Question

When cleaning do you all use a diffrent cloth for diffrent rooms?  

Answer 1

I normally clean the toilet, right around the rim then go around with the same cloth and wipe all my door handles, switches, phones and remotes then give the oven and hob a quick once over before binning the cloth  

Comments

@stoker such a waste binning the cloth.  

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Could just suck it dry instead? Saves wasting it

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@stoker you should get more use out of it and give you face a quick wash befor binning it  

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What about wiping down your mattress and pillows after

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@generalissimo Na that’s unhygienic

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@stoker surely you use your tooth brush to get under the rim, don’t want to leave any debris in the nooks and crannies  

Answer 2

I do, I have certain colours for each room so I have blue for the bathroom, yellow for the kitchen, green I use for toilet and then have more downstairs for the oven! Pink is for general but usually downstairs dusting and purple is usually used for little boys highchair xx

Answer 3

Kitchen, bathroom & rest of the house.  

Answer 4

Yes. Absolute must or its cross contamination

Answer 5

Depends on what I am cleaning if I am doing shower room and toilet I change cloths because I wouldn't. Clean toilet with same clothes very un higinic

Answer 6

I have 2 red clothes for the bathroom green cloth for the box room pink cloth for the girls room purple for my room hallway stairs white clothes and front room I have yellow and blue for the kitchen. And each room has a different cleaning product used

Answer 7

I just keep a big box of rags(old washcloths and towels of all sizes) and use them for everything then toss them in the washer with the laundry. I usually go thru about a dozen in a day with all the wipe ups from spills or trackings in.  

Answer 8

I have different for bathroom kitchen and room

Answer 9

No, i have them for certain things but mix rooms. So yellow one for sinks. Green one for kitchen counters etc. Blue one for all non-food or bathroom surfaces (door handles, banister, any other shelves etc)

Answer 10

Different clothes for each room - and pink for sink and blue for loo  

Answer 11

2 for bathroom. One for toilet. The other for the rest of the room. I then bleach them and put through the washing machine.  

Answer 12

If I’m cleaning toilets & bins last I throw away the cloths, only the cheap blue Wilco pack ones, I cut them in half anyway to double the amount lol x

Answer 13

Yes colour coded so I know !  

Answer 14

I only have a separate set of cloths for the bathroom other than that I use the same ones around the house but I generally have different cloths for different products eg furniture polish, bleach and window cleaner all have their own cloths.  

Answer 15

Blue for loo, pink for sink

Answer 16

Well I do

Answer 17

I use different cloths for different surfaces like wood and glass and the bathroom has its own cloth

Answer 18

Always blue for loos and pink for sinks  

Answer 19

Yes, definitely not using the kitchen ones in the toilet  

Answer 20

Odd question surly its common sense to have different clothes  

Answer 21

No because I use old fashioned yellow dusters and white cotton cloths

Answer 22

I use anti bac wipes and floor wipes for the floor and window wipes for window haha

Comments

@pansie same. kitchen counters is dettol and kitchen roll only thing I do different  

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@doggy6 i find them much easier am lazy haha i have a pack in every room x

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@pansie same. I just find cloths dirty. I was so glad dettol did bio degradable wipes. now the world's gone mad I am struggling to get them  

Answer 23

Yes, why would you use same for say bathroom & kitchen

Answer 24

I only have 2 rooms (3 if you count the hidden hall I found behind the washing machine.  

Comments

@sweetheart21 now that has my mind wondering about hidden hall and only 2 rooms?  

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It's a one room apartment so the only other room is the bathroom. When I wanted to try to make some cabinets for over the washer I opened up the wall to see what kind of structural support was back there. Turns out there is a space about 5 feet long and 1. 5 feet wide that was totally empty.  

Answer 25

No. I use the same cloth all over the house.  

Answer 26

Blue loo. Pink sink. Yellow everywhere else.  

Answer 27

It depends on what I’m cleaning & if it’s that dirty or not.  

Answer 28

Sort of; dusting cloth is for everywhere- window cleaner same for all inside/ different outside- bath has one, toilet I use a disposable antibacterial wipe with bleach and bin, then kitchen has one, table has one  

Answer 29

Yes pink for piss. Eg toilets bathrooms etc x

Answer 30

Yes I do. Kitchen leftovers dont need to end up in the living room. Kind of gross also.  

Answer 31

I'm really surprised how many of you are using packs of wipes when you can make your own for a fraction of the price and not only have it disinfect but scent the room too ‍♀️

Comments

@welltimed767 how?  

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@welltimed767 how please?  

