@@FieldOfFocus Have you experimented with air drying inside? I'm asking because I live in an apartment and use a portable washer most of the time for wash my laundry. For heavier and/or bulkier items, I will use the laundromat. I live on the first floor and my patio is open to apartment traffic. So, leaving my clothes out to dry is not an option for me. Besides, I don't want everyone to know my business concerning my laundry. I watched your video on Lysol laundry sanitizer and found it to be impressive at ridding clothes of bacteria. I will have to give it a try.
Definitely agree! We are not allowed to hang dry outside. After watching the tests with the various laundry disinfection options my daughter is starting to gain traction on getting a dryer again.
Sunlight really is the best disinfectant 😂 it would be cool to see the results of throwing a cup of cleaning vinegar into the wash. That’s a common thing people say to do to help disinfect laundry but it’s always seemed weird to use only one cup in such a large amount of water.
@@FieldOfFocus It is for changing the hardness of the water which helps to remove or reduce mineral content. Also for deodorizing, as in guys’ gym clothes.
@@carylhalfwassen8555 Midwest Magic Cleaning used 1/2 Gal to a XL Full load of hot water to help clean the underside of the washing machine drum in his top loader (he let it sit with the 1/2 Gal of Cleaning Vinegar plus 4 C of OxyClean overnight). Of course without disassembly there is no way to determine if this really did the trick but it got me wondering if we are fighting a losing battle with each load of laundry if the machine itself is introducing bacteria/dirt from this build up over time. Ugh!
I love this! I'm a medical person by career, and seeing these experiments is not only entertaining, but so educational. Almost as entertaining, are the comments. lol Remember folks, you have to exercise your immune system just like you have to exercise a muscle to keep it functioning properly. A few household germs is not really a bad thing. (I'm not talking about ebola. lol ) But it's amazing to see how all of these different cleaning agents and processes are effective at killing bacteria. Thank you so much for the time you put into these experiments and for the great way you present the results! Keep up the great work!
Of course. In no way have I ever stated we need to get rid off all the bacteria in our lives. I am just testing products to see if their claims match my home tests.
@@FieldOfFocus Oh..I wasn't suggesting that you are. It was just a comment. I love what you're doing! Like I said, it's entertaining and informative! Thank you, again, for the time you put into this and the great way you present the results!
I like that the baseline was only with the laundry soap. I’ll say it again. It seems like tide pods do a terrible job cleaning clothes. I’d love to see you test different laundry soaps! It’s good to see the sun did a good job even in low uv conditions. I’m sure it works even better in summer sun!
YES I felt like using a tide pod was good to start with because it is pre-measured and a commonly used laundry detergent. I am testing the Norwex Ultra Power Plus laundry detergent now which is a very different type of laundry detergent. Stay tuned!! I do want to test this again with the strong summer sun!!
The Weathervane is so interesting!!! Soap nuts are a great natural washing machine product! i bet baking soda or washing soda (added to the drum) in conjunction with castile soap would work great, than add vinegar to the rinse cycle. i have read that baking soda is the best for cleaning produce from the store.
Here in the Las Vegas desert, the UV is extremely high all year (level 8 today). During the early days of Covid when disposable masks were scarce, I would set mine outside in the sun for 2 days after use, for disinfecting, so I could reuse. I dry many clothes and linens in the sun, but the intense sun can damage fabrics and fade colors over time. I often use the dryer to start the process and finish it outside or soften up towels and clothes in the dryer quickly after outside drying. I love the fresh smell of sun dried laundry.
Hi there, I was wondering the same thing with the sun drying instead of the clothes dryer and here you already have one done, very interesting, however got me to thinking, gosh now I wonder how clean our houses really are instead of just looking clean, then I got to thinking you could be at this testing for many more years with like the cloths we wear, the upholstery in the car, our shoes tracking in dirt, etc...Good thing you love doing these experiments and I do Love watching them...thanks ~~~Peace~~~
Thanks for this video. It used to be a common saying that sunlight is the best disinfectant. (Usually said when talking about exposing political corruption.) For many years I believed this was based on science. Then, one day I said it as advice to someone about cleaning something, and I could tell by his face he thought that was nutty. I thought, maybe it is nutty, maybe that saying never was meant to be about household cleaning. Really glad to know it is the truth.
