To rinse / not to rinse: washing-up liquid poisoning.

[Herbsman.]

If only people better understood the science of washing.

The idea of washing up liquid is simply to loosen and emulsify (i.e. break up into tiny particles) the crud on your dishes - it doesn't make it disappear.

The water that you wash up in is still full of crud, it's just been broken down, diluted and 'mixed' in with the washing up water. So if you don't rinse, then your plates and stuff are gonna be covered in a thin film of washing up liquid containing not particularly pleasant chemicals, but also diluted muck - emulsified fats, suspended starch, dissolved sugar, all sorts of other food waste - the stuff that you were meant to be cleaning off in the first place.


The idea of rinsing is to remove all that crap and leave you with CLEAN plates. If you do not rinse then your plates are not clean. Therefore you are a dirty tramp.

 

[teuchter]

If only people better understood the science of washing.

Quite.

 

[kyser_soze]

One of my ex flatmates was convinced that you got cancer from soap residue, so insisted on rinsing everything. Me I drip dry and never taste the soap on my cups/plates etc

 

[newme]

Also how do you rinsers avoid overflowing the washing up bowl and diluting the hot water already there then ?

Washing up bowl is just made of wrong to begin with.
Plus rinsing with hot water means you are actually keeping the water hotter not cooling it down.

 

[madzone]

If only people better understood the science of washing.

The idea of washing up liquid is simply to loosen and emulsify (i.e. break up into tiny particles) the crud on your dishes - it doesn't make it disappear.

The water that you wash up in is still full of crud, it's just been broken down, diluted and 'mixed' in with the washing up water. So if you don't rinse, then your plates and stuff are gonna be covered in a thin film of washing up liquid containing not particularly pleasant chemicals, but also diluted muck - emulsified fats, suspended starch, dissolved sugar, all sorts of other food waste - the stuff that you were meant to be cleaning off in the first place.


The idea of rinsing is to remove all that crap and leave you with CLEAN plates. If you do not rinse then your plates are not clean. Therefore you are a dirty tramp.

 

[WouldBe]

Washing up bowl is just made of wrong to begin with.
Plus rinsing with hot water means you are actually keeping the water hotter not cooling it down.

So you get to the point where the water is too hot to put your hands in and you leave the washing up to fester in the sink while it cools back down.

 

[mrsfran]

I don't rinse and I don't have a washing up bowl because they are vile. Amazingly, I haven't died yet.

 

[teuchter]

I don't rinse

I'm shocked.

 

[mrsfran]

I can't tell if you're being sarcastic or not.

 

[WouldBe]

All the rinsers should use disposable crockery and cutlery.

 

[Madusa]

How can people say they dont rinse?

*shakes head sadly*

 

[girasol]

People who wash up in soapy water and don't rinse with clear water are my mortal enemies

 

[dodgepot]

All the rinsers should use disposable crockery and cutlery.

why's that then?

 

[WouldBe]

why's that then?

Then you won't have to worry about who's washed them and wether they have done it properly.

 

[teuchter]

I can't tell if you're being sarcastic or not.

Only partially.

My 100% sarcasm free response would have been:

I am mildly surprised.

 

[Flashman]

I rinse like billy-o, others in the house do not and even dry the pots with bubbles still on 'em

Mind you I do the pots 99% of the time so it's not a great problem.

 

[Herbsman.]

Aww that's so cute!

 

[AnnO'Neemus]

It's not just about washing up liquid residue from the bubbles, it's that you've just 'washed' your pots and pans in water that is now dirty with bits of food scrapings and sauce and saliva or whatever so the water with which you've 'washed' your pots and pans is a germ jamboree. Yuck.

 

[Madusa]

It's not just about washing up liquid residue from the bubbles, it's that you've just 'washed' your pots and pans in water that is now dirty with bits of food scrapings and sauce and saliva or whatever so the water with which you've 'washed' your pots and pans is a germ jamboree. Yuck.

exactly

 

[madzone]

I bet this is what's broken my liver you know

 

[madamv]

I rinse everything.

My husband had a (another) tumour in 1993 and so I read the Bristol Clinic book. From then on I always rinse. The chemicals in the bubbles are great for cleaning, just not great for anything else.

I also cant stand drinking from a glass that smells either of washing up liquid or garlic or onions, which can linger if the glass isnt the first thing to be washed, or isnt rinsed properly.

Gawd, I sound like the washing up polis

 

[AnnO'Neemus]

We're in danger of getting into the bowl/no bowl can of worms here

Ooh, we need another thread. And another poll.

I say no bowl, because in house shares they always end up piled high with pots in semi-stagnant nasty water.

And where do the good people of urban stand on tea towels or leaving pots and pans to dry by themselves?

 

[teuchter]

leaving pots and pans to dry by themselves?

I see no problem with this.

 

[geminisnake]

Last option is sexist!!!!

where's the 'my husband....'?

This ^^ I DO have a husband who does the dishes

 

[trashpony]

I went out to eat tonight (work - nice restaurant) and there was a bit of spinach that tasted like it had been marinaded in washing up liquid

 

[Herbsman.]

To all those who say "I don't rinse and it hasn't killed me yet!" - one word: Bioaccumulation.

 

[chainsaw cat]

Teuchter, sorry to come to this thread late.

I'm off to bed but I URGENTLY need to discuss the main themes with you, in the area of removing stains from cutlery-type items, possibly by PM or courier over the next day or so.


By the way, can you tell me what star sign you are? Just curious.

CC

 

[teuchter]

sorry to come to this thread late

And so you should be.

I'm off to bed but I URGENTLY need to discuss the main themes with you, in the area of removing stains from cutlery-type items, possibly by PM or courier over the next day or so.

I look forward to this discussion and hope that it will bring forth a satisfactory solution to your particular needs.

By the way, can you tell me what star sign you are? Just curious.

CC

No, this is not within the remit of this thread. I am sorry about this.

 

[quimcunx]

By the way, can you tell me what star sign you are? Just curious.

CC

It's not Aquarius.


Why would people not rinse?

My mum used to wash the mugs last and not rinse them: greasy tea.

Also why would people dry dishes with a teatowel when air exists?

 

[teuchter]

Also why would people dry dishes with a teatowel when air exists?

Mainly to make themselves look useful when someone else is doing the washing up.