Home Improvement Asked by Nikolai Frolov on March 25, 2021
I am cleaning windows (small business) and that generates a bag of wet dirty cotton towel rags each day. I wash the rags each day, and need to store those until the end of the week, when I take the rags to a local laundry to be dried.
I can’t go to the laundry every day, so it is crucial to find a way to store the rags wet for extended periods of time without starting to smell of mold. I have been told that this is impossible, but I don’t believe that in the slightest. In fact,
I think that simply packing in a tightly sealed plastic bag will be enough to prevent spores from getting in contact. Also, the wet rags can be treated with a dilute bleach solution if needed. That is just at the top of my head.
Is what I’m suggesting viable?
A sealed plastic bag will not help. The spores that caused mold are literally everywhere. Unless you have a "clean room" to process the rags, you're not going to keep the spores out.
The dilute bleach solution, however, is likely to be fruitful. You may want to experiment with the concentration of the bleach to find the most effective ratio.
Answered by jwh20 on March 25, 2021
Trivial, if somewhat annoying, to fix.
Buy a chest freezer (unless you have one handy with empty space.) Put the wet, washed rags (bagged) in it. Several hours before you take them to be dried, take them out of the freezer to start thawing. You may need to experiment to find the right time. If you use one bag per day rather than one big bag you keep adding to, they will be easier to manage and will thaw faster.
Alternatively, just purchase a suitable dryer.
Answered by Ecnerwal on March 25, 2021
If you heat the rags up, they will go mouldy much more slowly. A bit like pasteurizing.
I found this out by putting too much washing in the dryer. It wasn't in the dryer long enough to dry them, but when hung up the clothes dried slowly without smell. At this time, when I just hung the damp washing up they went smelly because they dried too slowly.
Answered by Polypipe Wrangler on March 25, 2021
don't wash the rags until the end of the week. the ammonia in window cleaner will prevent mold and bacteria while you are waiting.
Answered by Jasen on March 25, 2021
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