Do you use your dish sponge to wash the counter?

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My MIL does the dishes and cleans up the kitchen every time they visit and while I 100% appreciate the help, she uses the dish sponge to wipe the counters and so when they leave I feel like I need a brand new sponge and i need to reclean the counters (I spray and wipe with paper towels). Not sure why it makes me cringe, it just does.

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If the sponge is good enough to clean dishes why isnt it to clean counters? 
Unless the sponge is mildew then I dont see the issue. What do you clean it with then?

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I use a sponge but we use an older dish sponge. So basically when we break out a new sponge for dishes, the old sponge gets counter duty until it's too old and scrappy to do anything with it.

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I don’t use sponges period. They’re filthy, and dishes washed with sponges are dirtier than before they were “washed”.

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I have a green dish sponge but I use it just to clean the inside of the sink and the counters. I have a separate sponge for my dishes.

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Use the same sponge for both 🤷‍♀️ but I also use my dishwasher to actually wash the dishes so.   Sponges are super dirty!  You are better off using a clean rag every time.  Sponges hold bacteria

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I don’t see anything wrong with it. It’s a sponge, it’s supposed to clean things

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No, that’s a lot of bacteria being spread around where food is made

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No, I don't use the same sponge.
It wouldn't be a big deal though because I have reusable sponges so I'd just throw it in the wash and swap it out.

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Im right there with yah! This is one of my pet hates (I'm a clean freak) so much bacteria on dish cloths!

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I crochet so I like to use my cotton dishcloths that I make.