How To Clean Your Kitchen Sponge In The Microwave

A new study shows zapping sponges and plastic scrubbing pads in the microwave can.

How to clean your kitchen sponge in the microwave.

Like a nightclub regular cleaning may help but many sponge owners don t seem to be cleaning their sponges adequately. Yes your kitchen sponge is a huge and shady nightclub for bacteria. Do this by putting the sponge in the microwave saturating it in water we used 1 4 cup for scrub sponges and 1 2 cup for cellulose then heating it on high for one minute scrub or two minutes. Add the juice from half a lemon if you d like to deodorize your sponge too.

If you use the same sponge to clean your kitchen countertops dining table cutting boards and appliances you could spread germs. Remove the sponge and rinse wring it out in water. To clean a sponge in the microwave first fill a bowl with cup 120 ml of warm water and place the sponge in it. Clean your sponge in the microwave.

After washing dishes let your sponge soak in the solution for about 10 to 30 seconds while making sure it is completely covered in the liquid. Wait 5 10 minutes or until most of the water has been absorbed then place the sponge on a paper towel in the microwave. Microwaving or boiling the sponge in the laboratory helped significantly reduce the sheer amount of bacteria. Microwave kitchen sponges to kill germs moms against cooties would like to be able to use and reuse sponges without fearing that we were spreading germs.

Finally only use your sponge to clean dishes in the sink. So we set out to find the best method for cleaning sponges that have been in contact with foods such as raw egg uncooked meat or raw vegetables. There s only one way to truly disinfect that stinky kitchen sponge and even then it will never be clean enough for.