Great video. Thanks so much for following up with viewers feedback. I look forward to your warmer months to come to see the results with a higher UV. In the meantime here in Aus I will be putting my clothes and cloths in the sun to dry whilst we have summer now here!
Thank you! I love hearing from my viewers and getting requests and suggestions, it makes creating videos way more fun for me!! Enjoy your warm summer!! I am sure as the UV gets stronger, it will remove bacteria even better! Can't wait to test that out in 6 months! Thanks for watching!
We have friends that slaughter their chickens out in the sun. Apparently it’s one of the reasons food poisoning became such a problem back when factory farming took over.
I would love for you to test those Aqueous ozone laundry machines. "i own one and washed without detergent for a year now" Clothes seem to come out clean "no detegergent smells, just fresh" Our washer also stopped smelling like that mildew smell since using it. You only wash in cold water as ozone dissipates in warm water "i even add an extra rinse cycle as ozone gets injected in every cycle acting like an extra wash" I have the Purewash pro brand. Another brand is named the O3waterworks. They do cost some money but i really wished one of those companies would send you one for review. The way those machines work supposedly is injecting ozone into the water stream that strips odors and bacteria. I would really love for you to put one of those things to the test! Greetings from Canada Love these video's
Interesting! I will have to learn more about the aqueous ozone laundry machines. I don't know anything about them. Very interesting! Thank you for watching and commenting!
Unhappily, my delightful HOA bans drying items outside in the sun. It's unbelievable to me that such a normal activity could be banned. But it is. We can be fined large amounts. Sooooo, moving on to your other videos in hopes of finding a way to murder bacteria on my cleaning cloths. =D
Our HOA bans clotheslines, but I use a wooden dryer. No one in my semi-isolated cul-de-sac has ratted me out. I have often bleached antique linens by spreading on the grass. I hear the sun+chlorophyll combination is a great bleach and disinfectant.
Love your videos simply cant get enough of these, if you dont mind me asking what temperature are you drying (hi, med, low) and what temp wash (cold, cool, warm, hot), thanks so much for your research!
Thank you so much for watching! The water setting for my washing machine towel setting is warm and the dryer setting is high. I chose to just test using the pre-set settings. There are lots of different variables that I can test, water temperature, soak time, additives, pre-soak, drying temp.. so so so many!!
I have some cleaning products I would like you to test on a stove and oven. The norwex cleaning paste, norwex cleaning cream, bar keepers liquid oven cleaner, scrub daddy power paste, the pink stuff, and the arm & hammer liquid oven cleaner
Hi there! Thank you for the suggestions! I will put them on my viewer request list! I do have a video about cleaning my stove top: "Cleaning My Messy Stovetop! Bar Keepers Friend? Homemade Cleaner? or Bissell Handheld Steamer?" and Norwex Cleaning paste "Norwex Cleaning Paste- How Well Does it Work? (not a consultant)" and the Pink Stuff "Trying out THE PINK STUFF Around My Home- Does it work?" . Thanks for watching!
New subscriber 🙂, cool channel! I use microfiber cloths in place of paper towels then wash them on the 'sanitary high temp' setting of my washing machine with detergent & sometimes borax. After watching your testing I fear bacteria may be left on the cleaning cloths after washing. I don't have a cloths line outdoors but this testing makes me want one! I wonder what the best method is for washing & drying the cloths indoors to remove the most bacteria? Now I'll go check to see if you already made a video about it.
I hope so… I almost exclusively wash in cold, and put white vinegar in the fabric softener dispenser. It gets the detergent out, thereby keeping everything softer.
Hey this is really reassuring to know thank you! Can you try hand washing please 🥺 I live in southeast Asia so hand washing and air drying is still common 🥲🥲
I was just gonna comment this. I would like to add if any of the laundry soap bars would be able to remove bacteria from cloths (Zote, Fels Naptha, Tide laundry bars, Hispano, etc.)?
I have some towels that at some point were likely left in the washing machine too long. I've tried washing them so many times. I do the laundry detergent (perfume free) and oxyclean and I do a soak adn a double rinse. They still smell not great. I was gonna put them in the sun. Any other ideas for moldy clothes? That would be a fun experiment to fix moldy clothes.
Can you add a link to your weather vane? I was only listening at first and had to start viewing as my experience with weather vanes is only the metal chickens that indicate the direction of the wind. Your's is a higher tech version! Cool!
