On 9/24/2010 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

Never use them, use wash cloths and replace them twice a day with clean
ones. They go into the wash, get some bleach in with them and there you
are. I do use a scrub brush as my main dish washing tool. It resides in
a container with bleach in it and is changed daily also. As we both have
compromised immune systems we are careful.

George wrote on Fri, 24 Sep 2010 14:15:59 -0500:

> On 9/24/2010 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.

>Never use them, use wash cloths and replace them twice a day with clean
>ones. They go into the wash, get some bleach in with them and there you
>are.

It is much easier to put the kitchen sponge into the covered compartment
of the dishwasher when I remember or sense a smell. This does certainly
remove odors. I don't care to collect a week's worth of smelly rags and,
in any case, I very seldom use bleach since my bath towels are colored.


--

James Silverton
Potomac, Maryland

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

On 9/24/2010 2:27 PM, James Silverton wrote:
> George wrote on Fri, 24 Sep 2010 14:15:59 -0500:
>
>> On 9/24/2010 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.
>
>> Never use them, use wash cloths and replace them twice a day with
>> clean ones. They go into the wash, get some bleach in with them and
>> there you are.
>
> It is much easier to put the kitchen sponge into the covered compartment
> of the dishwasher when I remember or sense a smell. This does certainly
> remove odors. I don't care to collect a week's worth of smelly rags and,
> in any case, I very seldom use bleach since my bath towels are colored.
>
>
I don't collect a weeks worth of smelly rags James, they never smell,
are rinsed, go into the utility room in a basket and are washed every
few days. Our bath towels are colored too, the dish rags go in with the
whites. Everyone does things differently, not wrongly.

George wrote on Fri, 24 Sep 2010 16:07:19 -0500:

> On 9/24/2010 2:27 PM, James Silverton wrote:
>> George wrote on Fri, 24 Sep 2010 14:15:59 -0500:
>>
>>> On 9/24/2010 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.
>>
>>> Never use them, use wash cloths and replace them twice a day
>>> with clean ones. They go into the wash, get some bleach in
>>> with them and there you are.
>>
>> It is much easier to put the kitchen sponge into the covered
>> compartment of the dishwasher when I remember or sense a
>> smell. This does certainly remove odors. I don't care to
>> collect a week's worth of smelly rags and, in any case, I
>> very seldom use bleach since my bath towels are colored.
>>
>I don't collect a weeks worth of smelly rags James, they never smell,
>are rinsed, go into the utility room in a basket and are washed every
>few days. Our bath towels are colored too, the dish rags go in with the
>whites. Everyone does things differently, not wrongly.

Who said wrong? :-) I guess it depends on the size of your household.
Most of my stuff is wash and wear but I have one full load of towels,
athletic socks and underwear once a week.

--

James Silverton
Potomac, Maryland

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

On 9/24/2010 5:09 PM, James Silverton wrote:
> George wrote on Fri, 24 Sep 2010 16:07:19 -0500:
>
>> On 9/24/2010 2:27 PM, James Silverton wrote:
>>> George wrote on Fri, 24 Sep 2010 14:15:59 -0500:
>>>
>>>> On 9/24/2010 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.
>>>
>>>> Never use them, use wash cloths and replace them twice a day
>>>> with clean ones. They go into the wash, get some bleach in
>>>> with them and there you are.
>>>
>>> It is much easier to put the kitchen sponge into the covered
>>> compartment of the dishwasher when I remember or sense a
>>> smell. This does certainly remove odors. I don't care to
>>> collect a week's worth of smelly rags and, in any case, I
>>> very seldom use bleach since my bath towels are colored.
>>>
>> I don't collect a weeks worth of smelly rags James, they never smell,
>> are rinsed, go into the utility room in a basket and are washed every
>> few days. Our bath towels are colored too, the dish rags go in with
>> the whites. Everyone does things differently, not wrongly.
>
> Who said wrong? :-) I guess it depends on the size of your household.
> Most of my stuff is wash and wear but I have one full load of towels,
> athletic socks and underwear once a week.
>
You must not be married, my wife uses about three washer loads a week by
herself. She still works though. My clothing load is not that heavy as I
am a retired house husband. <G>

On 24/09/2010 6:46 PM, George Shirley wrote:

> You must not be married, my wife uses about three washer loads a week by
> herself. She still works though. My clothing load is not that heavy as I
> am a retired house husband. <G>

I used to do all my own laundry but I was told that I don't do it right.
It's never was something that I could get excited about. I had to wonder
why my wife would worry about me not doing it right if it as my own
stuff and I was doing it myself.

