How often should you change your kitchen cloth?

The frequency of changing kitchen cloth may be higher than you think. Because when wiping the unclean kitchen surface, the bacteria will transfer to the kitchen cloth, and as you wipe down the rest of the kitchen, the bacteria can spread throughout the kitchen. Kitchen cloth is a breeding ground for germs that could potentially make you and your family sick, so how often should you change your kitche cloth to be safer?

Actually, how often you change them depends in part on the material of the kitchen cloth you use and how you usually clean them.

The first determining factor - the material of the kitchen cloth

If you are using pure cotton, non-woven cloth or microfiber kitchen cloth, to help prevent the spread of germs, you should change out your kitchen cloth at least once a week, but preferably every few days.

Kitchen cloth

However, if you are using bamboo fiber kitchen cloth, you can change it once a month or even 3 months. Because the bamboo fiber kitchen cloth contains a natural substance of 'bamboo kun', which has the characteristics of anti-mite, antibacterial and bactericidal. Bamboo fiber cloth is lasting longer and safer than ordinary kitchen cloths, and is more popular in the market.

Bamboo fiber kitchen cloth

The second determining factor - how to clean kitchen cloth

After using, soak the kitchen cloth in boiling hot water for 1-3 minutes or wash them in the hot cycle of the washing machine, which can effectively kill the bacteria on the kitchen cloth, and be sure to let the kitchen cloth fully dry, either by air-drying or in the dryer, before using them again in the kitchen.

If you clean and use it according to the above method, then you can change the kitchen cloth once a month (bamboo fiber kitchen cloth can be changed every 3 months). If you usually wash it with cold water, it is recommended that you change kitchen cloth once a week.

Precautions for daily use of kitchen cloth

√ The best place to hang your kitchen cloth is on a hook or handle where it can properly dry between uses.

√ Try to keep your kitchen cloth away from humid areas, like the kitchen sink, as a moist kitche cloth could promote the growth of bacteria.

√ Clean or unused kitchen cloth is best stored in a drawer or dry sealed container to prevent cross-contamination in the kitchen.

The way of hanging the kitchen cloth

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