Kitchen tea & hand towels
I know they do it with the best of intentions, but guests washing my linens is one of my worst nightmares! Might as well say 'when guests set the stains for me'. Thank you, not!suse wrote:Have even had some guests who having used all then put a wash on with them before they left in case we didnt have any more
In a sleep 6 I leave a hand towel and two tea towels. I've only once (in 20 years) been asked for a change of/extra tea towels - even pre-dishwasher days.
A roll of kitchen towel is supplied.
I do find tea towels get used as floor clothes, dish clothes, oven clothes but don't get me started on that ................
A roll of kitchen towel is supplied.
I do find tea towels get used as floor clothes, dish clothes, oven clothes but don't get me started on that ................
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As it is that time to re organise things i would like some advise on simple boring but necessary things like dish cloths
for tea towels i use the ones like from OFE checked wonder dry ones and they seem to last and are ok to boil /bleach /Oxi etc but i previously purchased the white net type dishcloths but only from ASDA but i seem to be throwing out more than are surviving with assorted tea /tomato sauce stains i was looking at the microfibre coloured ones but again i was not sure if they would last the time personally for housekeeping i use E Cloths but can not really stretch the budget to use them in the apartments
so has anyone found an absorbent dish cloth that lasts the time to also boil/bleach /Oxi clean
i also ofter in the apartments a dish brush but i removed the small green/sponge squares as again i was throwing most of them away after each rental
you can tell what my life has become when i have to discuss dishcloths
for tea towels i use the ones like from OFE checked wonder dry ones and they seem to last and are ok to boil /bleach /Oxi etc but i previously purchased the white net type dishcloths but only from ASDA but i seem to be throwing out more than are surviving with assorted tea /tomato sauce stains i was looking at the microfibre coloured ones but again i was not sure if they would last the time personally for housekeeping i use E Cloths but can not really stretch the budget to use them in the apartments
so has anyone found an absorbent dish cloth that lasts the time to also boil/bleach /Oxi clean
i also ofter in the apartments a dish brush but i removed the small green/sponge squares as again i was throwing most of them away after each rental
you can tell what my life has become when i have to discuss dishcloths
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I supply kitchen roll and either a green scourer/sponge thingy or a J cloth plus separate green scourer, plus one hand towel and 3 kitchen towels per week, with extra towels left with the spare bedlinen/bath towels for stays in excess of a week.
Occasionally, the guest has bought their preferred sponge type cloth - usually in a packet of 3 so 2 new ones left behind - but generally, the green scourer/sponge I provide is used. I don't throw them away - I keep them to use for dirty jobs like cleaning birdmuck off the shutters (top edge and horizontal crossbar, where the little birds perch), or wiping up the muddy paw prints left at this time of year by our favourite feline. Then they get binned.
My guests always get a brand new dishcloth, even the j cloth does not get hot washed and recycled for them.
Occasionally, the guest has bought their preferred sponge type cloth - usually in a packet of 3 so 2 new ones left behind - but generally, the green scourer/sponge I provide is used. I don't throw them away - I keep them to use for dirty jobs like cleaning birdmuck off the shutters (top edge and horizontal crossbar, where the little birds perch), or wiping up the muddy paw prints left at this time of year by our favourite feline. Then they get binned.
My guests always get a brand new dishcloth, even the j cloth does not get hot washed and recycled for them.
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yep i have also been down the j cloth route but they became so thin so i ended up throwing them away
it just would be nice to have some good absorbent cloths the i can launder and re use and look clean for the next guest
it just would be nice to have some good absorbent cloths the i can launder and re use and look clean for the next guest
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Five! I feel a bit mean now, we leave two (plus 2 rolls kitchen roll) I find, like others have said, that they get a lot of hammer - from observing when friends have stayed, people tend to use them for all sorts, so they get knackered pretty fast.
I might try leaving the least knackered of the old ones in a basket in the cupboard - but I suspect that people just grab whatever is handy to mop up coffee / get mud off the floor/ clean gunk off their skis / wipe the worst off the kids / get hot fatty things out of the oven, and it's just something you have to put up with.
Edit - plus 2 new scourer/sponges which then become the cleaning scourers, and a cloth (varies - laundered or disposable)
I might try leaving the least knackered of the old ones in a basket in the cupboard - but I suspect that people just grab whatever is handy to mop up coffee / get mud off the floor/ clean gunk off their skis / wipe the worst off the kids / get hot fatty things out of the oven, and it's just something you have to put up with.
Edit - plus 2 new scourer/sponges which then become the cleaning scourers, and a cloth (varies - laundered or disposable)
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