Billy wrote:

> Thanks all for your suggestions. Since I don't buy "bleach", I
> decided to try the microwave oven. Two minutes seems to be the
> magic number for time. This morning the "dish cloth", i.e. counter
> rag, didn't have a single whiff of odor.

Is there any reason you don't just use a freshly laundered cloth every
morning? Or more often as needed?