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Sterilize dish sponge in microwave.
24 2007 your microwave may be a powerful weapon in protecting.
Microwave can sterilize kitchen sponges and plastic scrubbing pads study shows.
Your kitchen sponge is always in soap and water but that doesn t make it clean.
In testing the bleach solution killed 99 9 of the.
Wait 5 10 minutes or until most of the water has been absorbed then place the sponge on a paper towel in the microwave.
If they re used all day all over the kitchen they can pick up a lot of bacteria and viruses along with the spills and splatters.
Watch out though the zapped sponges will be really hot and steamy so should be left in the microwave for a few minutes to cool.
Luckily there is something in nearly every kitchen that.
And obviously this method won t work if the sponges contain any metal.
The researchers recommend zapping kitchen sponges every other day or so.
Sponges are convenient and reusable but they carry a big problem.
Zap sponges but watch out.
The best way to clean a sponge.
Mix 3 4 cup of bleach in one gallon of water and soak the sponge for five minutes then rinse and that s it.
To clean a sponge in the microwave first fill a bowl with cup 120 ml of warm water and place the sponge in it.
Here s how to disinfect it properly using a dishwasher microwave or vinegar.
Remove the sponge and rinse wring it out in water.