The toys will be grime- and germ-free. Silicone trivets and oven mitts can be tossed in with your regular loads, as long as they're not too dirty.
All they need is a warm wash cycle. Bathroom rugs and small rugs can be washed in the washer, but you need to be careful about your settings. Always use warm water and a gentle cycle.
Cold or hot water can make them shrink or can crack the rubber liner on bath mats. Bonus tip: Before you put your rug back down, secure it to the floor with Velcro to prevent slipping hazards. Like indoor rugs, you can also wash car floor mats in the washer.
Make sure to dust them off the best you can outside, pretreat any stains and then wash them in warm water on the gentle cycle. Bed pillows gather dust, dead skin cells and dust mites. To sanitize them, put one pillow in the washer with fabric softener and your regular detergent. Use the sanitize mode or set the water temperature to hot and switch to the small load setting. This trick works with both down and synthetic pillows.
Afterwards, fluff your pillow in the dryer. If the cushions on your couch have zippers, the covers can be thrown in the washing machine. Here's some tips to get them looking fresh again. Almost all dog beds can be washed like pillows. If it feels like it has cardboard inside to make the bottom stiff, though, skip the washer. Scrub it with an antibacterial wipe instead. Just shoving your down or down-alternative comforter in the washer is a no-no.
You probably know that. With a little planning, though, you can still use your washer to get it clean. Molly Price has the details here. The towels muffle the noise that shoes can make in the washer and the warm water setting makes the shoes look like new.
Here's a complete guide to washing shoes in the washer. Just make sure to somehow submerge the sponge, instead of it floating on top, so all surfaces of the sponge get superheated to kill germs.
Below I've provided instructions for yet another method to clean sponges, using your dishwasher. Top photo by Horia Varlan. Click here to post comments. Join in and write your own page! It's easy to do. Simply click here to return to kitchen cleaning hints. Another popular method for cleaning your kitchen sponges is to run them through the dishwasher. This works as long as the sponges can get hit with the jets of extremely hot water that your dishwasher uses to clean dishes.
If your sponges are a bit smelly this is a simple method to clean them while cleaning the rest of your kitchen. Just load your dishwasher like normal and put your sponges on the top rack and run like normal.
Some people put the sponges down in the silverware tray when they use this method. It will work, again, as long as the spray jets for the dishwasher can hit the sponge consistently.
But the lower rack of your machine is rougher on things than the top rack, and so it can beat up your sponge and make it not last as long from the extra wear and tear. That's another reason I personally prefer the microwave method. It doesn't physically cause as much wear and tear on the sponge, meaning it can last longer than the putting it in the dishwasher method.
One reader, Lisa, shared specifically wrote in to tell me how she used this tip to stop her sponges from smelling when she was experiencing "Stinky Sponge Syndrome" caused by Dawn dish soap.
Lisa said: "Dawn made my sponges and dish rags stink as well. I didn't even think it could be the soap until I stumbled onto this website! I will be changing to something more eco-friendly I think. But what I was doing to get rid of the smell was to toss the sponges in the dishwasher every other time I ran a load Bad smell gone! You can read their ideas in the comments for yet another method for cleaning your sponges. I think this method would also work, but I also think it is even physically harder on your sponges, and may make them disintegrate or break apart more quickly.
So just keep that in mind if you want to try this method. I'd love to hear so tell me in the comments below. You can also read reviews of kitchen and cleaning sponges here to find a brand that will work well for you. Click here to add your own comments. Hi, I'm Taylor, a busy mom with 3 kids, so I have lots of hands on experience with house cleaning, laundry and my fair share of spots, spills and other messy catastrophes.
But did you believe it? Well, whether you were a believer or not, this fact is true according to Philip Tierno , a microbiologist and pathologist at the New York University School of Medicine. And it makes sense. So what do you do? While most manufacturers of the sponges make no claims that microfiber reduces bacteria, the composition of the material lends itself to drying quickly. As a result, the time in which bacteria have to develop may be cut shorter.
But which method is best? The Good Housekeeping Institute worked with EMSL Analytical testing lab in Westmont, New Jersey to find out if using the dishwasher, microwave, washing machine, bleach, or vinegar removed the most bacteria — and bleach won.
In testing, the bleach solution killed But no matter how diligent you are about cleaning, your kitchen sponges won't last forever.
Clean them weekly, and toss shabby ones every two to three weeks, depending on use. Even though bleach is the most effective bacteria killer, in a bind, these methods are your next best option.
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