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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:
aristocat · 16/09/2010 10:41

have you seen these ones

anonymousbird · 16/09/2010 10:42

Hang on, have I missed the point.

Why do you need a bowl? I have never owned one, can't you just wash up in the sink then pull out the plug? They you just clean your sink???? takes about one minute!

HowsTheSerenity · 16/09/2010 10:44

THis is one of the things that amazed me when I moved to England. Why use a bowl in the sink when the sunk is there ready to go.

Oh that and carpet in bathrooms.
And no light switches or plus socket things in bathrooms.

LifeOfKate · 16/09/2010 10:48

Christ, £60 for a washing up bowl Shock

I've got a rather attractive square one from Asda, it's a lovely pale turquoisey colour. Can't stand the grey ones. I do quite like the clear ones as well though :)

notso · 16/09/2010 11:05

Haven't had one since we had the dishwasher as I only really handwash the teapot, glasses and a couple of other bits which can't go in the dishwasher.
My sink is mainly used for food prep, rinsing dishes and filling up with water to clean the cooker and worktops.
I like the rubbery bowl and the clear ones though.

rey · 16/09/2010 11:08

I don't get plastic bowls. Surely stainless steel is more hygenic than plastic for cleaning.

ramonaquimby · 16/09/2010 11:10

i dont' get them either - use the sink and don't clutter up the kitchen!

yes think is british thing

StarExpat · 16/09/2010 11:13

HowsTheSerenity - me too! Carpet in bathrooms is just wrong. Ours is completely tiled in the UK but we had to get it done as it didn't come that way!

Ditto washing up bowls... reminds me of being in my grandparents' house.

anonymousbird · 16/09/2010 11:51

No one has answered the question though, what do you actually need a washing up bowl FOR??? it just gets in the way of trying to do your washing up, doesn't it?

Please, someone explain!

You have bowl inside a sink, ergo, the bowl itself serves no purpose ???

invisibleink · 16/09/2010 11:58

Howstheserenity -me too! The Britsh are odd! Grin

maktaitai · 16/09/2010 12:10

anonymous, but how do you wash up without a bowl?? do you have to 'pre-wash' all your dishes to get rid of the liquid/bits first, or do you just put all the bits and leftovers straight in the sink?? i pour away any liquid down the sink leaving the bowl water clean, take a bit of bowl water and do an initial scrub of any bits then pour that away down the sink, then do a final wash in the bowl. Presumably if you have a half-sink as well as a main sink, that's how you do it?

anonymousbird · 16/09/2010 12:32

I scrape the crud off the plate into my food waste bin, I don't want food bits going down my sink, bowl or no bowl, so I would do that even if I were washing in a bowl. Liquid, if there is any would simply be poured away before filling sink. I have a mini-middle sink so I suppose, if my sink is already full of hot washing water, any other liquid would go down mini sink, but we've usually just got rid of liquid before filling sink as I rarely have to do that.

I then fill sink with hot water, fairy, don my gloves and wash!! Rinse items in running hot water quickly, which continues to fill my sink (I don't start with a full sink)

Drain items on draining board.

Am now seeing that if you are washing in a bowl, you can pour liquid away down the outside of the bowl once you have already filled your bowl.. it is becoming a little clearer now...

nocluemum · 16/09/2010 12:33

I think that you only really need a washing up bowl if you dont have another sink. I have a small half sink and no washing up bowl. But at friends houses who just have the one sink if you dont have a bowl and are washing up but need to throw away a half cup of tea for example but are doing the dishes you have to wait til you have finished washing up.

cruelladepoppins · 16/09/2010 13:07

I have a washingup bowl in my sink because ...

I do a lot of veg prep in my sink - scrubbing potatoes etc - and don't want to have to clean it multiple times for one meal, I like to give it the once over after i've done the dishes.

If your washing up is in a bowl, you can still pour things down the sink (unfinished toddler juice etc) as you go along;

you can rinse the dishes using the cold tap without colling down your washing up water.

you can soak things in the bowl and lift the whole lot out of the sink to do something else.

I have a double sink now but still use a bowl for the dishes! Seems somehow cleaner.

I love the silicon washing up bowls too but Shock at the price.

ClarasMummy · 16/09/2010 13:31

I always thought a washing up bowl was to stop you smashing your dishes on the metal sink when you were washing up and breaking them. I'm a clumsy idiot though so that's probably why.
I have a purple washing up bowl but my sink is probably cleaner, maybe I'll just be more careful when washing the dishes...

Original poster
NicknameInUse · 16/09/2010 14:17

Hehehe I had a good giggle when I came back to this - 41 messages?! :o

Thanks everyone for the ideas and links. Love those rubber ones but that's an awful lot of £££! Think I'll go the clear bowl route.

I am still ashamed that I posted this thread (it is sooo not like me!) and I appologise for bringing it into your lives. Blush :(

Grin
OP posts:
peachybums · 16/09/2010 16:44

Im quite lazy and if i find a half cup of tea while im washing up il go into the bathroom and pour down sink (live in a bungalow so its right next door haha) Dont have a washing up bowl DP hates them so im not allowed :(

pebblejones · 16/09/2010 22:38

Slightly off the subject but... I melted mine this evening by chucking a hot pan into it :(
I'll be needing a new one, deffo the cheap John Lewis one and not the 'designer washing up bowl', seriously beingblonde people compliment you on your washing up bowl? How peculiar!

DandyDan · 16/09/2010 23:28

www.cookwarebycsn.co.uk/Buckingham-15938-BHM1058.html

Stainless steel washing-up bowl for those who wish...

mousymouse · 17/09/2010 08:58

I dont use or have one. dont really see the point...

CreativeFriend · 23/02/2012 11:07

If you are looking for a designer washing up bowl at a cheap price have you seen the new one in John Lewis?www.johnlewis.com/Search/Search.aspx?SearchTerm=washing+up+bowl

MrsMagnolia · 23/02/2012 12:30

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Rainydayagain · 23/02/2012 15:09

Wow £50 for a washing up bowl....surely thats half a dishwasher?

No bowl here but no handwashing either. Lazy.

BoffinMum · 23/02/2012 22:07

Stick it in the dishwasher. That will clean it up. Good for getting more life out of washing up brushes as well.

CreativeFriend · 28/02/2012 23:15

I know the one you mean MrsMag. yes looks good but impractical. The new John Lewis one looks better and is only £8.. I won't say how much I like it as I'm sounding very sad. :))

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