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

[Patricia Nason (tnason04]

Do note that while chlorine bleach is rather noxious to be around, it is not
particularly harmful environmentally as it breaks down rapidly.  The drugs
that you may be taking are far more of an issue (and a hard one to solve).

Tricia

On Tue, Dec 14, 2010 at 2:00 PM, Beverly Jones Redekop <
beverly.jones.redekop [at] gmail.com> wrote:

>
> Leave them on the clothesline for a week in summer.  Sunshine takes out all
> stains: I used this technique for years on cloth diapers.
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>          Beverly Jones Redekop
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>    beverly.jones.redekop [at] gmail.com
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> On Tue, Dec 14, 2010 at 11:34 AM, Lynn Nadeau / Maraiah <
> welcome [at] olympus.net
> > wrote:
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> >
> > 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
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