Could you please do a test to find out how much time in the sun is necessary? Maybe I don't have to dry my clothes until they are faded from the sun. Maybe I only need a certain length of time. And do I have to actually dry the clothes to get affected if you take those towels that were dried in the dryer and put them in the sun, do they get even better
Disclaimer :) I know this is crazy intense, but it would give more information I think? So it would be great to know the TYPES of bacteria on each surface & cloth (including bacteria transferred from our hands, the washing machine, the dryer, the detergent, and anything else that touches the towels). THEN, determine what TYPES of bacteria are killed best in the sun, and which TYPES are killed best in the dryer. But not like most of us are going to be testing all our surfaces to see what TYPE of bacteria it is, although for households I think staph. is a pretty common one?
I would love to identify the bacteria and it is on my long term goal.. just in the future! I would guess we are seeing E coli, staph, even B Cereus. Thanks for watching!
Hi new here if you see this would like to know if you usually wash your bathroom cloths with your kitchen because I know due to cross contamination that ppl usually wash those cloths separate
Hi there! I personally do not use cloths when cleaning my bathroom, I use disposable items (paper towels, wipes etc). I think if I were to use cloths to clean my toilet on a regular basis then I would wash them separately. For this experiment I washed together for simplicity and control. Thanks for watching!
Once the cloth is dry and the bacteria dry they are dead anyway so all of this is kinda moot. The sun bleaches out stains and makes them smell good though.
That's what we would think, but she has tested clean dry cloths and found that they generated bacteria colonies...To begin her testing she starts with new cloths. We at home likely are reusing cloths so if we aren't really getting them clean we aren't being as effective at the task, right?
oooh sponges! So many months ago I swabbed my kitchen dish washing sponge and no bacteria grew, so I set aside experiments on removing bacteria from sponges. It is definitely something I can revisit.
@@FieldOfFocus wow so I guess you could also tell us what you do with your sponges to keep them bacteria-less hahaha is that a word? I am concerned about mine😥 Thanks!
I find sponges icky. We use a new dishrag every day and they get washed weekly with a vinegar rinse. I might have to be more diligent in using the drying rack here in the Sunny South! Thanks for all of your efforts!
Watching you swab away in your testing video makes me want to find you an automated device (here I'm thinking of those pot stirrers you can add to a batch of soup) so you won't develop carpal tunnel syndrome! haha, Thanks for all you do here! Maybe one of your kiddos has an interest in robotics?
What if we put the cleaning cloth in the sun before even washing it? Can we kill the germs before it goes in the washing machine? And then how many germs does the washing machine itself add. Where is the source of the germs that come out from the wash
I love this channel but man....I wish I didn't know that washing my stuff didn't matter! lol I was married to a scientist (PhD in Immunology/Microbiology) and going to his work, WOW the amount of stuff growing on the kitchen sponge, the fridge, their coffee cups (all sitting on a table outside the lab). Well at least I know a lot of stuff won't kill me but I assumed that scientists would actually be really really clean. I know my home, my husband said he's never seen a bigger germaphobe. I refuse mops because moving dirty water around bothers me (I have several steam mop pads that I change out ever 2 feet). I wonder if you did this experiment with adding 2 or 4 cups of vinegar if that would make the bacteria to be much smaller colonies. But now I feel like me washing my towels and I rub my face in them after getting out of the shower is now just putting more bacteria on my skin...
I have tested a steam mop that you might be interested in O-Cedar Spin Mop vs Shark Steam Mop: Remove Bacteria w/ Just Water? Bacteria Testing Complete! th-cam.com/video/cOJLvxwEy-E/w-d-xo.html
That's it. Buying a clothes line now. Thanks for all you do!
You are welcome! Thanks for watching!
@@FieldOfFocus Have you experimented with air drying inside? I'm asking because I live in an apartment and use a portable washer most of the time for wash my laundry. For heavier and/or bulkier items, I will use the laundromat. I live on the first floor and my patio is open to apartment traffic. So, leaving my clothes out to dry is not an option for me. Besides, I don't want everyone to know my business concerning my laundry. I watched your video on Lysol laundry sanitizer and found it to be impressive at ridding clothes of bacteria. I will have to give it a try.
I'd be curious to know how simple air drying in the house would compare to sun drying and using the dryer.
