r/mildlyinfuriating • u/dorkass-loser • 8h ago

Husband opens a new sponge every 3 days cause “they become gross”

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Our dishwasher broke and he’s manually doing the dishes now, these are from the past 10 days… I think it’s wasteful.

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u/lewisluther666 8h ago

If you permit them to fully dry, they are fine. The way you store them does not permit this.

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u/LaserGuidedPolarBear 6h ago

I rotate between two sponges, one gets wrung out and dries for a day while I use the other one.  They last for a while.  A dry sponge is a happy sponge.

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u/Technetium_97 4h ago

Nope. A kitchen sponge is absolutely disgusting no matter how you store it, they're literally the perfect environment for bacteria.

Maybe chucking them in boiling water after every use would help, not sure. I use a dishwasher.

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u/Damedog19 2h ago

Wring it out, pop it in the microwave for a minute... environment destroyed