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Re: "Kitchen Sponges - what's up? I always wash dishes with a..."
@gritty: possibly, but then you have a rapidly decomposing plastic sponge that is shedding nanoparticles onto your dishes. Also don't have dishwasher or microwave.
2023-06-30 ยท 1 year ago
๐ฅ Sm0key ยท 2023-06-30 at 23:05:
I've been eyeing crocheted dish scrubbies made from hemp on etsy to get away from plastic sponges, maybe you may be interested in them as well. hemp is tough, extremely mold/mildew resistant and gets softer as its washed.
๐ gritty ยท 2023-07-01 at 01:52:
@stack fair point. we've also used swedish dishcloths. work pretty well.
๐ stack [OP] ยท 2023-07-01 at 12:29:
I am experimenting with a piece of paper towel inside an abrasive plastic mesh (the kind garlic and onions come bagged in). The paper holds the soap and provides a nice padding for the scrubbing mesh - and I can get rid of it when done. Plastic seems to last forever, scrubs better than abrasive stuff on sponge, and is easy to rinse. Works so much better!
Kitchen Sponges - what's up? I always wash dishes with a sponge, and they used to last more than a couple of days. Now I am tossing sponges every other day because they positively stink like a moldy bacteria-hive dipped into a vat of tar.