Whyis everyne so obsessed with buying _antibacterial_ wipes and hand sanitisers?

I like the dainty little guest towels that can be changed and washed frequently. Everyone thinks I'm an old fashioned fusspot but I hate using a damp towel.

Alexa, they should do, but haven’t actually tried them on towelling yet ✂️

Yes, a very good idea! BTW do pinking shears really stop fraying?

Good idea Willow. Cutting up an old towel into squares with pinking shears would do the job too .

I got so fed up of the hand towel in the downstairs toilet being constantly wet (even though it's changed daily) with us both being at home 24/7 I gathered together all the face flannels I had and bought some extra £0.50p ones - put them in a basket and instructed my husband we have to use these instead of the towel. They go in a bin and I wash them on a hot wash with the rest of the towels every day. If it's good enough for the high end hotels it's ok for us! Result! No wet towel and no drips all over the floor tiles underneath it which was another bugbear

curvygran I'd forgotten that! Must give it a go....

Jane10, do you remember making the soap lather up and blowing bubbles ? A good way of getting youngsters to use it!

My DGSs love our bar soaps. A big novelty for them after only knowing (expensive) liquid soap. They call it 'rubby soap' and are amazed as it lathers up. Simple things please...

Talking about bar soap. A while ago I started using these again, cutting down on plastic. GS, 14, said that the new soap was no good. Turned out he had never used bar soap, and didn’t realise you had to rub it to get a lather!
Honestly!
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last night

That was to * Alexa*

The medics on the news last said wipes are effective against the virus.

Even clean towel can harbour bacteria and germs. Depends what temperature they were washed at, how thoroughly they were dried and how they are stored.

EV I am also enjoying some lovely soaps I have some French ones, Raspberry in use just now and DGS says his hands smell like summer.
As a family of chefs and food distributors we are a bit obsessed with hand washing and are quite shocked at people who do not understand how important it is.
I hope it continues after this is all over.

MOnica, about a year ago I was ill and a GP visited. I told him where the wash basin and clean towels were but he said he preferred hand sanitiser he kept in his car. Trained in infection control, I was surprised and shocked.

Soap and water for me, continuously, because it means I am using a Christmas present of Mitsouko soaps and spend longer washing my hands because it smells gorgeous. New pack of Dove if I have any callers and bags of hand towels. Way to go !

Bleach and Dettol in the bathroom, Zoflora in the back kitchen. One pack of 4 toilet rolls and two kitchen rolls and that's it. Nothing more than I normally buy.

Yes that’s what I am largely using lovepaint a drop of bleach and washing up liquid for all surfaces.

Soap - which I always use- it is special sensitive soap that comes from USA- for washing. No hand gel, as we had a bit left so didnt buy, now all gone and impossible to get.

So disposable gloves if we need them.

Mainly because they haven't used anything else whilst growing up
They dont understand that a bar of soap does the same job

Sorry meant to say the washing up liquid and hot water for washing surfaces like kitchen tops etc etc. She says you can always add a small amount of bleach if the surface is appropriate.

My daughter is a nurse and she advocates washing up liquid and hot water.

Yes I think we must give people a break.

At an intellectual level it may not make sense, but these are dark and scary times and people are doing what they can to try to keep safe.

I think even if the anti bac stuff doesn't kill the virus, it at least makes people wash/wipe their hands maybe more than what they did anyway, so something is better than nothing, there are some very dirty people about

It is not the use of wipes and hand sanitisers that puzzles me, use of them is essential but the use of antibacterial wipes and sanitisers and I really should have included anti-bacterial soaps and handwash because that is the real cause of my incomprehension - just shows that I shouldn't start threads, just before bedtime!

It is the thorough washing of hands with soap or using hand sanitiser, and wiping surfaces with any wipe that matters not whether it is anti bacterial or not.

I have problem skin and soap does not agree with it if used on it very regularly and despite using copious quantities of handcream the skin on my hands was becoming very dry and in danger of cracking - which would increase the dangers of infection. I am now washing my hands using aqueous cream instead of soap and thanks to a recommendation on another thread using a specialised handcream formulated for very dry skin.

It is the thorough cleanisng that does it, not the useless antibacterial ingredients for which you probably pay a premium.

Not everyone has regular access to soap and water throughout the day - so they’re going for the sanitiser as a back up.

The advantage of sanitiser is that it can be carries in your bag so you can clean your hands at any time.