What do you use to wash your dishes? I don't have a dishwasher so I have to was my dishes by hand. I am tired of crappy dish sponges that rapidly deteriorate so that I have to keep on buying new dish sponges. Are there any resilient dish washing sponges out there that won't fall apart in a couple of weeks? Is there some better dish washing utensil out there that I should be using instead of a sponge? I have tried dish washing brushes but I don't think they do as good of a job as a sponge. What does PrepHole use to wash your dishes by hand?
My sister knitted a load of wool dish cloths three years ago they're starting to get a few holes but still holding up pretty well
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she got into knitting and knitted a couple dish cloths, they get used to clean dishes, and we use them for a few days before vleaning and drying them. some of them are wearing out a bit
not a lot more to it, can't exaclly tell you the knit pattern
related I guess
https://www.riaburns.co.uk/shop/wool-dishcloth-and-scrubber
I like the "Scrunge" by o-cedar. It won america's test kitchen top rated or some shit. Lasts about 3-4 months before it starts falling apart.
When I was a dishwasher I used steel wool. Still use it today on my dishes. I don't care about scratching stuff but it could be avoided by being careful.
It's fine on steel pans put a bad idea on crockery
Similar situation, and I recommend getting a dish brush like these to actually get all the bits off the dishes, and primarily using a soapy sponge for the final pass.
These things hold up fairly well and the scraper tip works better than the rough side of a sponge IMO
This. I am a brush fan too. I soak it in to bleach (sodium hypochlorite) occasionally to clean it
I've had these for years and never noticed that scraper part, neat.
OP it's not really a utensil (that much has been covered by previous posts) but I like the "new" style dishwashing soap dispensers with the squeeze valve so there's no cap to frick around with. Before those, I would use a soap dispenser for dish soap because picking up the dish soap, flipping it over, and opening the inevitably nasty lid all annoyingly requires two hands.
And these style of sponge holders are simple, cheap, probably last forever, and keep the sink area cleaner and the sponge drier (eliminates sponge smell) versus just laying it flat.
For some weird reason I am up at midnight helping an anon figure out how to wash dishes so of course I am not of sound enough mind to remember to add the pic
Sink brush is also my fav.
I like washing my dishes as / directly after I cook, these make it really easy.
I use 'scraping cards' to scrape everything clean and then after 99% of crud is removed i bust out the sponge
(Old credit/gift/customer/hotel cards work as well)
Use this for the difficult shit
then this for normal messes or 2nd pass after difficult shit
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What do you use to wash your dishes? I don't have a dishwasher so I have to was my dishes by hand. I am tired of crappy dish sponges that rapidly deteriorate so that I have to keep on buying new dish sponges. Are there any resilient dish washing sponges out there that won't fall apart in a couple of weeks? Is there some better dish washing utensil out there that I should be using instead of a sponge? I have tried dish washing brushes but I don't think they do as good of a job as a sponge. What does PrepHole use to wash your dishes by hand?
then OP's sponge last for the finishing pass
easy
Dish rags
magic eraser clones from aliexpress, forgot the scientific name
Melanie sponges. And the ones I've used never last long but were just about as cheap as the soap and water I used anyway.
Marry a Latina with a nice ass.
This is what you want bro..
OP complains about scrubby sponges which fall apart
So your recommendation is a scrubby sponge that falls apart more quickly because it's attached to a stick?
Sponges are a scam imo. Brillo pads are a bit better, but not by much. Rags are more resilient and scrub better than sponges; just cut an old t-shirt into sections about twice your hand size. Brushes aren't too bad though, and if you have really stuck stuff use steel wool.
Those are garbage and start leaking quickly.
a bit of copper chanmail is good for scrubbing
What are you guys doing to your dishes to require this much thought?
All I need is a brush, a wettex, and rarely a scourer
Kek it’s true.
There are some sponges and shit that fall apart quite fast, but at that point it’s probably gross and needs to be tossed anyway.
The wife likes these Scrub Daddy things. I guess they were on Shark Tank at some point, I don’t know what makes them better than the other shit and they’re not cheap, but I have noticed that they seem to last awhile and hold their shape and stay clean for longer than the 3pk of those blue wavy guys I used to get.
I tried it and it disintegrated rather quickly. Microplastics everywhere.
I now have vague memories of me putting my penis in one of those sponges as a kid
>What do you use to wash your dishes?
My wife.
Bonus points if you read this in Borat voice.
on another grease removing note, anyone know a way to get rid of oil stains on paper?
Depends were you reading while cooking?
tub of mayonnaise blew up in bag the book was in
>tub of mayonnaise
If you're actually japanese this might explain the isekai meme.
from looking online the best option seems to involve blotting the oil out with chalk or cornflour and a sort of low heat I don't know how this will affect the ink.
Blotting paper, over and under the stain and then iron it on low heat.
honey? human hair?
both are used to clean up after oil spills
>human hair
>used to clean up after oil spills
BRB going to set up a deal with the local barber shop and stop supporting the BIG KITTY LITTER monopoly for my home garage workshop purposes
>human hair
could you use sheep wool?
Sink brush you get at IKEA for like a dollar and a scrub daddy’s.
Chainmail scrubber
^This. Sponges are bacteria farms. Scrubbers work far better at removing crusty accretions and cloths fully dry out making them better for wiping. I bought a bunch of cheap microfiber towels recently via Amazon and like them even more than terryclotch washcloths.
A woman
Just a white cloth that I bleach every couple of weeks. Last about six months to a year if im cycling between two of them.
I rarely scrub anything clean, rather leave them to soak then whatever just falls off. Rarely use detergent either, just hot water.
Those black no-scratch pads work pretty good. Also, learning what sticks and wiping it off before it sets up is smart, as is letting dishes with stuck on bits soak for a good fifteen minutes to an hour first.