recommended solution is 1 tsp
bleach per quart of water in a spray bottle. Spray, let stand, wash,
air dry. If the surface isn't clean before you spray, salmonella may survive.

We eat salmonella all the time. Usually there's not enough in our food
to cause illness. Letting food sit long above 40 and under 150 is
dangerous because salmonella can multiply. Two ways to protect people
from a big dose are washing hands, implements, and surfaces, and heating
food to 150.

[Marschal@webtv.net]

> If I wash dish rags in the same load as
> cleaning rags that are used to scrub
> mildew off, are the dish rags
> contaminated?

When all is said and done, there's that old expression, about food:
"When in doubt throw it out."

How irreplaceable can any item with "rag," in its name, be? Buy new
ones, and relegate the old ones to your actual rag bag. After all this
time of waiting for a definitive answer, your kitchen is surely a bit
skanky.

[Bonnie Jean]

>> >Wouldn't it be simpler to use heat for rags, too?
>>
>> I don't really like to nuke my rags since I can't lay it flat in the
>> microwave, I always wonder if the heat is distributed evenly enough to
>> kill the germs.
>>
>> Nan
>
> I use a covered plastic microwave container. Then steam from the wet
> rag distributes the heat.

How about boiling a big pot of water, dunking the diaper or rag in and boil
for 10 minutes. I bet that'd kill everything.

[mm]

On Tue, 11 Oct 2005 02:52:55 GMT, Nan <nobodys@home.com> wrote:

>On Mon, 10 Oct 2005 20:41:16 -0500, "peggo" <peggo666@hotmail.com>
>wrote:
>
>>
>>"Nan" <nobodys@home.com> wrote in message
>>news:jrblk15ns958ogojeq150es3dpmhnecr59@4ax.com...
>>> On Mon, 10 Oct 2005 17:41:48 GMT, Dawn <dawn@noyoudont.uk> wrote:
>>>
>>>>On Sat, 08 Oct 2005 22:44:40 -0400, mm <NOPSAMmm2005@bigfoot.com>
>>>>wrote:
>>>
>>>>>If you used cloth diapers for your kids, what would you do with them
>>>>>after the kid didn't need them anymore?
>>>>>
>>>>>Hint: They make great dishtowels. Very absorbent.
>>>>>
>>>>>Would you be willing to use them for that?
>>>>
>>>>No way.
>>>>I would use them for the floor or car washing or toilet cleaning
>>>
>>> I've used cloth diapers for all of my kids and I have to agree.
>>> They're *great* as cleaning rags, but I wouldn't put them near my
>>> dishes.
>>>
>>> Nan
>>
>>yep. gross.
>>We've gone over this here before I think?
>>
>>peggo
>
>A couple of times <G>

Sorry, I missed those.

You guys are spoiled by prosperity. :)

Anyhow, my mother had far too many diapers to use them up such good
cloth as mere rags. And, though in various houses she didn't have or
didn't use much a dishwasher, my diapers lasted as dishtowels until I
was about 45 years old, and she was 84.

I wasn't paying attention when I was 1 or 2 y.o., but I'm pretty sure
by the time I was 6, the ex-diaper dishtowels were clean.

>Nan


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[mm]

On Tue, 11 Oct 2005 02:19:08 -0400, Marschal@webtv.net 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?
>
>When all is said and done, there's that old expression, about food:
>"When in doubt throw it out."
>
>How irreplaceable can any item with "rag," in its name, be?

LOL. good point.

Hmmm. How about an overcoat with a raglan sleeve?

Just kidding.


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