http://tipnut.com/how-to-clean-household-sponges/ Creative Homemaking Ideas & Household Tips Thu, 09 Feb 2012 23:21:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://tipnut.com/how-to-clean-household-sponges/#comment-69028 Cindy Sun, 14 Mar 2010 19:07:07 +0000 http://tipnut.com/how-to-clean-household-sponges/#comment-69028 I am constantly using sponges in the kitchen during the day. Now and then my husband would say how nasty they smell and made his hands smell when he'd use them. To de-smell them (smile) I used to put them in with my laundry (as I do not have a dishwasher). That worked ok, but I do not always get the laundry done in a timely manner (hah, seldom!) so I would end up getting a fresh one each time. I would end up with a dozen or more sponges sometimes. One day the idea hit me...I have a bottle of hand sanitizer sitting on the top of my sink...this is used to 'sanitize'... Each time I am done with the sponge for the time being, I pump some sanitizer on it and squeeze it in. The sanitizer sort of liquifies and spreads as I squish it around. Then I just set it down until the next time I use it. He has not said it smelled since....not one time. I am constantly using sponges in the kitchen during the day.
Now and then my husband would say how nasty they smell and made his hands smell when he’d use them. To de-smell them (smile) I used to put them in with my laundry (as I do not have a dishwasher). That worked ok, but I do not always get the laundry done in a timely manner (hah, seldom!) so I would end up getting a fresh one each time. I would end up with a dozen or more sponges sometimes.
One day the idea hit me…I have a bottle of hand sanitizer sitting on the top of my sink…this is used to ‘sanitize’…
Each time I am done with the sponge for the time being, I pump some sanitizer on it and squeeze it in. The sanitizer sort of liquifies and spreads as I squish it around. Then I just set it down until the next time I use it.
He has not said it smelled since….not one time.

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