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?

To the other PP who throws away cloths every day after each use - that is even more wasteful and excessive! Why are people so wasteful? Can't you reuse it and save yourself money, plus help the environment? Ugh... people have too much money or time on their hands.

I think anyone who cleans their bathroom after every use needs more hobbies....

Oh I do love a good humblebrag.

I am one of those weird people who really enjoys cleaning and this is what I do in my bathroom:
After a shower Whilst I'm still in the shower I spray bathroom cleaner all around the bath and use a sponge to rub in then rinse away. The sponge gets chucked in a towel wash once a week or chucked and replaced. The sponge is used on the bath and sink area only. I do the sink every day too as I hate tooth paste marks.
Toilet wise, i spray bleach each day and use a floor wipe every couple of days to clean around the loo seat etc. I have two microfib cloths for the bathroom that are used all over, they are rinsed and hung to dry in the towel heater thing. I use microfibres cloths all over the house every day so they get chucked in the wash and go in with towels every couple of days. Once a week I deep clean and get my steamer involved.

Good point guilty - when I lived in the uk there was this thin layer of soot like dust that blew in every day :/

Our washer is on daily. I tend to change the sheets once a week and do the towels once a week (change every few days) that's two-three washes alone. Then add in one /two of each dark wash, one lighter wash and one wash for delicates/woollens and that's a wash a day, easily.

Ds has had the most awful cold and eye infection this last week and the poor little bugger has covered his sheets in eye pus and snot and drool every day, so I've been changing them daily (on doctors advice.) so that's another couple of washes. He comes home from nursery filthy every day (they're outside most of the time) and he's incapable of eating an meal without coating himself in it. It all adds up. I'd say I do ten loads a week.

Dettol wipes! Everywhere! Haha I own every kind of household cleaner you can imagine (my husband says I'm obsessed with having this stuff in 'just in case') but I still go for the wipes everytime, I don't clean my bathroom after every use but a couple times a week I'll get the wipes out have a good scrub then pour bleach pretty much anywhere I can!

But WHY???? Quite frankly I think the daily towel washers, anti-bac addicts and people who get through 6 bottles of bleach a day are bonkers

Technically I am, in the sense that bonkers is used to describe someone who is mentally ill. Part of mine is an obsession with cleaning (diagnosed OCD germphobia). While I am receiving treatment, it's ongoing and not easy to get over. But as usual cleaning threads on here have descended into name calling, snobbery and general fucking nastiness.

NooNoo I already stated I can't have un-necessary germs lying about I don't care how many times you think you wash your cloths or what temp they are washed at there is still germs maybe try reading my post before getting all jealous about people having money to buy new cloths or having some time.

If you actually read what i wrote due to health reasons I HAVE to clean everyday and have to be careful of germs so why would I keep a dirty cloth that's detrimental to my health so come down off your high horse and actually read something right.

What do you actually do for the environment? Since your preaching it to me you obviously practise it so what do you contribute than just simply reusing a cloth??

I think there is more disastrous things going on to the environment than just someone using a cloth once maybe look in to some worth more to focus on.

Oh and I use white cotton cloths and steep them in bleach in the sink then hang them over the shower rail.

I did read your post properly. I was merely stating an opinion - you don't have to accept or agree with it. I can understand your reasons if you have health issues but I was commenting on the excessive use as - in MY opinion - this would seem too much for me.

I never said I was jealous about people buying new cloths ort having more time to clean! Ha ha! As if..! As for helping the environment, I recycle most of our plastics, cardboard and paper, plus take clothes to charity shops and try to walk to places if necessary. I don't think I am as environmentally friendly as I could be, but I am not wasteful. Also, I am not preaching at anyone, just commenting on what I think is an excessive use of cloths.

There's nothing wrong with a few germs - they strengthen your immune system. I clean my bathroom regularly and use antibacterial spray and wipes but have no qualms about leaving a cloth or a day or two without washing - I rinse it out thoroughly and pour boiling water or put it in the microwave for a blast.

You seem very sensitive about the subject. Maybe try being more thick-skinned.

Are e-cloths and microfibres cloths the same thing?

You seem very sensitive about the subject. Maybe try being more thick-skinned.

Or maybe you could try accepting that not everyone has the same opinion as you and that's ok too?

I do accept they have different opinions - the PP didn't seem to accept my opinion!

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?

Not only do I not clean my bathroom every day (cleaner does it once a week) I'm not sure I even understand the question.

In our house adults wear the same clothes at least twice unless they are clearly sweaty/dirty or obviously stained. Younger kids' clothes mostly get washed after every wear. It means less washing, which is a good thing water-wise. Clearly not counting underpants, socks, or similar. Natural fibres need a lot less washing too, as a tip to anyone who would like to minimise their washing load. Woollens and silks in particular can just be aired out. This has nothing to do with bathrooms though. I clean mine properly once a week unless obviously dirty, but rinse out bath by hand daily (children are dusty) and scrub toilet if deposited. Wash the cloths out with water and hang in corner until dry then put back on shelf with cleaning stuff. Throw away when old. Disposable wipes for toilet in addition to brush.

Woollens and silks in particular can just be aired out

Oh absolutely. Silk, cashmere, velvet and wool don't need to be dry cleaned or washed after every wear. Very far from it.

Woollens and silks in particular can just be aired out

Yeah they can for general sweatiness, but that doesn't get half a spag bol off your thermals in winter

(Yes we use a bib... he's just adept at food flinging.)

www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/jun/20/microfibers-plastic-pollution-oceans-patagonia-synthetic-clothes-microbeads

I love microfibre cleaning cloths for cleaning, but I've decided to switch back to cotton (and avoid synthetic clothing as well) after reading about microfibres from the washing waste water finding their way into fish.

I can honestly say I have never ever even considered the possibility of washing a cleaning cloth - didn't realise people even did this. I just use the cloth, rinse it when I'm finished and leave it on a shelf in the bathroom. When it starts to look too manky/smells I throw it out and get a new one.

Actually just looking at the title of the thread again - does this mean people who clean the bathroom every time they use the loo????

I don't think I need to be more thick skinned actually,

but germs don't actually strengthen my immune system it's the medication I'm on that suppresses it, and if I catch anything I cba be in hospital for weeks on end as I would rather not be away for my kids that long or waste NHS money on me being stuck in hospital for something I could have tried to prevent.

I know it can cause me lots more money than others or can be environmentally unfriendly but tbh my health comes first.

I'm not sensitive to the subject but I feel you didn't bother to ask what I do, just accused me of not being environmental friendly so your accusing me of something you just assumed rather than state your opinion there is a difference. I do environmentally friendly things where possible.

I'm really not getting in to an argument over cloths that's just silly just stating that there is a reason I have to do it so it's not always about just saving money or the planet it's sometime southern my control to be environmentally friendly, my health comes first.

Thanks notarsed.

My autistic 1 years old always rocks the silk polo shirt for school

I'll just air out his cashmere joggers next time his pad leaks.

@Proudmummytodc2 you're welcome

11 year old.

He wore only the softest qiviut as a baby.

He wore only the softest qiviut as a baby.

Hehehe.

Fellow knitter ? :) man I'd love qiviut, have you SEEN the price of it though???

We do wear lots of wool - we are in Sweden so wool thermals are a must for almost half the year. It means a lot of handwashing ...

Of course my child is only clad in the finest Byssus or at a pinch, organic free range unicorn down...

Fair enough - sorry if I upset you. I understand your reasons, I was just giving my opinion.

I'm not an argumentative person at all so sorry if I came across like that.