​How Microwaving Your Cleaning Rag Can Make It More Powerful — Cleaning Tips from the Kitchn

Many of us are familiar with the trick of microwaving sponges to help disinfect them. Although that practice has been thrust into the spotlight and put under scrutiny lately. Turns out that microwaving sponges only kills the worst of the bacteria they harbor; the other microbes quickly recolonize the sponge and it's as bad as it ever was, ewww.

But there is a reason to microwave your rags, one that sidesteps the whole question of how to keep your kitchen cloths sanitary.

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