For those of you who clean your bathrooms after every use

[RebeccaWithTheGoodHair]

AIBU to wonder what you do with the cleaning cloths? Surely you can't wash them everyday but then don't they sit around and fester throughout the week?

I'm not getting it Are people here putting dirty dish towels and sponges in with their normal washing? So mixing cleaning cloths with clothes or bath towels? Because I'd have to use a hell of a lot of cloths to justify one wash load. I put dirty dish towels in a storage box and it takes about 2 weeks minimum to have enough to make a load as they only get washed separately. How much cleaning cloths are you getting through in a week?

I fear the ones who do that many washes are those who change towels and beds daily and have no concern for the environment.

I most definitely can't be arsed with changing beds daily, though hand towels get changed daily because DS1's idea of washing his hands is to get the dirt on his fingertips wet and, after more than a day, the towel would make my hands dirtier than before i washed them.

10 loads a week, though and most of it filthy.

Oh not another thread about a wash a day single handedly bringin the planet to it's knees.

If you wash your cleaning cloths after every use, you should at least use cotton cloths and avoid microfibre as it releases microplastics:

Microfiber products may also have the potential of entering the oceanic water supply and food chain similar to other microplastics. Synthetic clothing made of microfibers that are washed can release materials and travel to local wastewater treatment plants, contributing to plastic pollution in water. [wikipedia]

Usually said by the same people who jump in a car to drive a mile, get on planes, buy more clothes and food than they could ever use and with umpteen different gadgets that all consume electricity.
Whether I do all of those things is irrelevant (I don't), recent reports of plastic in drinking water should be enough for everybody to wake up.

I clean my bathroom twice per week. I use my kitchen dish sponge and some cream cleanser.
I clean the inside of the glass shower cubicle using the same while I am showering, then rinse it all down with the shower head.
I then throw the sponge in the bin and put a new one in the kitchen, which in turn will be used in the bathroom.

Oh wow, I had no idea microfibre fabrics released fibres. They seem so tough and tightly woven! I can see how a fleece would release, but these clothes seem so... bonded. I'm going to switch to old-fashioned cotton. Thanks for the headsup!

And yes, I put teatowels, dishcloths and microfibre cleaning cloths (all changed daily) in with a 60 degree wash, which also contains pants.

I saw a post, once, from a woman who casually mentioned to her DH and adult DS about cleaning the shower. They both looked completely astonished and said "But the shower cleans itself!"

I'm disgusted by all the waste of paper! Cleaning with toilet roll and wipes?

How frigging selfish people are.

I use cotton cleaning cloths in the bathroom and only clean the sink and bath with hot water and Method spray. I wipe down sink and bath once a week, clean toilet every other day and clean floor and wall tiles weekly.

Clothes are rinsed out and legged on the line to dry off and go through a Dettol wash every two weeks with tea towels, hand towels, oven gloves, cushion covers and bath mats etc.

Legged on the line ?? 😂 @ Britbuggs 80

Things I never thought happened...PEOPLE CLEANING THEIR BATHROOMS AFTER EVERY USE.

I am learning so much today.

Cotton is not environmentally friendly. It uses vast amounts of water, pesticides, herbicides and nitrogen to grow it, then water and oil to manufacture and transport it.
Hemp is a viable alternative. It can grow pretty much anywhere and fed on treated sewage.

Plastic fibres may also be flushed into water systems, with a recent study finding that each cycle of a washing machine could release 700,000 fibres into the environment.

From this article about microplastic content in drinking water.

Do you really want your children to ingest more plastic than they already do ?

Bathrooms get a bit of attention daily as does the kitchen. Not a full clean - I don't do the shower or floor. It I tend to wipe the sink out and do the loo.

The loo gets done with the loo brush (waaarp!!! Alert!) and grönsåpa for the inside and a sponge for the rest. I have a separate sponge for the sink. Both get popped in a divided tub in the drawers under the sink. Dry in an hour or so

Things take very little time to dry here and that makes a huge difference. When I lived in the uk the bathrooms were always sopping wet and so needed cleaning much more. Here things dry fast (good ventilation, cold climate) so there's no hanging around getting mouldy.

Cloths? I just have a huge pile of the cotton flannels from Ikea and waffle cotton ones. They go in the laundry room and when I have enough they go on a hot wash, along with anything else that needs a hot wash,

Blimey I thought using microfibre cloths was eco-friendly as it cut down on chemicals. Had no idea about microplastics.

So what's best? Cotton cloth and Method?

Cotton, any cleaner (grönsåpa is eco friendly, probably can't get it in the uk but just use anything as long as it's not got antibacterial on it.) soap and a scrub cleans stuff, no need for anything fancy.

You can cut up a knackered old towel into book sized squares if you want to be econfriendly about it - if youve got a pile of cloths you just bung them in with the weekly hot wash (awaits telling off for using any method other than bashing in a rock in cold water...)

I do my daily clean with anti-bac wipes then just use the cloths for the weekly deep clean

I live in a hard water area. Far better for the environment to keep limescare at bay than need litres of viakal - and new taps that viakal eats...

I do what my Grandmother did and I did, even with the cloth nappies.

I have somewhere to soak cloths in Soda Crystals and then rinse through.

There are loads of safe disinfectants, many natural ones.

Limescale you twat autocorrect!

Spent a week in the lakes - shower screen pristine with no care/products #jealous

Clothes are rinsed out and legged on the line to dry off and go through a Dettol wash every two weeks with tea towels, hand towels, oven gloves, cushion covers and bath mats etc.

Now that makes sense Britbugs Only wash separately and disinfect. This is the proper way of the world.

Cleaning every day? Oh dear. I only clean once a week. Didn't realise that was unusual.

No need for antibacterial stuff - it's not the best environmentally, it kills no more than soap and a scrub and in certain circumstances bacteria can develop resistance to certain products and bactericidal mechanisms.

Blimey - to the pp who said they do two to four washing loads a day..1 A DAY?! Do you not care about your water bill or the environment? That's just excessive and unnecessary, and you don't need to wash that much stuff surely?

I live in a city and I honestly need to clean every day. When I wipe down, there is plenty of black dust that has settled on all the white surfaces - sobering testament to the poor air quality in my area. If I left it a week it would be absolutely foul. I'd be raking up black dust and hair and it would be very difficult to clean. I would rather wipe down all the surfaces each morning (3 minutes) and wash the floor (3 minutes) than have to do it.