As I was reading this thread and wondering to myself why exactly I was so interested, I then learned they can go into the washing machine. Thank you MN! I don't use these, just seems odd to me, I do like the gloves, but what i use more often is a sort of sheeet thing. It's about 4 feet long and maybe 10 inches wide. Great for scrubbing down the back. I shall give it its first wash this weekend!