Kitchen etiquette

[Tonty]

I need help with kitchen towels, kitchen top wiping, and hand wiping.

We have several hand towels, usually 1 or two are in use at a time. The original idea was for hand wiping after washing the dishes etc but they've somehow doubled down into being used to wipe dry the kitchen top which makes them very manky. To counter this i bought some of those special wipes (the blue and white absorbent towels or there's the multicoloured pack of spongy wipes) for the kitchen. Problem is they get thrown in the sink afterwards and over time because of the moisture from the sink build up an awful odour and can become really rank. So we've gone back to the hand towels.

What does everyone else do/ how do you keep your handtowels just for hands and what do you use to wipe down your kitchen top?? pls mention if you use disposables also how often do you replace your hand towels and how often do you replace the kitchen top wipes whatever you use??

I have 3 kitchen hand towels, of which one if hanging up for a couple of days then washed.

Nobody is allowed to dry anything else with it as it’s just for drying hands.
If someone has dirty hands, they wash them first then dry. We don’t wipe our hands with anything - we just wash and dry.

Then we have tea towels. One for max of 2 days. Not for hand drying. Just for drying dishes or carrying hot things.

For the worktops, we use the washing up cloth. I scoop up debris and bin it then rinse cloth. Cloth is hung flat by the sink and washed at least every couple of days - I’ve got tons of cloths for washing up/wiping worktops.

we use tea towels as and when needed. But for wiping down surfaces, microfibre clothes. Use and wash as needed

Geez, I’m a slattern. My tea towel gets swapped weekly but I could have four on the go at once. I use a wettex for washing dishes, wiping down and that gets washed when it’s too dirty for me to stand. I don’t have a towel for hands in the kitchen. My bathroom is a few steps away.

But nothing is allowed to stand wet. I hate it. Everything has to be squeezed/drained/hung out to dry. Which is why I have so many tea towels out at times. Even my mop lives on hook outside on the back verandah so it dries properly

I use a J cloth for surfaces. They are excellent if you get the real J cloth brand (on Amazon) and not the supermarket cheap versions. Buy 50 and have a new one once a week or more if needed