Would it be absolutely disgusting to...

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Put loo brushes in the dishwasher on their own, on hot setting, followed by a hot wash on empty??!!!

Raw chicken (which may or may not contain salmonella) is a bit different from excrement surely?

Worse, apparently

www.quora.com/Which-bacteria-is-worse-E-coli-or-salmonella

The highest temperature my dishwasher washes at is 65. That's not going to kill a lof of bacteria, is it?

God no, that’s vile! You eat off plates that go in there... horrid. Just buy a new loo brush, they’re a quid!

What do you clean a loo with if you dint have a toilet brush????!!! Surely no one is going to put their hand down a toilet????!!! not envy.

This is why I use a cloth or sponge to clean my toilet. You can throw away the sponge or clean the cloth. No disgusting loo brush in my house.

Poundstretcher, 50p, you can afford to replace them every week!

I’ve read it all now.

No. Just no.

We live in an area with very hard water. Unless we scrub the bog frequently, limescale builds up really quickly.

Only if you want shit in your dishwasher

Personally I think thats gross and I wouldnt do it, I would just buy new ones. If you dont want to do that, then maybe use other ways of cleaning the toilet as others have detailed.

Why do you need loo brushes to be that clean

Because they make a darned good toothbrush afterwards?

I don't really have an opinion, and fully understand and share your unwillingness to keep throwing things away. Just one note: bleach and hot water DON'T go together. Hot water stops bleach. You can do just hot water and then tepid water with bleach, or the other way round?

Just put some bleach in the thingy where the brush gets stored. What's the issue though? YOu're putting it straight back in the shit so unless somebody's licking the brush in between uses it's a non-issue.

I stand it in the ruler and pour bleach down

Toilet!

For some reason, I am reminded of Paddington using the family toothbrushes to clean out his ears.

No, don't - boiling water in a bucket used for nothing else, or (don't tell the environmental lobby) I replace mine each month, 50p from local discount shop

Just use a bucket with boiling water and some cleaning solution.

Bamboo loo brushes are available. Plastic free and biodegradable. Urgh to the dishwasher idea

We have one of these...had it for years and it's still like new. Just rinse under the water when you flush (nothing sticks to it )
They're called Wunder toilet brushes

Don't do that just buy a new one and throw old ones away

Buy silicone toilet brushes if you must own one.

I don't use loo brushes, i use hot water and a bit of bleach

Wouldn't very hot water knacker the bristles anyway? Plastics not designed for heat will warp.

(DP quite often washes pans by filling them with water, putting them over a v low heat, while rubbing with a dish brush. We now have a couple of brushes where the heat has softened and splayed the plastic bristles.)