In the same vein, for those who 'hand-wash' dishes - dry dishes with teatowel or leave to drain and dry?
Hmm.. well if I am trying to be super efficient or there's loads of stuff to be washed I will dry with a clean tea towel.. if not then I will just leave to dry naturally. We also have a slimline dishwasher, A grade and we often use the eco wash.
I take mine down to river and wash and rinse.:eek:
How great Healistic!! I suppose I could take the dishes to the beach and wash in the sea but then they might get covered in faeces from the local sewage pipe :rollaugh:
Ooh, my chance to make a 'me too' post 😉
Aha excellent, lots of replies!! Rightyo.. my stance is this.. ahem.. there are a couple of people I work with and the insist on washing up all the cups in the sink and then placing them straight away, suds n'all, on the side without rinsing.
I recall visiting a friend who offered me a cup of tea, which I accepted. Nothing too unusual in that. However, I commented on the delicious fragrance to it, and asked what brand of tea she was using.
'PG Tips' came the answer, with a baffled look. I later realised, when I watched her wash up, and do just as you described, that the delicious fragrance I'd tasted was her washing up liquid! Yuk 🙁
My routine is rinse plates and mugs immediately after use and stack in bowl until there a few, to save on water, energy etc, cutlery goes in a mug of water. Then wash up all, rinse and leave to drain.
Very occasionally mugs get a soaking in Steradent to remove stains, great for stainless steel spoons too 🙂
Holistic
I do ALL the washing up in ours as my daughter point blank refuses to entertain the idea! saying that she does not want washing hands (whatever that is). I always rinse!
I usually leave to dry, but my Mother insists on drying them whenever she is here ! Sometimes I dry them with tea towel, but tea towel always gets puts in the washing machine after, so always a clean one, and J cloths (anti bac put on them after use), only use them a few times before binning them !
So, another bit of the thread, J cloths or other means of wiping down surfaces ??
I do ALL the washing up in ours as my daughter point blank refuses to entertain the idea! saying that she does not want washing hands (whatever that is). I always rinse!
She's probably referring to what used to be known as 'dish pan hands'. You could always buy her some Marigolds, LOL
Holistic
Hurrah! So many like-minded people!
I'm also a rinser, yet most of the people I know don't rinse and I think that's just vile. I'm sorry, but you can tell when something hasn't been rinsed afterwards, especially glasses, they smell disgusting and just don't look clean. Yes, it is a waste, but I prefer running water as well.
And wash eggy things last!!! Whatever bowl you've whisked up a raw egg in... Nothing worse than drinking water from a glass that smells like egg, eugh.
I tend to leave things to air dry, but if I need to put stuff away to make space, then dry with a clean towel.
Has this topic not come up before? It seems familiar somehow...
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I do ALL the washing up in ours as my daughter point blank refuses to entertain the idea! saying that she does not want washing hands (whatever that is). I always rinse!
You could offer alternative means of accommodation!!!
Re j-clothes etc.. hmm.. I did get some that I could wash in machine but then they still invariably end up smelling eventually.
Paper towels with anti-bac or homemade aromatherapy anti-back - but then you have to suffer the guilt of ruining the world with using kitchen roll.
Does anyone else clean their kitchen and then wonder why a few days later the cupboard doors etc still look shocking?!
Hopefully not digressing too far from the topic of rinsing off washing up liquid, and I'm generalising not gaving a go at HP members, but there seems to be an increasing mania for anti bacterial everything, and more and more 'fragrance' added to household products to boot.
I use Surcare for washing up, as others have posted above, because a) it doesn't make me gasp for breath from the smell, and b) it doesn't make my hands itch, as other such products do.
What did we use before this obsession with bacteria? And how many got food poisoning? Obviously, I'm not talking about basic hygiene like hand washing after using the loo, but do we HAVE to have TV adverts telling us there are more germs on our breadboard than our loo seat?
