You know that funky sponge smell that every sink sponge gets eventually, that acute musk that stays on your hands for an hour after the slightest touch of the thing? I do dishes every day, wring the sponge out and set it so that it can air dry properly and even brand new ones get it within a week or so.

WHAT'S A GIRL BOY TO DO??

5/27/2011 8:36:18 PM

sponges are disgusting. need to microwave it for about a minute everyday. otherwise

5/27/2011 8:37:02 PM

get a woman to wash the dishes, so you don't have to touch the sponge?

5/27/2011 8:38:33 PM

^oh yeh thanks.

where is the woman at in this?

5/27/2011 8:39:00 PM

doing laundry


I don't let her around the good knives

5/27/2011 8:51:20 PM

the mods have spoken

the women wanted their own section

this thread is it

5/27/2011 8:52:11 PM

WHERE IS MY DINNER?

5/27/2011 8:52:49 PM

aaaaaaaaaahahahahahaha

goddamnit

lolololol

i dont post much, but when i do im probably lmao

5/27/2011 9:11:43 PM

5/27/2011 9:18:57 PM

hahahaha

it was tricky holding my phone still for that long, but it was worth it

5/27/2011 9:22:46 PM

I microwave mine 2:00 before every other use. No major funk observed. Sure, it smells a little funny if you get right up to it and sniff the thing, but nothing travels on the hands.

5/28/2011 12:32:56 AM

I put mine in the dishwasher every time I run it. Make sure to use the "sanitize" setting if you have it.

5/28/2011 12:34:34 AM

I use one of these



Doesn't really have that problem. The chamber on then top holds soap, just push the top and some soap comes out.

5/28/2011 12:47:04 AM

pour some bleach in your sink, and some hot water. let the sponge soak overnight.

5/28/2011 1:10:56 AM

pour some bleach in a tupperware container a little larger than your sponge. let the sponge soak overnight.

5/28/2011 1:14:46 AM

fill your bathtub with bleach, put the sponge in the tub and let it soak for 3 weeks.

5/28/2011 1:17:09 AM

Fill your mouth with bleach, then put the sponge in your mouth and swallow.

When it comes out it will be perfectly clean.

5/28/2011 1:19:29 AM

/old

Mythbusters did this like 6 months ago

5/28/2011 1:23:12 AM

why don't you just put it in the dishwasher? isn't there like a special spot for it in the silverware holder even?

5/28/2011 3:32:03 AM

Throw the thing away. It costs 50 cents

5/28/2011 3:38:56 AM

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"Sure, it smells a little funny if you get right up to it and sniff the thing, but nothing travels on the hands."

Sounds like you are giving advice to your lil brother.....

5/28/2011 5:01:58 AM

5/28/2011 7:20:09 AM

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"I put mine in the dishwasher every time I run it. Make sure to use the "sanitize" setting if you have it."

this

5/28/2011 8:39:30 AM

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"Throw the thing away. It costs 50 cents"

Dollar Tree sponges are pitiful

5/28/2011 8:57:41 AM

sponge wands, people... what are we, living in the stone age?

5/28/2011 9:04:44 AM

at home I put sponges in the dishwasher every few days, but microwaving it works well too.

5/28/2011 10:53:01 AM

Never liked any of those sink tools like ^^ or the one posted earlier or any other fanciful contraption...just gimme a dual-sided sponge and some elbow grease...and occasionally steel wool and comet


I will have to give this microwave thing a try. Perhaps also the dishwasher, though there is no sanitize setting on mine

[Edited on May 28, 2011 at 11:59 AM. Reason : ooooœ]

5/28/2011 11:58:22 AM

^^agreed, i like the dishwasher method and i think it works better than teh microwave (cause sometimes the microwave picks up that smell afterwards...yuck!

5/28/2011 12:10:24 PM

I have never used the microwave or the dishwasher, i've just always tossed the sponges once they started stankin.



Thank you TWW for helping me become a greener person.

5/28/2011 12:14:01 PM

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"Throw the thing away. It costs 50 cents"

seriously

5/28/2011 12:36:08 PM

Hell no haven't even used the thing for a week that's just wasteful

5/29/2011 4:50:53 AM

lol, Bart Simpson bling

5/29/2011 6:11:27 PM

lol@paerabol's qr

5/29/2011 6:34:48 PM

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"hahahaha it was tricky holding my phone still for that long, but it was worth it"

5/29/2011 7:47:43 PM