Clean It Up
UK General Cleaning Forum => General Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: Missy dusty on August 24, 2010, 06:15:11 pm
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Evening peeps,not sure if this is a silly question,but my mind started working over time the other day as to which way is the most economical/hygenic way to wash your microfibre cloths,and less damaging to them.
I normally stick them on a rinse only,but now Im thinking of bacteria still might lurk on the cloths,and stay in my washing machine :o Ive never put them on a half load due to the consumption of water being used every day or ever used a washing powder on them as I dont want to ruin the micro fibre,so Im interested to know how others wash theres .
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We have a machine that washes ours automatically - they go on a 40 wash with my work towels but don't use fabric softener. If they go in with the sewage towels its a 60 wash. I am no expert in domestic chores - I dump them in the utility room and some time after they emerge clean
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Wash,them,at,least,75c,to,kill,bacteria,i,use,biological,detergent,with,no,fabric,soft
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Mmm,I only have the option of 60 or 90 wash ,not sure Im gonna want to be doing a 90 wash every day though ::)
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Buy more so you only have to do them weekly
Jason,whats,all,the,commas,about?
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Eeek :o think of all those cloths Id be left to dry at the end of the week.
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Rub them together and they clean each other without the use of soap or chemicals :P
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We have loads of cloths when used/dirty they go in a big bucket in our garage, then end of the week boil wash with washing powder then tumble dry.
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Mmm,think this will be the better option ,hate the thought of having to dry all those cloths in my tumble dryer..only because Im the sort of person that only uses it if I really need to..but I suppose it beats putting the washing machine on every day and on a 90 wash once a week ,at least I dont have to worry about germs lurking ..thanks. ;)
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If your concerned about germs soak them in 429 or the like then wash them at 40. If you don't like to tumble then hang them on the washing line.
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I do at least a full wash load every night and can't imagine how long it would take to hang them all on the line lol My neighbours (quite rightly) would think i'd gone mad!
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I do at least a full wash load every night and can't imagine how long it would take to hang them all on the line lol My neighbours (quite rightly) would think i'd gone mad!
Lol,mmm,me thinks Id have a job squeezing them on the line with all my family weekly wash too,my neighbour runs a cleaning biz too , so i dont want her to fink the fast amount of cloths I have on the line ,means Im doing better than her . ;D Tumble dryer it will be.
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My,space,button,on,laptop,wont,work ;D
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I,ordered,my,new,pc,today ;D
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Get the staff to take them home once a week pay them a fiver, tax deductible and tell them if they don't wash them or forget t o bring them they don't get to do the job
Gordon
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Nice take on industrial relations gordon, do you have staff lol
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Thankyou for your replies guys,I work on my own by the way,and for the last two weeks Ive been saving up my dirty cloths for the end of the week ,washed them on a 90 then tumble dried for 20 mins,its great so much easier now thanks.
A friend of mine also passed me on a tip , a guy she cleans for ,uses old clothing for drying/buffing up cloths,I cut up a few old John Lewis towelling sheets I dont use no more ,and have been using them in place of the micro fibre cloths ,its great ,I can wash them on a 90 and not have to worry about the wear n tear :)
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Hi Diane
Yes we have 32 staff at present with over 70% of them having been with us for five years or more
Oh and we won employer of the year 2010
So mmmm yes we do have staff lol
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Hi Gordon
I know you employ staff mate as I value your postings to the forum. I was just joking because your suggestion that if they forget to bring the cloths they can't work was funny and I was imagining the reaction I would get from my team!
My commercial team do wash their own cloths and it works very well, and when I go away one of my domestic team does the domestic cloth washing for me but unless they've got a tumble dryer its not possible for the team to wash their own cloths and with domestic cleaning once you get to a decent size the cloth washing isn't a load a week its 2 loads a night - about 15kg as I have a fairly large washer!
Cheers
Diane
www.freshlymaid.co.uk
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steam em use them for windowcleaning they get a bit grubby i have a steam gun cost me£30 i peg them out on the line a blast them til they am clean works saves time 8)
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Excellent idea :D
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Do none of you know what micro fibre is? If it would come out of a washing machine clean it wouldn't be a good cloth. The microfibre is doing exactly what it is supposed to do, its gripping the dirt and holding it. That dirt can then be reactivated later on Hello! - Cross contamination anyone? The best way to clean a microfibre cloth is to get some carpet cleaner and degreaser. Thats your alkaline, ph of 8.5. Now get your acid rince ph of 5.5. Get the dilution ratios correct and some hot water and steep the clothhs in a bucket for a few hrs. The dirt will be broken down and destroyed or neutralized as I prefer. Only now after it scrubbed togerther off itself and still damp and wrung out can it be flung into the thing whats it called? Has strange writing on it, Hotpoint or something or is it Zanussi? But use a sanitizer in the thing not washing powder. Your precious microbious fibrosis clotherinis are now laundered. You can even launder money in this way too.
Neil