SophieGirl
1-6-12, 1:02pm
Any suggestion for sanitarily hand-washing the washcloths that I use to take my daily sponge-bath? (Yes --- sometimes I shower still --- but only on days when I have to wash my hair --- the rest of the time, though, I find I get better results from a sponge-bath.)
Problem is ---- towels (especially the ones I use for body-washing --- though also the kitchen ones as well) are still in the category that I have to haul off to elsewhere that there existeth a washing machine and a dryer.
With my other clothes (except for towels and undies) here's what I do. First, I check for stains --- and if I find any I wash that with a stain-removing spray (then I leave it for about ten minutes) and then get to the rest of the washing process. What I do is I put my clothes in a bucket with a tiny bit of laundry detergent and fill it with cold water. I swish the clothes around well. Then I leave it for a period of time no less than an hour, but no more than several hours. After that, every twenty minutes or so, I drain all the water from the bucket while holding the clothes in, fill it with fresh cold water, and swish the clothes around again. That part I repeat (usually about 2 or 3 times) till the water, after those twenty-or-so minutes, stops appearing soapy. After that, I hang the clothes to drip-dry using an extra rail I hung over the center of the bath-tub (so all the dripping gets drained away properly). When the clothes are not yet dry, but no longer dripping, I transfer them to another rail I have (on wheels) in the endogarden (which is what I call the room that houses my really-tiny indoor herb garden). And when I am confident that they are completely dry, then I put them in the "just cleaned" area of my wardrobe closet (or fold the clothes and put them in their respective places).
This works well for most of my clothes --- but I'd like to also be able to wash my towels at home --- including the ones that I use for sponge-bathing. I'm just concerned, how do I do this in a way that is sanitary?
Thanks,
Sophia
Problem is ---- towels (especially the ones I use for body-washing --- though also the kitchen ones as well) are still in the category that I have to haul off to elsewhere that there existeth a washing machine and a dryer.
With my other clothes (except for towels and undies) here's what I do. First, I check for stains --- and if I find any I wash that with a stain-removing spray (then I leave it for about ten minutes) and then get to the rest of the washing process. What I do is I put my clothes in a bucket with a tiny bit of laundry detergent and fill it with cold water. I swish the clothes around well. Then I leave it for a period of time no less than an hour, but no more than several hours. After that, every twenty minutes or so, I drain all the water from the bucket while holding the clothes in, fill it with fresh cold water, and swish the clothes around again. That part I repeat (usually about 2 or 3 times) till the water, after those twenty-or-so minutes, stops appearing soapy. After that, I hang the clothes to drip-dry using an extra rail I hung over the center of the bath-tub (so all the dripping gets drained away properly). When the clothes are not yet dry, but no longer dripping, I transfer them to another rail I have (on wheels) in the endogarden (which is what I call the room that houses my really-tiny indoor herb garden). And when I am confident that they are completely dry, then I put them in the "just cleaned" area of my wardrobe closet (or fold the clothes and put them in their respective places).
This works well for most of my clothes --- but I'd like to also be able to wash my towels at home --- including the ones that I use for sponge-bathing. I'm just concerned, how do I do this in a way that is sanitary?
Thanks,
Sophia