3 important tips to keep your dishcloth clean

In the kitchen there are things that are indispensable, like the good old dish towel. However, this is an item that can become a great source of bacteria, as it is a utensil used quite often and ends up being wet for a long time. Therefore, to prevent this accumulation of bacteria reach your food, we separate some tips on how sanitize the dish towel correctly.

The importance of properly sanitizing the dishcloth

The dishcloth, because it gets quite wet, can end up accumulating several bacteria and this can be harmful in a kitchen.

In addition to constant changing, it is also very important to avoid leaving the cloth wet all the time. So always putting it to dry after use, preferably in the sun.

3 tips on how to clean:

greasy

To remove all grease from your dishtowel once and for all, you should boil the dishtowel for 10 minutes in an easy-to-make solution. We have the example of three combinations that, in addition to removing grease, also remove mold.

• 1st option: water + washing powder + baking soda
• 2nd option: water + lemon slices
• 3rd option: water + baking soda + table salt

Grinded or yellowed

To be able to whiten that super grimy dish cloth, you must use a powerful solution: use water, bleach and soap powder.

But don't forget: only use bleach if your dishcloth is white, otherwise the color of your dishcloth will fade.

And before putting the cloth in that solution, rub it well with coconut soap. After that, just leave it in the solution for 6 hours, remove it from the solution and rub again and rinse.

stains in general

You will apply detergent, the conventional dishwashing detergent or 10 volume hydrogen peroxide on the still dry fabric, in order to remove any kind of stain that is under the fabric.

Then you will scrub and then soak for about 2 hours in water with well-dissolved washing powder. After the 2 hours of soaking, just rub again and rinse the cloth well and put it to dry.