They say that you can microwave it, but mine was in for like 20 seconds and burst into flames. Soak it in bleach or run through the dishwasher. Or replace it

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On Sat, 25 Sep 2010 03:41:44 -0400, Goomba >
wrote:

>Lou Decruss wrote:
>
>> Thanks for posting a timely topic. I don't like sponges and prefer
>> rags but Louise likes sponges. I just tossed the last one out. I
>> don't mind green scrubbies but from now on they'll be stored in a cup
>> of bleach under the sink.
>
>The bleach will just cause the sponge to disintegrate quickly.

'Zactly. I hestated to mention it bcasue of so many claims but even a
mild bleach solution will very rapidly disintergrate cellulose
sponges... I think all the bleach boosters are fulla it.

>I get the impression some people are slobs and let food residue sit in
>the sponges and get gross.....ugh!

'Zactly.

Dobies are nylon, they don't harbor schmutz and can be sanitized in
the dishwasher or clothes washer. Dobies only seem pricy but they
last a very long time, I get about a year from one... and when they
become worn they go into the car cleaning bucket, great for removing
bugs, road tar, and brake pad schmutz from wheels without harming
finishes. I don't like most Scotch-Brite products because they are so
abrasive but Dobies don't dull finishes, in fact they can't no matter
how hard you scrub.
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On Sep 24, 10:36*pm, itsjoannotjoann >
wrote:
> On Sep 24, 1:29*pm, "Dimitri" > wrote:
>
> > I heard most homes would FAIL the sanitation standards set for restaurants.
>
> > The reason - household sponges.
>
> > I regularly zap mine in the nuker to bring any liquid to a boil and to
> > sanitize.
>
> > You?
>
> > Dimitri
>
> I only use dishcloths and use a clean one every time I do dishes.
> Dishcloths and dishtowels are washed in the washer with nothing else.

How often do you run a load of these?

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On Sep 25, 2:34*am, Goomba > wrote:
> itsjoannotjoann wrote:
>
> > I only use dishcloths and use a clean one every time I do dishes.
> > Dishcloths and dishtowels are washed in the washer with nothing else.
>
> Why with nothing else? Do you think they're going to harm other items?
> I'd just toss 'em in with my whites (which get bleached) and then into
> the dryer with everything else.

>
>
My dishcloths and dishtowels are colored, predominately red, so they
don't get bleached. But they are washed in scalding hot water and
color safe bleach, not the chlorine type. Since they are only washed
with each other they only get dried with each other.

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On Sep 25, 11:47*am, Kalmia > wrote:
> On Sep 24, 10:36*pm, itsjoannotjoann >
> wrote:
>
> > On Sep 24, 1:29*pm, "Dimitri" > wrote:
>
> > > I heard most homes would FAIL the sanitation standards set for restaurants.
>
> > > The reason - household sponges.
>
> > > I regularly zap mine in the nuker to bring any liquid to a boil and to
> > > sanitize.
>
> > > You?
>
> > > Dimitri
>
> > I only use dishcloths and use a clean one every time I do dishes.
> > Dishcloths and dishtowels are washed in the washer with nothing else.
>
> How often do you run a load of these?

>
>
I have about 2 dozen dishcloths and about a dozen of dishtowels.
Whenever they're dirty they're washed, no particular amount of days
before they washed. When I have a load they're washed.

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On Sat, 25 Sep 2010 20:15:12 -0700 (PDT), itsjoannotjoann
> wrote:

>On Sep 25, 2:34*am, Goomba > wrote:
>> itsjoannotjoann wrote:
>>
>> > I only use dishcloths and use a clean one every time I do dishes.
>> > Dishcloths and dishtowels are washed in the washer with nothing else.
>>
>> Why with nothing else? Do you think they're going to harm other items?
>> I'd just toss 'em in with my whites (which get bleached) and then into
>> the dryer with everything else.
>
>>
>>
>My dishcloths and dishtowels are colored, predominately red.

By the 2nd wash the color no longer bleeds... and when new they should
be washed before 1st use. In fact all washables should be laundered
before use (especially intimate clothing), new gear is dirty gear...
wearing new panties right out of the package is like using brand new
dinnerware before washing. One should never use new bed linens,
comforters, towels and such without laundering. And laundry bleach is
unnecessary, modern laundry detergents sanitize and brighten just as
well, actually better... all chlorine bleach does is deteriorate
fabrics. Chlorine bleach should never be in anyone's home, chlorine
bleach fumes cause irreversable respiratory disease... folks who swim
in a pool containing chlorine may as well smoke.

