Swedish Dish Cloths

[FireMan]

I wonder if Louigi Primo had anything to do with it?

[CaptainMike]

But he a makes a good-a pizza!

[WayneT]

As I was about to dispose of the minimalist packaging from these dish cloths, I found this.


I can’t tell with certainty if this is a handwritten note but, regardless, it’s a nice flourish. It was on the backside of the packaging. If anyone else orders these look for a note and post a pic please if there is one.

[Mosca]

I’ve been using the Wettex brand for about a week, and I have to say they are fantastic. They hold a lot of water and soap, but they are different from sponges in that they wring completely clean from dirt and suds very quickly. I’ve been using them on everything that I used to use paper towels on, except oiling the griddle.

[WayneT]

Same here. I’ve already grown attached to these things.

[Attjack]

Would you use them to dry off say fish instead of paper towels?

[Mosca]

I think you could, but I don’t know if the fish smell would wash off easily. I’m not a fish guy,

[Donw]

I purchased some Wettex brand ones after this thread got my attention. Just used one to clean my slicer and it was great. Because of its thinness but strength I was able to clean into the smallest crevices and clean them throughly without a lot of hassle. I’m going to buy some more as stocking stuffers for my ecology minded family members.

[jfmorris]

I got the Wettex dish clothes this week, and we've been using one so far for wiping down kitchen counters, stove, etc. Seems to work well and I am hopeful to save paper towels. With the stove and some windex, while it wiped well, I used a paper towel to dry to prevent streaking, but that is a lot less paper towels than I would normally use.

[WayneT]

I circled back around to this topic to see when I bought my dish cloths in order to assess their durability. I just threw the first one away from the original pack I got in November 2022. It had become thin, scruffy and had a hole in it.



The rest of them are also getting worn so I bought a new pack in December so I could down cycle the old ones into the rag bin. I still use them often.

Anyone else have bad or good stories to share about these cloths? I’m extremely pleased with them.

[fzxdoc]

Do you toss them in the wash machine to clean?

K.

[WayneT]

fzxdoc Yup! Sometimes, if they’re not stained, I’ll just nuke them in the uWave to sterilize.

[jfmorris]

To be honest, I keep forgetting we have these under the sink! I need to use them more.

[acorgihouse]

I use them daily, and the ones I got a bit later than yours are going strong. I had one get torn (knifing incident) and pretty worn, so I put it in the compost bin and have not seen it since. Ashes to ashes, so to speak, which is how I like it.

[yakima]

Remind me to stay out of Tampa ERs. Do not want to experience a knifing incident there. Altho, we do have legal human composting in Washington State!

[acorgihouse]

yakima no worries,I've made my living dealing with knifing incidents. Routine. Most, in my experience, occur on Sunday mornings, and involve attempting to get the pit out of an avocado.

[WayneT]

I didn’t realize an avocado had to got to the ER to be pitted. Live and learn.

[Skip]

We use those dish cloths every day. They seem to last several months...or more!

[WayneT]

Ditto, Skip. I love these things and we’ve really cut down on our use of paper towels.