"Unclogging" microfibre cloths

[WittgensteinsBunny]

So, we use an old 99p microfibre cloth for polishing with woodsilk (spray polish). Since we've had a cleaner, a lot more polish gets used and the dusting cloth is starting to make all the e cloths and tea towels smell of polish, even after a 90 wash. Is there anything I can soak it in to get rid of the polish smell? Vinegar, nappy soak, soda crystals, boiling water?

Should I get different dusters? I'm also wondering about switching to an eco polish to see if this makes a difference.

Most of my furniture's old wood, and I've been told it's best to polish only twice a year (or less), preferably with beeswax polish rather than spray.
My people don't seem to mind just dusting/vaccuuming furniture, and of course there's time to do more interesting stuff (washing windows, polishing brasses etc, gardening).

If it costs 99p just replace rather than washing perhaps? I thought you weren't supposed to use detergents and polishes with microfibre cloths or am I wrong? We have e cloths for glass and the instructions are just to use water.

wowfudge that's a very good idea! I'll blame being 38 weeks pregnant for not being able to think so clearly. I guess the polish cloth will always make the others smell - so it might be some sort of regular soaking regardless of whether it's a regular or microfibre cloth? I usually use my e cloths with just water for daily cleaning but use detergent with them for a deeper clean and the cleaner likes to use detergent on everything rather than just water. You are right though, e cloths work well with just water, I just like the smell of cleaning products and it feels wrong to clean the bathroom / kitchen tops / floors with just water. I just can't get my head around it!

Well I am the opposite to you - I don't like scented products and never use spray polish! I don't normally advocate throwing things away, but if you are thinking of spending up on special products to get rid of smells in the laundry you might just as well throw the cheap cause away.

The smelly cloth has gone and I've
replaced it with 3 yellow dusters that cost 50p! In my defence, we use method sprays (lush smells) in the kitchen and bathroom, ecover floor cleaner and otherwise water, bicarb, vinegar. Oh and the polish as that's what the furniture instructions said to use when we got it. I might ask our cleaner to go lighter with it. Thanks!

OP: I use method & ecloths, incl method wood polish. I bought 2 of method's brown wood microfibre cloths when I switched & they are kept separately from other cloths, and washed when needed. They are much thicker and more open texture, less scrubby than everyday ecloths.

HTH

Thanks gozo I'll have a look into that.