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Please help me wash my shower caps...!

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CrunchyNutNC · 06/10/2020 19:49

Sorry, not an interesting euphemism!

I have some shower-cap style food covers (clear plastic, elasticated edge) that say they are microwaveable, dishwasherproof etc. I use them to cover things I'd have historically used cling film for.

They are meant to be washable, but I can't fathom how?

I've tried washing in soapy water but I can't see how you'd dry them properly. The dishwasher was a disaster, predictably.

Has anyone else got these and has cracked washing them for reuse?

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dementedpixie · 06/10/2020 20:13

Can you drape them over an upturned item of crockery to air dry?

NannyR · 06/10/2020 20:19

I wash and reuse plastic food bags, to dry them I put them upside down over a mug or similar on the draining board and leave overnight. If they are still damp in the morning it takes seconds to dry them off with a teatowel. If I've got a few to wash I hang them in the shower on my Ikea socktopus to drip dry.

CrunchyNutNC · 06/10/2020 20:29

The problem seems to be the elastic, they have lots of folds that don't dry readily....

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forrestgreen · 06/10/2020 20:36

Mine are a disaster and will be binned after use. Food condoms

jillandhersprite · 06/10/2020 20:41

Get some waxed material that is flat - and you can shape around the bowl, but then its flat to wipe down and clean it.
Every so often it might need a refresh in a warmish oven to redistribute the wax. Then if that stops working then rewax it...
But I'm loving them - no more cling film. Daughter even happy to have it for her sandwiches in lunch box because its so cute! (hers has cute bees!)

CMOTDibbler · 06/10/2020 20:43

I'd just run them through the washing machine on a short 30 cycle and peg on the line

GreyishDays · 06/10/2020 20:45

Turn them inside out and put over a bowl once you’ve washed them?

CrunchyNutNC · 06/10/2020 20:57

Thanks everyone Smile

I might try the over-the-bowl idea first, and see how that goes.

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