Question. After you wash your hands, do you dry them with...

[zanana1]

a) A wipe

b) paper towels

c) The same towel you've been using for the past three days.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

1. The fleece running pants I've been wearing for days. NT

[unblock]

2. mrs. unblock's shirt after i tell her i just peed on my hands.

hey don't look at me like that she started it!

[hlthe2b]

3. If you wash your hands thoroughly, a wipe is unncessary and will just dry the skin out over time.

Single-use paper towels would be preferred, but such waste is not sustainable, given shortages on paper products. So, taking both the science and practicality into account, a towel for each person in the household, washed frequently (at least every other day) and used ONLY to dry already thoroughly scrubbed hands, would be my preference, all things considered.

[zanana1]

7. If I didn't hate doing laundry, that's what I'd do.

[hlthe2b]

13. Buy enough hand towels (even very cheap ones) for several days for everyone in household.

You can either toss them in the washer or bag them for later washing every other day or so.

[customerserviceguy]

27. Or

take your oldest, rattiest bath towel and cut it up into pieces. Yes, that's why you hung on to it so long, for times like this.

[hlthe2b]

28. Yup... I've already gone through every ragged pair of khakis, underwear, bathtowels to tear into

disinfecting rags and the like. Nows a good time to recycle that destined for the landfill anyway.

[customerserviceguy]

29. Not

the underwear!!! That's good for making masks.

I like the mask with the little flap for a straw.

[hlthe2b]

30. LOL.... No doubt we'll be seeing you wearing red "union jack" masks shortly...

[customerserviceguy]

31. Yes

much more respectable looking than the ones I made out of my lady's bra.

I felt like a boob wearing that thing.

[Chainfire]

4. I normally

just wipe them off on my pants to keep from getting those towels dirty....

[milestogo]

24. Me too.

[Cirque du So-What]

5. Paper towels, for the most part

The exception occurs in my bathroom, where I use a hand towel.

[Polly Hennessey]

22. What you do, I do.

Occasionally, I use a kitchen towel. The towels are changed daily. I thank my washing machine every morning.

[True Blue American]

6. LOL

Good question! I use half a towel. Bounty comes that way.

Another question, are you cutting back on how many Toilet paper sheets you use?

[Rorey]

12. My daughter and I were just joking about the tp thing

When I my now-ex-husband first came into our household, back when my kids were teens, he lamented about how much tp was being used. I'm not sure why, because I was the one who bought it. He instructed us all that we should only need four squares.

FOUR SQUARES!!!???????

Needless to say, nobody listed to that gross advice.

But no, I haven't cut back. I was stocked up, as usual, before the panic buying started.

[True Blue American]

15. I was,too

Buying mega rolls when they were on sale but have heard from others, especially the elderly who grew up in that generation where you did not waste.

The one time I went shopping they just put out a skid. I managed to get a 30 roll mega ,equal to 60. I ask others if they are OK because on the Neighborhood board people with families were searching. It seems to have eased off now.


We had this hoarding before,TP, sugar, coffee.

[Rorey]

17. My two main requirements: coffee and tp

Of course some food is good too. I go through about a pound of sugar a year, so it's not something I worry about.

[True Blue American]

19. I bought sugar when it was on sale.

5 Lbs, left.

My local store has Maxwell House on sale every 2 months, 5 for $10. I realized I had 14 cans of Hazel nut. Avoided the last sale!

[Rorey]

23. I've done that with marinara sauce

I realized that I had about 20 jars, so it was time to skip the sales.

[a kennedy]

35. Four squares??? Was he insane?? AND I think that's a private and

personal matter. No one’s business how many squares I use. Oh, and loved the Seinfeld episode, “can ya spare a square”.

[Rorey]

36. LOL, I remember that one

One square is no better than no squares, really. I'm trying to remember who it was in the other stall. Jamie Gertz?

Ah yes, it was. [link:http://

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And yes, he's kinda crazy, and got worse as he got older. (He voted for Trump.)

[LiberalArkie]

8. My bath towel dries pretty quick after I shower. The towel is just wet as I have washed myself in

the shower. My hands are cleaned as I have washed them in the sink. I use the bath towel.

[spicysista]

9. D) none of the above

[hlthe2b]

14. wet hands are like a magnet for my sweet doggy, so I'd just end up with "hairy wet hands..."

but maybe burn a few calories doing that...

[spicysista]

25. Lol!😂

Hairy hands calls for a different dance.

Feel free to repeat as often as necessary!

[CottonBear]

10. Hand towels that I change daily.

I have hand towels in both baths and in the kitchen. I’ve separate dish towels which are only for dish drying. I wash our bath towels every three days. I use paper towels for hand drying too, but I use paper towels mostly for cleaning and disinfecting purposes.

[Rorey]

11. A clean shop/bar towel

Years ago I started keeping a nice basket filled with these towels in my kitchen. I've got dozens, and probably go through at least a dozen a day. I hang them to dry so I don't have a pile of yucky, damp towels in my laundry room, and then I bleach them when I'm laundering to sanitize. I use them to dry my hands, as a dish cloth, to wipe down counters and cabinets, etc. I try to not use too many paper towels.

This has been working well for me for years.

In my bathrooms, I change my hand towels every day, but it's just me and I'm fastidious about how I wash my hands. Always have been. I also have paper towel holders for guests, but who knows if I'll ever get to have guests again....

[backtoblue]

16. Towel. Probably a few days old nt

[Glorfindel]

18. Here's how to wash and dry your hands properly

No matter how well you wash your hands, if you turn off the faucet with your bare fingers, you have contaminated them again. Same goes for bumping against the sink while washing your hands.

https://www.google.com/search?q=CNA+instructions+how+to+wash+dry+hands&sitesearch=#kpvalbx=_OIiIXojmFay4gge8hqPYBg20

[LisaL]

32. It's a problem in public places. But in your home you can wash your sink and your faucet with a

disinfectant.

[rainin]

20. I bought about 150 cotton rags in early March

I put a stack near every sink along with a separate hamper. After each hand washing, we use a fresh towel and launder them separately. I'm not sure it's necessary, but I'm really preferring it to 5 people using the same towel. Paper goods are NOT an option. We're rationing all paper goods

[doc03]

21. I wipe them on my jeans.

[AlexSFCA]

26. paper towel

do not reuse hygiene stuff. We are not even allowed to bring our own bags to stores anymore. This is new reality - everything single use only, no sharing. Thank god my family is prepared with a sufficient supply of surgical and n95 masks, not wearing underwear on my face.

[LisaL]

33. I use regular cotton towel.

The reason being, paper towels are hard to come buy, and i want to preserve them. Whereas cotton towel, you can wash and reuse.

[liberaltrucker]

34. Dry with a hand towel

Then douse them with 91% isopropyl alcohol.

[Major Nikon]

37. I just let the dogs lick them clean and dry them with their fur

They might as well be useful so long as I’m feeding them.

[smirkymonkey]

38. b) Paper towel

It's the only thing that seems sanitary to me.

[Kaleva]

39. I replace the bathroom and kitchen hand towels every day with clean ones.

My wife just recently bought enough hand towels to do that and I don't need to do laundry so often.

I wash and dry hand towels, towels, wash clothes, underwear, socks, dish rags, and cleaning rags using the sanitize settings on both appliances.