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Washing up bowl

45 replies

derrydee · 09/09/2023 10:46

Do you have a plastic bowl in the sink or just wash up in the sink?

Is having a washing up bowl a bit dated now? I think it makes it difficult to clean!

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Sgtmajormummy · 10/09/2023 17:35

@beguilingeyes it’s really good. Small enough to pour things past the side in my crappy inherited IKEA single sink but large enough to wash saucepans in.
If it broke (12yo and like new) I’d buy another immediately. Joseph Joseph things are really clever, like the nesting bowls, colander, sieve set that I’ve given several times to new home owners.

And don’t forget a washing up bowl is ecological. You use less water to get a usable depth.

BooksAndHooks · 10/09/2023 17:51

I have one yes, stops glasses breaking, uses less water and means I can rinse things down the side of the bowl without emptying the entire sink. I also collect the water when running the tap to get it warm and can take it outside to water the plants.

MrsDanversGlidesAgain · 10/09/2023 17:53

Popcornflavour · 10/09/2023 15:32

Have always and will always use one. I give it a good scrub every day and air dry. I mainly use to wash DCs water bottles and anything else that doesn't go in the dishwasher.
100% team washing up bowl!

Thanks, saved me the trouble of typing the same. They're only filthy if you never wipe them down.

whatsagoodusername · 10/09/2023 17:55

PurpleMonkeys · 10/09/2023 15:29

For those that don't undersrand it.

Ok.
Imagine one sink.
It's full of clean water.

You pick up a soup bowl with dregs or a ceralnbowl with a bit of milk left. Or a spatula with grease in it.

Where do you tip the dregs, milk or rinse greasy spatula?

If you've one sink, do you dirty up the clean water?

If you've a sink and a bowl, you can tip the dregs, milk and rinse grease off and down the side of the bowl, thus keeping water clean.

I hope that makes sense..

😁

But why do you have a sink full of clean water? What are you preserving a sink full of clean water for?

belge2 · 10/09/2023 17:59

I have one and have a double sink too. Mine is not filthy ! It gets cleaned every day and probably bleached once a week with the dish clothes.

MrsDanversGlidesAgain · 10/09/2023 18:01

But why do you have a sink full of clean water? What are you preserving a sink full of clean water for?

If you are doing your washing up in the sink and not the washing up bowl.

LindorDoubleChoc · 10/09/2023 18:08

OMG at everyone who can't understand the appeal of using a washing up bowl when you have a single sink! Think about it fgs.

I use one to collect water from washing fruit and veg and when waiting for the running water to get hot. And, like a pp, take it out to the patio and use it to water my plants.

I have a dishwasher and a one and a half bowl sink so don't actually use it when washing up. But can understand why people do Confused.

Lulu1919 · 10/09/2023 18:09

Washing up bowl in the sink always

Cookerhood · 10/09/2023 18:12

I've always had one. I have the Joseph Joseph one & it's great (the Dunelm copy was rubbish).

Azaeleasinbloom · 10/09/2023 18:13

I have one, always have. I use it for anything which cannot go in the dishwasher. I am a clumsy git so it saves me from chipping th8nfs.I keep it clean, as I do the sink and once a week the basin, sink drainer , brush etc get run through a hot wash in the dishwasher. ( But I do not have a toilet brush if anyone is keeping score)

PurpleMonkeys · 10/09/2023 18:46

whatsagoodusername · 10/09/2023 17:55

But why do you have a sink full of clean water? What are you preserving a sink full of clean water for?

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I'm not preserving it, it's for washing up.

Or do people just plunge dirty, greasy, milk covered pots and tools into clean water with a wilful abandon?

Glasses would surely come out looking like they've been stored under sweaty boobs.. pencil test? I've failed the pint glass test...

BananaBender · 10/09/2023 19:46

@PurpleMonkeys Surely you’ve tipped out dregs and given things a bit of a rinse before washing up? That sort of muck should be removed before washing up.

What sort of kitchen sink is standard in the UK? Stainless steel or porcelain/ceramic? I don’t understand why there’s so much worry about chipping things if the sink is stainless steel.

PurpleMonkeys · 10/09/2023 20:02

BananaBender · 10/09/2023 19:46

@PurpleMonkeys Surely you’ve tipped out dregs and given things a bit of a rinse before washing up? That sort of muck should be removed before washing up.

What sort of kitchen sink is standard in the UK? Stainless steel or porcelain/ceramic? I don’t understand why there’s so much worry about chipping things if the sink is stainless steel.

That would be the sensible way, rinse it all before washing it etc. But often washing just gets stacked up on the 'side' opposite the drainer and a few days worth ends up waiting.. 🤣

In the UK I've seen Porcelain sinks and Steel sinks.
Never seen a compactor like I think are common in America.

LindorDoubleChoc · 10/09/2023 20:48

Glasses would surely come out looking like they've been stored under sweaty boobs.. pencil test? I've failed the pint glass test...

What?

greengreengrass25 · 10/09/2023 20:55

What's wrong with having one. Makes it easier

WeWereInParis · 10/09/2023 22:14

BananaBender · 10/09/2023 19:46

@PurpleMonkeys Surely you’ve tipped out dregs and given things a bit of a rinse before washing up? That sort of muck should be removed before washing up.

What sort of kitchen sink is standard in the UK? Stainless steel or porcelain/ceramic? I don’t understand why there’s so much worry about chipping things if the sink is stainless steel.

It's also rinsing the soap off the washing up. When something is clean but soapy, I like to rinse it, but I can't keep running the tap into the main sink (if I just have one) because it will end up too full or overflowing, depending on how much washing up I'm doing. So if you have one sink and a bowl, you can rinse soap off down the sink, not into the bowl.

RoseMartha · 11/09/2023 00:16

I have one which I havent used for ages as I use the dishwasher. But if that breaks down would use the bowl which is cleaned after it is used.
I also have a couple of old clean bowls one of which I put clean underwear in before it is sorted into who's is who's. And a bowl for soaking clothes which have a stain.

ell87 · 11/09/2023 00:32

BananaBender · 09/09/2023 16:28

As a non-UK person I have no idea why you’d use one. You have a sink. Use that for washing up, otherwise what’s the point of having a sink?

I use one because I have 1 sink and I rinse everything before putting it on the draining board. If I just filled my sink it would overflow.

Justleaveitblankthen · 11/09/2023 00:33

Grew up with one and even living overseas with an ancient stone sink, I found and installed one sharpish.
The sink looks naked without one and less breakage of crockery for sure.

RampantIvy · 11/09/2023 07:01

Angie147836 · 09/09/2023 11:01

They're vile, filthy things - I don't have one - but quite useful if you only have a single sink. As PP has said, they might be good for delicate items.

Why are they vile and filthy?
Mine lives under the sink unless I am washing up. After use it gets cleaned and put away.

I have one because it uses less water and prevents chips and breakages.

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