To consider flannels fucking revolting

[BelfryWitch]

Just use your hands! What's with dragging a manky rag all over your body and face about?

Or if you absolutely must have one, then it needs washing after every use. A sopping square of material draped over the bathtub to dry is just grim.

I am laughing and gagging at memories of flannel sucking too! Jesus Christ, I really was a disgusting child. Worst thing though was that we all shared the one facecloth as well (Boak)

My DC's use them now. They are dumped in the wash every second day. After reading this thread though I've had an online shop running in the background all day with loads of flannels in the basket!

(Was also going to add a toiletbrush but that's a whole other thread of course with an "I really was a disgusting child anecdote!")

I bought us all a different coloured flannel dh said he was fine using shower gel and hands etc but then I caught him washing my ds's bits in the bath with my flannel!!

All the washing machine does is agitate dirty laundry with soap and then agitate it with clean water and then wring it. You can do the same thing after your shower and bingo, your facecloth is now clean again. A washer isn't magic. Our washing machine broke a few years ago and DH ordered the part and it took a fortnight to come. I washed all our laundry by hand in a bucket in the shower (omg that was an awful week) and it got very clean. In the end I bought a new toilet plunger and used that to help me.

The problem comes if it is not hung up in such a way that it can dry quickly and thoroughly or is only rinsed not washed. Then it gets sour and stinky and gross.

I don't use them all the time, but they are more effective at getting dirt and oils off than just soap and water alone. If you don't believe me, try smearing some used motor oil on your arm and then washing it with just soap and water, comes off much more easily with a light rub with a cloth. If that wasn't the case we could just use squirt bottles instead of baby wipes. Also the friction helps remove dead skin.

I save ££££££££££'s on the purchasing and washing of flannels by popping in daily to the local Wetherspoons, ordering a soda water and then simply dipping the readily available bar towel into the glass and whisking it around my person...by the end of the evening they also have delightful exfoliating properties.

Many of them are long enough to get that "see saw" motion going from buttocks to groin, also saving time.

I consider your language to be revolting.

goblin nethuns is in that direction.

Hahahaaa you been here long Goblin ?

Wally that's inspired

What I want to know is, why is it that when I was a kid our flannel always smelled OK but now in my own house they all smell horrible about 15 seconds after they get wet? I wonder if my mum was always doing them in the boil wash actually. She did tend to clean most things in the hottest temperature they could bear. Also it was Scotland, germs don't really grow in Scotland for about 9 months a year because it's too bloody cold.

Mine smell of my cleanser which smells amazing. Like a posh spa.

The flannel haters are blatantly ignoring those who've said they only use a fresh one on their faces each day and then add them to the laundry. Presumably easier to get judgy about bum wiping etc.

I love my flannels. Clean one every time.

Behaviour like that would be applauded in my local Wetherspoons WallyBantersJunkBox Trouble with beer towels is that they aren't very absorbant... maybe try the beer mats instead? They will get into all of your hard to reach crevices

Jesus I dont understand threads like this!

Our bodies, every centimetre, is covered in thousands of bacteria. Ditto everything we touch. Bacteria in water, in the air, on our skin, hair, clothes - even if you bleached yourself inside and out every five minutes, you would still b covered in bacteria!

I shower every other day, change my bedding once a month, wash towels about the same. I wash most clothes after every use, except jeans or skirts, which walk to the machine themselves and Bras get changed about twice a week. I DO NOT SMELL. I don't use a flannel, nothing more than a quick wipe with wet hand over anything that might be sweaty or crusty.

I worry more about the impact on the water supply, andthe effect of so much bleach and cleaners in it. I worry about the costs of heating the water, and the use of electricity in washing machines and driers (I don't possess a drier) - the PP who said she would 'prioritise' clothes washing and drying if it got really expensive to run, would you really let your children go short of food just so that you can wash the twels and bed linen every day? (Actually that might be a different thread - lotsof them at the mo on cleanliness)

Wally I hope you're going front to back to avoid UTIs...seesaw motion sounds risky!

Possible friction burns too...

Yes there is a flannel at every sink in our house but they are for hands and faces - no Wally seesaw - and go though the washing machine around once a week.

I like the fact that the Wally Seesaw is now a thing.

I think I'll patent it.

A slice of lemon in the water adds a zing to my step and acts as a natural deodoriser.

I like the beer mat idea..I could soak two in the remaining water and rest them on my eyes while I lean upon the bar to dry and wait for my "wine and bap" combo.

Hahahaa I want to go to wetherspoons with you Wally

It's high time Wetherspoons branched out into beauty treatments.

It would make for a nice atmosphere...whale music on the jukebox and the clientele supping the Guest ale in fluffy dressing gowns.

Beer is good for the hair, right?

I like flannels! I love washing my face with a warm flannel at night. It exfoliates a bit and leaves my skin all smooth and fresh feeling. :)

I got a clean one out last night to wash my face and my 8 year old was using it to wash his willy

I cant have a shower without a shower puff, end up using much more shower gel

I thought shower puffs were supposed to reduce the amount of shower gel you use because you only need a bit to make it all foam up.