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So I brought some fleece fabric and cut into squares, microfiber is better but I couldn't be arsed to hem it whereas fleece doesn't fray. So you cut it the size you want and it's good to go. I use the vanish powder small tubs with the screw top and keep one in each room. I use zoflora which is a disinfectant, or it's cheaper alternative fabulosa and fill the tub with water and half a capful. Wring out the excess water and clean that room, you'll notice it doesn't leave a sopping wet surface like a dishcloth or flannel and both fabrics attract dirt particles because they are staticky, same as a wipe. Then I've got a net wash bag to gather the used ones in and on the 1st of every month I clean the washing machine on it's hottest cycle using thin bleach and soda crystals and put all the cloths in. No germs stay alive on a 90° bleach wash. When they are finished they are pretty dry and only really need an hour or two in the sun to finish off. Or 30mins on a low setting tumble dryer. If you use the high setting you'll get a massive static shock. I think I spent £6. 99 on 1mtr of fleece fabric on eBay and got something silly like 40+ squares from it. Fabulosa is sold in B&M or poundstretchers for no more than £2. 99 for 250ml, sometimes you can get it for £1, if so stock up! Use it to scent a room in winter by wringing it out and draping it over a radiator to dry. Also you can fill a spray bottle with water and whichever fragrance you fancy and spritz bedding, clothes you've worn once that done need to be washed but that you don't want to hang up next to your clean clothes, dog beds, kitchen counters, bathrooms. It's a disinfectant so will kill 99% of germs so says the packet but doesn't contain bleach so doesn't mark fabrics. If the vanish pot is too big to hide, Primark often sells clear makeup bags for £1, or plastic pencil cases are good or food jars or you can reuse the wipes packs by cutting off one end and gaffa taping it closed each time. I've recently found spray paint and decoupage so intend on making mine look pretty so they can be on display but blend in  Hope that helps, enjoy x

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@welltimed767 Well done.  

Answer 32

Always. Don’t like wipes x use a different cloth or cloths depending on which room x

Answer 33

I throw my clothes away after using them, there cheap enough. X

Comments

If they are really cheap they'll be plastic fibres that will take centuries to breakdown. The environment paying the price for wasteful laziness. Cotton and viscose cloths last years. We have loads of cotton ones made from old T shirts, free and usable for years. When they finally wear out after a few years they go on the compost heap. I have microfibre ones for some jobs but they last years.  

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@fears22 me too

Answer 34

Yes then put them all in the washing machine with bleach i soak my kitchen cloth in the sink with zoflora x

Answer 35

I dont use different colours but do use different types of cloths

Answer 36

Pink for sink Blue for Loo  

Answer 37

I use different cloths for everything. No joke. Its a nightmare!  

Answer 38

I use a cloth for dishes, a different cloth for toilets , a different cloth for floors and sinks and bedrooms a different cloth and a different cloth for kitchen floors. They do get washed on the sanitizing one on my washing machine.  

Answer 39

Since loo is full of bacteria it does not get used anywhere else. Polio was from feces so I am a stickler of not using around the house. Dishes also get one color , I also wipe my counters and table with that cloth. I use a special cloth for my cast iron pans. All are washed in the sanitizer load on my machine and with Lysol sanitizer for laundry which is a peroxide cleaner. I rinse well before I wash them by running all cleaning clothes through a rinse cycle tirst. Do not mix the clothes in the same wash if you use different cleaners like bleach, peroxide, vinegar, etc. Each needs to be rinsed first through one wash cycle with just water. The chemicals if mixed are poisonous.  

Answer 40

I use a sponge only for my dishes, and microfiber cloths for cleaning the rest of the house that are specific to type of cleaner instead of changing by room. So I use one for granite cleaner to clean all the granite in the house, one for dusting spray , one for glass cleaner , one for sinks and tub cleaner, and one for toilet. Throw them in the wash, good as new

Answer 41

I have separate ones for the kitchen and bathroom but the same for all of the other rooms.  

Answer 42

I have a minky for the kitchen sides, coloured sponge cloths for the sink and hob, dust cloth, polish cloth, window cloth, bathroom minky for the bath and sink and then I use cif wipes for the toilet and all purpose cloths for the door handles and light switches x

Answer 43

Yes, and each cloth gets disinfected and stuffed into the next washer load after each use. A dishcloth used in the morning can have 20 million bacteria on it by teatime.  

Answer 44

All mine are made from old vests or tee shirts from when the children were young boiled every week my oldest is 41.  

Answer 45

Yeah, I'll have a cloth for the bathroom. A different cloth for toilet and then a cloth for the rest

Answer 46

Yep colour coded clothes & matching minkys for each place!