Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Commonhouse bathroom towel query

[Lynn Nadeau / Maraiah (welcome]

Sharon asks how we keep kitchen dish towels white. Chlorine bleach  
(yuck) is the most effective, and from time to time I bite the bullet  
and put all the supposed-to-be-white dishrags, dishcloths, etc into a  
hot bleachy load. Less toxic, and somewhat effective, are the Oxyclean  
type of bleaches. I dump some in each wash load. And like I said, I  
hide the flour sack dish cloths in a bin on the clean dish cart, so  
they aren't handy when someone wants to wipe up the stove or other  
greasy thing. Going with a color, as another noted, is another out.

Maraiah Lynn at RoseWind, Port Townsend WA
www.rosewind.com