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On Sep 26, 12:22*pm, Brooklyn1 <Gravesend1> wrote:
> On Sat, 25 Sep 2010 20:15:12 -0700 (PDT), itsjoannotjoann
>
> > wrote:
> >On Sep 25, 2:34*am, Goomba > wrote:
> >> itsjoannotjoann wrote:
>
> >> > I only use dishcloths and use a clean one every time I do dishes.
> >> > Dishcloths and dishtowels are washed in the washer with nothing else..
>
> >> Why with nothing else? Do you think they're going to harm other items?
> >> I'd just toss 'em in with my whites (which get bleached) and then into
> >> the dryer with everything else.
>
> >My dishcloths and dishtowels are colored, predominately red.
>
> By the 2nd wash the color no longer bleeds... and when new they should
> be washed before 1st use. *In fact all washables should be laundered
> before use (especially intimate clothing), new gear is dirty gear...
> wearing new panties right out of the package is like using brand new
> dinnerware before washing. *One should never use new bed linens,
> comforters, towels and such without laundering. *And laundry bleach is
> unnecessary, modern laundry detergents sanitize and brighten just as
> well, actually better... all chlorine bleach does is deteriorate
> fabrics. *Chlorine bleach should never be in anyone's home, chlorine
> bleach fumes cause irreversable respiratory disease... folks who swim
> in a pool containing chlorine may as well smoke.

>
>
I don't have any white bed linens nor white towels or wash cloths.
But I do keep a small bottle of chlorine bleach on hand to clean the
toilets. Needless to say I'm not going to drinking out of those
toilets but I guess it's a holdover from watching my mother clean our
toilet as a child. I also use a small amount of SoftScrub cleaner
with the bleach; just enough abrasive compound to clean the bowl
without scratching it's surface.

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Brooklyn1 wrote on Sun, 26 Sep 2010 13:22:07 -0400:

>> On Sep 25, 2:34 am, Goomba > wrote:
>>> itsjoannotjoann wrote:
>>>
>> >> I only use dishcloths and use a clean one every time I do
>> >> dishes. Dishcloths and dishtowels are washed in the washer
>> >> with nothing else.
>>>
>>> Why with nothing else? Do you think they're going to harm
>>> other items? I'd just toss 'em in with my whites (which get
>>> bleached) and then into the dryer with everything else.
>>
>> My dishcloths and dishtowels are colored, predominately red.

> And laundry bleach is
>unnecessary, modern laundry detergents sanitize and brighten just as
>well, actually better... all chlorine bleach does is deteriorate
>fabrics.

>Chlorine bleach should never be in anyone's home, chlorine
>bleach fumes cause irreversable respiratory disease... folks who swim
>in a pool containing chlorine may as well smoke.

If you can believe either of those, you can believe anything. I've used
bleach to sterilize cutting boards all my longish life.

--

James Silverton
Potomac, Maryland

Email, with obvious alterations: not.jim.silverton.at.verizon.not

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On Sun, 26 Sep 2010 10:32:23 -0700 (PDT), itsjoannotjoann
> wrote:

>On Sep 26, 12:22*pm, Brooklyn1 <Gravesend1> wrote:
>> On Sat, 25 Sep 2010 20:15:12 -0700 (PDT), itsjoannotjoann
>>
>> > wrote:
>> >On Sep 25, 2:34*am, Goomba > wrote:
>> >> itsjoannotjoann wrote:
>>
>> >> > I only use dishcloths and use a clean one every time I do dishes.
>> >> > Dishcloths and dishtowels are washed in the washer with nothing else.
>>
>> >> Why with nothing else? Do you think they're going to harm other items?
>> >> I'd just toss 'em in with my whites (which get bleached) and then into
>> >> the dryer with everything else.
>>
>> >My dishcloths and dishtowels are colored, predominately red.
>>
>> By the 2nd wash the color no longer bleeds... and when new they should
>> be washed before 1st use. *In fact all washables should be laundered
>> before use (especially intimate clothing), new gear is dirty gear...
>> wearing new panties right out of the package is like using brand new
>> dinnerware before washing. *One should never use new bed linens,
>> comforters, towels and such without laundering. *And laundry bleach is
>> unnecessary, modern laundry detergents sanitize and brighten just as
>> well, actually better... all chlorine bleach does is deteriorate
>> fabrics. *Chlorine bleach should never be in anyone's home, chlorine
>> bleach fumes cause irreversable respiratory disease... folks who swim
>> in a pool containing chlorine may as well smoke.
>
>>
>>
>I don't have any white bed linens nor white towels or wash cloths.
>But I do keep a small bottle of chlorine bleach on hand to clean the
>toilets. Needless to say I'm not going to drinking out of those
>toilets but I guess it's a holdover from watching my mother clean our
>toilet as a child.

There are many products made especially for sanitizing toilets, bleach
is not a good idea.

>I also use a small amount of SoftScrub cleaner
>with the bleach; just enough abrasive compound to clean the bowl
>without scratching it's surface.

One should never mix bleach with any cleanser, it can create a highly
toxic gas that can kill you and/or it can explode and kill you.