Off my :soapbox: now 😀
Holistic
Hopefully not digressing too far from the topic of rinsing off washing up liquid, and I'm generalising not gaving a go at HP members, but there seems to be an increasing mania for anti bacterial everything, and more and more 'fragrance' added to household products to boot.
I use Surcare for washing up, as others have posted above, because a) it doesn't make me gasp for breath from the smell, and b) it doesn't make my hands itch, as other such products do.
What did we use before this obsession with bacteria? And how many got food poisoning? Obviously, I'm not talking about basic hygiene like hand washing after using the loo, but do we HAVE to have TV adverts telling us there are more germs on our breadboard than our loo seat?
Off my :soapbox: now 😀
Holistic
Hehe 🙂 I only use it as our old cat used to jump on the surfaces to get out the kitchen window, now we have another cat she does the same (altho doesn't get out the window)!
Not rinsing soap off dishes is vile and hazardous to health.
Study after study points to the harm of oestrogen-mimicking substances, and detergents are high on the list. Cancer, infertility, hormone imbalances etc etc.
Other sources of oestrogens are plastics, mainly due to the softeners in them (pthalates). Hence BPA (Bisphenol A) in babies' dummies is a real worry. Also cling-film on food, plastic food wrapping etc etc. Also soya.
The whole Fairy Liquid idea that it's safe to use directly on skin is surely outdated, who can predict the effect of fifty years of this message. Back in the mid 20th century asbestos was safe and smoking had health benefits too. If it's not safe to eat then beware of putting it on skin.
The good news about dishwashers is that they use less water than hand washing.
The bad news, ours doesn't seem to rinse completely: bubbles form on water poured into glasses newly cleaned. Hence we now further rinse some items.
Actually Holistic, I am with you on this. I struggle with the whole issue. Having cats that also walk on the surface next to the washing up because they don't have a cat flap and so have to leg it out of the window, I tend to want to use something that will kill possible nasties that come from their dirty paws. I agree that this whole clinically clean rubbish that comes from the media is harmful to not only the planet but to all that live in it and that is why I regularly allow my 2 year old son to eat the garden.. bit by bit 😉
This is why I made up an aromatherapy blend and added it to a spray bottle - however my chef partner wants to use something stronger. My other conundrum is the cost - yes it would be great if we could afford to use more of the eco-friendly, healthier products but we simply can't. And yes I could spend minutes mixing up vinegar with lemon etc etc but that requires fore-planning!
So what do you use to clean surfaces Holistic?? (Oooh the thread has had babies!)
omg cats on work surfaces.................... pass me a glass full of bubbles, i would rather gulp that down, the thought turns my stomach. I have had cats since being young and never have they been allowed to jump up. They sit at the door and we open it!!!!!
Never mind anti bacterial to clean that, i would get the karcher in and jet wash it down!!!!
omg cats on work surfaces.................... pass me a glass full of bubbles, i would rather gulp that down, the thought turns my stomach. I have had cats since being young and never have they been allowed to jump up. They sit at the door and we open it!!!!!
Never mind anti bacterial to clean that, i would get the karcher in and jet wash it down!!!!
Yes you're right, I should be shot. :rolleyes:. I will immediately puchase some plastic bootees for each paw. Or perhaps we could force them to sit outside during horrendous weather when we have gone out.. or ask that they cross their four legs incase they are still in when we have gone out.
Slightly off topic but they only stand on about one foot of the work surface as they launch or land. They are not such badly behaved creatures that they would deign to walk on the rest of the work surfaces (well not in my company anyway.. god knows what they get up to when they are out).
Right back to being on topic.. I have just seen Bio D on tinternet that seems to be reasonably priced and effective, plus animal friendly.. I only found out that the other day that Ecover is not strictly animal friendly.. now who woulda thought?
delighted mine too end up on the surfaces now and again, and I am going to be hung drawn and quartered for this I bleach them down.