Husband doesn’t understand the whole dishcloth/cleaning rag thing!

I cut up old tee shirts for cleaning cloths and buy dishcloths from the shops when my old ones look worn and discoloured.
Am not sentimental about it at all, perhaps because I hate cleaning.

petra

Sago

I even iron my rags😱

Sago
You’re not my friend, Pam from many years ago at Tollesbury, are you? 😂

No sorry!

Mt61

I’ve never heard of those Lancashire dishcloths either, only Lancashire dusters.
I bought mine from Lakeland shop. Must have had them donkeys yrs. They don’t shed like those yellow dusters.
My dishcloths must be large, 100% cotton so that I can bleach them, Same with tea towels, white.
The only thing I can’t seem to get a hold of is those herringbone oven cloths, mine are freyed now.

I have these too!
Amazon.

I may ask him for some of these for Christmas..

I would love to say I’m joking………

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Sago

Mt61

I’ve never heard of those Lancashire dishcloths either, only Lancashire dusters.
I bought mine from Lakeland shop. Must have had them donkeys yrs. They don’t shed like those yellow dusters.
My dishcloths must be large, 100% cotton so that I can bleach them, Same with tea towels, white.
The only thing I can’t seem to get a hold of is those herringbone oven cloths, mine are freyed now.

I have these too!
Amazon.

Just purchased more woven oven cloths from the link I posted earlier.
I’m on a roll now!

I have to admit to having no commitment to dishcloths or rags. I’ve got a brilliant 20 year old microfibre window cloth, I reckon the harm it did to the environment has washed out after being washed weekly for the last 20 years, so I don’t feel guilty. I use old cut up white T-shirts as rags, I have lots, so I save them up and do them on a hot wash when I’ve got enough. My son uses them to clean his golf clubs, which is fine.
As an aside, you might be interested to know that apparently the last British manufacturer of tea towels is Bancroft Mill in Lancashire, I saw them on Buy British Made, and they look really nice.

One bit of useless information from a Lancastrian is that in Lancashire we say ‘pot towels’ for ‘tea towels’. When we first moved down south and I said pot towel people stared at me as if I’d gone mad.

I agree with your husband!🤣

I do agree about linen tea towels, but they are hard to find.
Apart from that, I'm not fussy.

BlueberryPie

I mean, sometimes I dust with a washcloth. Other times, a paper towel or a sock or even the cat. No difference. shrug

Snap

I run my home , no one else!! So when I need a cleaner in or some job doing, I make it perfectly clear but politely ,what I want doing and how. Of course no doubt a lot of the reasons that these husbands dont notice the difference or pretend they dont is that they rarely or never do much cleaning to find out the difference. When in doubt follow the expert/owners!!

Woe betide anyone who attempts to make coffee and does not follow my strict instructions, about warming the pot, the exact amount of coffee etc etc and of course must be poured into my china mug. Absolutely NEVER in a horrible paper or earthenware cup! Well at the age of 80, there are many things that I either can no longer do , or have to admit take a lot longer for me to do. But my standards will never fall regarding my coffee especially. The japanese tea ceremony has nothing on me!!

This thread sent me on a quest as I like to find British made if I can. I found some beautiful linen tea towels and glass cloths made by Thomas Ferguson in Northern Ireland.
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After 45. years my husband still can't grasp that only Yellow dish cloths are to be used to clean the toilet and he grabs tea towels for all sorts of cleaning jobs and spills in the garage. Go to dry the dishes and it's a hunt to find nice clean tea towels with no stains on

My gran and aunt used to knit dishcloths which became a much wanted gift as they lasted much longer than shop bought ones. In fact I still have some from 1985. Mind you it became rather difficult to find the hanks of cotton.

Categ knitting cotton is easy to find on the internet, edgy especially .

I tok had to look the Lancashire cliths up. Just a muslin type clith to me. Do you need to iron them to keep the shape or do they wash and flatten out?

I am such a fortunate person.My late husband once bought me dusters, cleaning spray AND polish for Christmas!! Also included were a plastic poncho and a plastic container for my tapes....................

Desdemona

I don't know what Lancashire dishcloths are, but I feel I have missed out and now I want some.

I'm saddened by the number of posters who are old enough to be grannies yet know so little about stuff from Lancashire.

My life would be bereft without my Lancashire peeler.
Also hotpot.

SueDonim

So do I Rosiesmaw. She is even more exacting about her cleaning implements than I am! She has a whole schedule pinned up on the inside of the cleaning cupboard door. 🤣🤣

I was amazing ly impressed
until I realised this didn't refer to the cat.

Worn out socks are just the thing for cleaning brass, as you can throw them out after using them.

Are we in 2025 or 1957?!!!

Some this sounds like a fetish...

I don't do enough cleaning to worry about which cloth to use

What is a dish cloth?
Is it used for doing the washing up or drying g them.
I do washing up with a brush or occasionally a type of sponge fixed to a handle.
Couldn't bear my hands to be in wet contact with plates etc.
For drying I mostly use paper towels or let them drain onto a microfiber cloth and wipe off with similar.

LilyoftheValley

I am such a fortunate person.My late husband once bought me dusters, cleaning spray AND polish for Christmas!! Also included were a plastic poncho and a plastic container for my tapes....................

Fortunate indeed 🙂
More importantly, what did you buy him in revenge return?