Undiluted bleach is extremely corrosive, if you get any on your skin
or in your eyes you need to get medical help immediately... read the
warning on the bleach label.

Folks are much too lax with using bleach... its fumes scar lung
tissue, once damaged lung tissue does not regenerate... same with
eyes. If you can smell the bleach you are blinding/killing yourself.
People who spray chlorine bleach solution to sanitize are nuts.. well,
not nuts, extremely ignorant.

Chlorine bleach really shouldn't be sold to the general public.

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On Sep 26, 2:35*pm, "James Silverton" >
wrote:
> *Brooklyn1 *wrote *on Sun, 26 Sep 2010 13:22:07 -0400:
>
>
> >>> itsjoannotjoann wrote:
>
>
> >> My dishcloths and dishtowels are colored, predominately red.
> > And laundry bleach is
> >unnecessary, modern laundry detergents sanitize and brighten just as
> >well, actually better... all chlorine bleach does is deteriorate
> >fabrics.
> >Chlorine bleach should never be in anyone's home, chlorine
> >bleach fumes cause irreversable respiratory disease... folks who swim
> >in a pool containing chlorine may as well smoke.
>
> If you can believe either of those, you can believe anything. I've used
> bleach to sterilize cutting boards all my longish life.
>
>
>
> James Silverton
> Potomac, Maryland
>
>

Yes, I do use chlorine bleach for my cutting boards, too. I have
forgetten that and was just thinking of laundry and toilets. If I've
dripped raw chicken juices on the counter that gets a bleach wipe
down, too. But I'm pretty careful about stuff like that but it still
happens sometimes.

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On Sep 26, 3:00*pm, Brooklyn1 <Gravesend1> wrote:
> On Sun, 26 Sep 2010 10:32:23 -0700 (PDT), itsjoannotjoann
>
>
> >I don't have any white bed linens nor white towels or wash cloths.
> >But I do keep a small bottle of chlorine bleach on hand to clean the
> >toilets. *Needless to say I'm not going to drinking out of those
> >toilets but I guess it's a holdover from watching my mother clean our
> >toilet as a child. *
>
> There are many products made especially for sanitizing toilets, bleach
> is not a good idea.
>
>
I use a bit of chlorine bleach with the SoftScrub with bleach
formula. Maybe that's overkill but I'm not using much bleach in the
toilet and I rarely get the bleach smell.

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Lou Decruss wrote:

>
> Thursday night she came home saying the smell of onions at work from
> some ones food was horrible and made her gag. Then she went and
> zuked. When she came out she said it was the same feeling she had
> with the chicken years ago. Before she went to the "I don't want to
> talk" stage we went through what we'd eaten for the last few days and
> the only place it could have come from was that sink. She was using
> soap and washed her hands but somehow something got in her system.
>
> She's going on 30 hours of wrenching now and I'm hoping it will be
> better very soon.
>
> I'm saving this thread for her to read when she recovers I think I'll
> have no problem converting her to rags.
>

Hope Louise recovers quickly. Stuff like this is just Not Nice.
--
Cheers
Chatty Cathy

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"ChattyCathy" > wrote in message
...
> Lou Decruss wrote:
>
>>
>> Thursday night she came home saying the smell of onions at work from
>> some ones food was horrible and made her gag. Then she went and
>> zuked. When she came out she said it was the same feeling she had
>> with the chicken years ago. Before she went to the "I don't want to
>> talk" stage we went through what we'd eaten for the last few days and
>> the only place it could have come from was that sink. She was using
>> soap and washed her hands but somehow something got in her system.
>>
>> She's going on 30 hours of wrenching now and I'm hoping it will be
>> better very soon.

As do I! Poor wee lamb. It sounds awful:(



>> I'm saving this thread for her to read when she recovers I think I'll
>> have no problem converting her to rags.
>>
>
> Hope Louise recovers quickly. Stuff like this is just Not Nice.
> --
> Cheers
> Chatty Cathy
>

--
--
https://www.shop.helpforheroes.org.uk/

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>Lou Decruss wrote:
>
>>
>> Thursday night she came home saying the smell of onions at work from
>> some ones food was horrible and made her gag. Then she went and
>> zuked. When she came out she said it was the same feeling she had
>> with the chicken years ago. Before she went to the "I don't want to
>> talk" stage we went through what we'd eaten for the last few days and
>> the only place it could have come from was that sink. She was using
>> soap and washed her hands but somehow something got in her system.
>>
>> She's going on 30 hours of wrenching now and I'm hoping it will be
>> better very soon.
>>
>> I'm saving this thread for her to read when she recovers I think I'll
>> have no problem converting her to rags.

I seriously doubt it was the sponge, not unless she ate it. Much more
likely from something eaten out of the home... or may not be food
related at all. Any normal brained person wretching for 30 hours
would have sought medical help at about 12 hours. Is she a druggie
too, sounds like an overdose, probably why the aversion to visit an
ER.