how long do you keep it ?


day

month

year

?


they say its unsanitary as hell after an hour

I keep it until it walks itself to the rubbish bin

i just licked mine


is that bad?

you have to change them

i like to lick the beef grizzly ones


:yummy:

shausler said:

I keep it until the wife says "It don't work no more "

First of all I lecture her on her bad English grammer then I tell her to lob it in the bin

Now that's how we do (<--- I have grammatical exemption )

i saw this thing on oprah about that womans house, and her sponge... she had that thing for over a year, they said her toilet was cleaner than her sponge anyway, after that, i rarely use them... i tend to use dish rags instead... use them for about 3-4 days and then i wash them in HOT water and bleach.. but, i clean my counters with that antibacterial stuff, so hopefully that helps along the way

I change mine at least once week, or if i do some heavy cleaning I throw it out after that use

uhm, I don't think I use sponges. sometimes one of those brillopads

mostly for doing dishes I use a dishrag and that gets changed every
day. after using it, it goes into the washingmachine along with the
rest of the towells and whatnot and is being boiled clean with heap
upon heap of washingpowder.



the brillopads, well that's another story completely. I usually get
so disgusted with it after a few weeks that it gets thrown out no
matter if it was used one time or thirty times. I just chuck it out
when it starts to look sloppy or when it's been used for something
other than cups & cousers.

I soak mine in clorox, daily!

Lasts longer, and is sanitized.. As a matter of fact my hands smell like clorox as I type this...

I dress mine up in a shirt and tie, and take it out jellyfishing with me...

Ok, I'm SO not the domestic goddess and/or germaphobe sort, but:

I don't use sponges. I hate it when they start to disintegrate, and they start to smell (d/t bacteria moving in) about an hour after the first time you use them. I use dishcloths instead. Easy to throw in the wash and last a lot longer. Though if you MUST use a sponge, you can keep a little bowl/tray of diluted bleach by the sink and sit the sponge in that when it's not being used.

Instead of the brillo part of a sponge, I have this little plastic scraper from one of those chain kitchen stores, which works better, lasts longer, and is easy to clean. I've also got a couple of plastic scrub brushes that can go in the dishwasher.

My little tips for avoiding sponge nastiness.

I lick my plates clean.

ella731 said:

Damn a kitchen sponge is like $2. You must be wealthy

I always buy a two pack and it seems like I throw away the first one two soon and use the second one way too long.

Also, aren't sponges self cleaning? Each time you do the dishes they are being soaked in dish soap.


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lovemachine said:

you need to go to costco

Lleena said:

jesus thats sounds hot

Byron said:

Lmao


this is the funniest thread

...I cut my sponges in half. I use one half one month,the second the next month
but sometimes I use it longer than a month.

Lord knows how long we keep ours! My husband believes that as long as it is still full of detergent it won't get bacteria in it, so he is always leaving it there full of water (an Argentinian tradition maybe? his mum does it too - but hey! at least he DOES the dishes!!!!). My theory is that if it is left to dry out completely most of the germs die. I keep two or three on rotation and chuck them in the wash when I'm doing a load of washing with an anti-bacterial rinse.

Germs aren't that bad anyway, thanks to our filthy house, my kids have quite a tolerance (and no allergies thanks to the small amount of chemicals in use around here).

Kids, not to worry.
Just pop your sponge into the dishwasher each time you run it.
Everything living in it dies a slow painful death.
And YOU are back in business.

vooms

shausler said:

Funny.....that's what my husband said on our honymoon night.

ohhh groommmittttt

FIRST: I get a pack of about six sponges for $1.00 at the local 99-cent store. What's this nonsense about a two-dollar sponge? For $2 I expect that thing to scrub the dishes for me.

SECOND: you can kill bacteria by sticking the sponge in the microwave for 1 minute. My wife does it weekly.

PurpleJedi said:

A good kitchen sponge with a scour side costs around $2 at Target.

lovemachine said:

I know, you'd think, but no. Itty bitty food particles stuck in a damp sponge in a warm environment is bacteria paradise.