Even though we are getting to the end of cold & flu season, there are always plenty of germs floating around. Who hasn't had a "summer cold", or been bitten by a nasty stomach virus at any time of year?
We decided to eliminate the hand-towel from our bathroom. Even changing it as often as once a day, it can still get loaded with little germs from little (or big) hands that didn't get as clean as they should while washing.
Paper towels were a good replacement at first, but thy were bulky and seemed wasteful.
So here's what we do instead:
I bought a cheap-o pack of 30 washcloths for $5. One hand-drying per washcloth ensures no sharing germs. I bought white so they can be bleached every other wash or so.
Dale (4) folds them after they've been washed (which works double for me - it's a great chore for him, and one less job for me!) and we keep them stacked in a basket on the bathroom counter. 30 washcloths for the 3 of us that wash our hands in the bathroom last about 3 or 4 days. There is usually a need for a whites load by then anyway, so this doesn't even cost me an extra load of laundry!
A simple solution for less germ spreadage works for me!
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We decided to eliminate the hand-towel from our bathroom. Even changing it as often as once a day, it can still get loaded with little germs from little (or big) hands that didn't get as clean as they should while washing.
Paper towels were a good replacement at first, but thy were bulky and seemed wasteful.
So here's what we do instead:
I bought a cheap-o pack of 30 washcloths for $5. One hand-drying per washcloth ensures no sharing germs. I bought white so they can be bleached every other wash or so.
Dale (4) folds them after they've been washed (which works double for me - it's a great chore for him, and one less job for me!) and we keep them stacked in a basket on the bathroom counter. 30 washcloths for the 3 of us that wash our hands in the bathroom last about 3 or 4 days. There is usually a need for a whites load by then anyway, so this doesn't even cost me an extra load of laundry!
A simple solution for less germ spreadage works for me!
Visit here for more WFMW tips. :)
3 comments:
What a great tip! I'm HORRIBLE about changing the hand-towel in our bathrooms!
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I love your idea. I toyed with the idea of doing something similar. In the end I got us separate towels for the bathroom. Tony is banned from using the ones that the girls use, which is brilliant white so that I can see when it has dirt on it. I know, I know, those germs dont stand up and wave! Tony has a way of CLEANING his hands on the towel instead of in the sink. Grrrr!
very neat idea!!
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