I confess. When the hamper is full of dirty laundry and my socks,
underwear, or T-shirts are running low, and it is a war breeze day and
perfect for drying, I will toss a load in and hang it on the line.

On 9/24/2010 6:07 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
> On 24/09/2010 6:46 PM, George Shirley wrote:
>
>> You must not be married, my wife uses about three washer loads a week by
>> herself. She still works though. My clothing load is not that heavy as I
>> am a retired house husband. <G>
>
> I used to do all my own laundry but I was told that I don't do it right.
> It's never was something that I could get excited about. I had to wonder
> why my wife would worry about me not doing it right if it as my own
> stuff and I was doing it myself.

Mine won't let me wash HER clothing, okay if I wash mine. Obviously I
know nothing about womens drawers or bras, even after being married to
her for fifty years.
>
> I confess. When the hamper is full of dirty laundry and my socks,
> underwear, or T-shirts are running low, and it is a war breeze day and
> perfect for drying, I will toss a load in and hang it on the line.

I wish we could do that, too many grackles around to hang anything out.
Our daughter had a dryer go out and she replaced it with a clothes line,
the way we did clothes when she was a kid. We had a dryer back then but
seldom used it unless it was raining. MIL used to hang her clothes on
the line up north when it was cold. Wait a bit, go out and break the ice
off them and bring them. She claimed they were dry, I never looked to
see if they were. I don't think the inlaws ever used a dryer until they
moved into an apartment complex for the elderly.

On Sep 24, 4:07*pm, George Shirley > wrote:
> On 9/24/2010 2:27 PM, James Silverton wrote:
>
>
> > It is much easier to put the kitchen sponge into the covered compartment
> > of the dishwasher when I remember or sense a smell. This does certainly
> > remove odors. I don't care to collect a week's worth of smelly rags and,
> > in any case, I very seldom use bleach since my bath towels are colored.
>
> I don't collect a weeks worth of smelly rags James, they never smell,
> are rinsed, go into the utility room in a basket and are washed every
> few days. Our bath towels are colored too, the dish rags go in with the
> whites. Everyone does things differently, not wrongly.- Hide quoted text -
>
>
Mine aren't smelly either. Once I've done dishes the cloth is rinsed,
wrung out, hung to dry, then into the dishcloth/dishtowel receptacle
and when I have a small collection they are then washed in the washing
machine.

James Silverton wrote:
>
> George wrote on Fri, 24 Sep 2010 14:15:59 -0500:
>
> > On 9/24/2010 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.
>
> >Never use them, use wash cloths and replace them twice a day with clean
> >ones. They go into the wash, get some bleach in with them and there you
> >are.
>
> It is much easier to put the kitchen sponge into the covered compartment
> of the dishwasher when I remember or sense a smell. This does certainly
> remove odors. I don't care to collect a week's worth of smelly rags and,
> in any case, I very seldom use bleach since my bath towels are colored.
>


Our kitchen goods, such as dish cloths, table mats, tea towels etc are
washed as a separate load, with oxygen bleach. The dish cloths are also
bleached with chlorine bleach. The used cloths, towels etc awaiting
laundering are hung to dry on a line in the utility room so they don't
sit around wet until washed.

On Sep 24, 2:27*pm, "James Silverton" >
wrote:
> *George *wrote *on Fri, 24 Sep 2010 14:15:59 -0500:
>
> > On 9/24/2010 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.
> >Never use them, use wash cloths and replace them twice a day with clean
> >ones. They go into the wash, get some bleach in with them and there you
> >are.
>
> It is much easier to put the kitchen sponge into the covered compartment
> of the dishwasher when I remember or sense a smell. This does certainly
> remove odors. I don't care to collect a week's worth of smelly rags and,
> in any case, I very seldom use bleach since my bath towels are colored.
>
The sponge releases it's nasties slowly, including into the rinse
cycle. Nasty.
>
> James Silverton
>
--Bryan