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Talk to me about....washing up bowls??

54 replies

NicknameInUse · 15/09/2010 21:05

This is without doubt the most random and boring thread I've posted!

Oh well, here goes...

I cleaned my sink today and was mucho proud of myself, then put my white plastic washing up bowl back in and it instantly looked crap again!
I thought about chucking it, but I don't like not having one and I don't have the storage to hide it away when it's not being useed.

Sooooo, does anyone have a washing up bowl that isn't pound shop hell?

God, I hate myself for caring about this! Blush

OP posts:
dexter73 · 15/09/2010 21:08

I have one from John Lewis!!

MrsTayto · 15/09/2010 21:11

White ones will always look dirty after about a week.

I have a grey one (no, it didn't start off white!) that I can stash under the sink, but it usually stays in the sink.

I buy a new one fairly regularly - but a good scrub with fairy liquid cleans it up well.

dexter73 · 15/09/2010 21:13

This is mine.

Original poster
NicknameInUse · 15/09/2010 21:25

Mine's clean, it gets a once over everytime I do the dishes (too bloody often) it's just the 'plasticy-ness' of it I hate.

OP posts:
iwastooearlytobeayummymummy · 15/09/2010 23:47

throw the old one out an buy a coloured one instead?

lowrib · 15/09/2010 23:55

I saw www.amazon.co.uk/Normann-Award-winning-rubber-washing-Best-seller/dp/B000L0FZFO this funky silicone washing up bowl in a shop window the other day. I knew it'd be pricey but I thought what the heck, it looks really cool and I actully need one anyway, so I went into the shop to buy it.

Once I had found out the price Shock I left sharpish!

chocolatefroggie · 15/09/2010 23:59

Grin @ lowrib I saw one of those thought it would be ace for camping then nearly fainted when I saw the price!

OP what about a clear one?

catherinedenerve · 16/09/2010 00:07

Well in a way I am glad to have found this tread because I never got the washing bowl thing.
What are they for?
There's a sink, presumably to wash things , and there's a bowl, to wash things in? Why?

lowrib · 16/09/2010 00:08

The one I saw in the shop had another £20 on top of the Amazon price, too!

catherinedenerve · 16/09/2010 00:09

I am watching this tread because I would love to be enlightened. Smile

lowrib · 16/09/2010 00:16

I think the idea is that a bowl is more hygienic, particularly if you only have one sink in the kitchen. Also you can empty the water and refill with clean water quicker than if you have to wait for the sink to empty completely.

catherinedenerve · 16/09/2010 00:19

Thanks lowrib.
Ok for the quickness thing, but why is more hygienic?

catherinedenerve · 16/09/2010 00:21

Sorry you have to justify your sink bowl to a stranger at this time of the night, by the way.

lowrib · 16/09/2010 00:23

Bowls are easier to wash IMO. Also you might want to put something down the sink (dirty water used to clean the floor maybe) which you wouldn't want in the place you wash your dishes IYSWIM.

lowrib · 16/09/2010 00:24

No worries, I find it quite funny I'm in this conversation, I am so far from a domestic goddess it's laughable! Strange what motherhood does to you Grin

maktaitai · 16/09/2010 00:28

Many people don't use washing up bowls - I guess they just clean out the stuff in their dishes into their half sinks? Me, I like a full size sink and a nice bowl in it. They do need a regular scrub though. I have a grey one as well.

pippop1 · 16/09/2010 00:29

I have a clear one. I think it was from Lakeland. It seems to stay pretty clean.

catherinedenerve · 16/09/2010 00:32

Thread, rather.

I know, this is hilarious. Thank you for answering my tedious ???
But I might have to come to term with the fact that my sink is a secret obsession at the moment. I have been on the flylady website you see.

catherinedenerve · 16/09/2010 00:36

In my house, dirty water from floors goes down the loo, by the way. If anyone is interested.

lostFeelings · 16/09/2010 00:55

never had washing bowl whilst having sink, cold and hot water

it only made sense to have one when there was no running water in the kitchen

elvisgirl · 16/09/2010 06:20

Try filling up sink with solution of bleach with bowl inside & weighted down with something ok to get bleach on, so that bleach solution gets inside bowl too, leave to soak which also cleans sink as well & then wash up well. I do this about once a year if I can even be arsed to do it that frequently!

Beingblonde · 16/09/2010 09:32

We have one of those rubber ones in black - my husband is a design addict - but it's really great, looks lovely and everyone always comments on it! Hmmm, I wonder what they say when they leave our house...

DandyDan · 16/09/2010 10:27

In the States I've seen metallic bowls being used for washing up, quite a bit smaller than the sink itself, so not for those of us who leave stuff steeping for a while, but it seemed a good idea for those who don't want grubby scuffed plastic bowls.

StarExpat · 16/09/2010 10:32

I just wash dishes one by one Blush I don't like the the dirty water and putting my hands in it.

I clean my sink after each washing up. I wash up after every use of dishes (unless dh is home alone then I come home to it and do it then Angry ).

YunoYurbubson · 16/09/2010 10:38

£50 for a WASHING UP BOWL??

Madness.

Shock