Me too! I will be testing this! Thanks for commenting!
It is the UV that is the effective disinfection agent.
Definitely agree! We are not allowed to hang dry outside. After watching the tests with the various laundry disinfection options my daughter is starting to gain traction on getting a dryer again.
Sunlight really is the best disinfectant 😂 it would be cool to see the results of throwing a cup of cleaning vinegar into the wash. That’s a common thing people say to do to help disinfect laundry but it’s always seemed weird to use only one cup in such a large amount of water.
I will add experimenting with vinegar, I can't really see how a cup will do much, but will be interested to see! Thanks for watching and commenting!
@@FieldOfFocus It is for changing the hardness of the water which helps to remove or reduce mineral content. Also for deodorizing, as in guys’ gym clothes.
@@carylhalfwassen8555 Midwest Magic Cleaning used 1/2 Gal to a XL Full load of hot water to help clean the underside of the washing machine drum in his top loader (he let it sit with the 1/2 Gal of Cleaning Vinegar plus 4 C of OxyClean overnight). Of course without disassembly there is no way to determine if this really did the trick but it got me wondering if we are fighting a losing battle with each load of laundry if the machine itself is introducing bacteria/dirt from this build up over time. Ugh!
I love this! I'm a medical person by career, and seeing these experiments is not only entertaining, but so educational.
Almost as entertaining, are the comments. lol
Remember folks, you have to exercise your immune system just like you have to exercise a muscle to keep it functioning properly. A few household germs is not really a bad thing. (I'm not talking about ebola. lol )
But it's amazing to see how all of these different cleaning agents and processes are effective at killing bacteria.
Thank you so much for the time you put into these experiments and for the great way you present the results!
Keep up the great work!
Of course. In no way have I ever stated we need to get rid off all the bacteria in our lives. I am just testing products to see if their claims match my home tests.
@@FieldOfFocus Oh..I wasn't suggesting that you are. It was just a comment.
I love what you're doing! Like I said, it's entertaining and informative!
Thank you, again, for the time you put into this and the great way you present the results!
I like that the baseline was only with the laundry soap.
I’ll say it again. It seems like tide pods do a terrible job cleaning clothes. I’d love to see you test different laundry soaps!
It’s good to see the sun did a good job even in low uv conditions. I’m sure it works even better in summer sun!
YES I felt like using a tide pod was good to start with because it is pre-measured and a commonly used laundry detergent. I am testing the Norwex Ultra Power Plus laundry detergent now which is a very different type of laundry detergent. Stay tuned!! I do want to test this again with the strong summer sun!!
The Weathervane is so interesting!!! Soap nuts are a great natural washing machine product! i bet baking soda or washing soda (added to the drum) in conjunction with castile soap would work great, than add vinegar to the rinse cycle.
i have read that baking soda is the best for cleaning produce from the store.
Here in the Las Vegas desert, the UV is extremely high all year (level 8 today). During the early days of Covid when disposable masks were scarce, I would set mine outside in the sun for 2 days after use, for disinfecting, so I could reuse. I dry many clothes and linens in the sun, but the intense sun can damage fabrics and fade colors over time. I often use the dryer to start the process and finish it outside or soften up towels and clothes in the dryer quickly after outside drying. I love the fresh smell of sun dried laundry.
YES! I retested in late August (still editing) in UV was 3-6... so not quite Las Vegas sun!!!
SO glad I dry our laundry on lines in the sun. It's free, it's "green", & I love being outside on a pretty day.
YES! Thank you for watching!
@@patwagner9308 In the old days, like 1970’s I hung baby items, including diapers, outside to dry. Never had diaper rash on my kiddos.
@@carylhalfwassen8555 there ya go! 😊
Also, unrelated to this video, but I keep wanting to ask you if you could test the theory that bar soap is self cleaning. I'm super curious.
oooh interesting.. I will look into this!!!
I've always wondered about that too, whenever I visit someone and see a dirty, goopy, bar of soap sitting in a pool of water. Yuck.
Hi there, I was wondering the same thing with the sun drying instead of the clothes dryer and here you already have one done, very interesting, however got me to thinking, gosh now I wonder how clean our houses really are instead of just looking clean, then I got to thinking you could be at this testing for many more years with like the cloths we wear,
the upholstery in the car, our shoes tracking in dirt, etc...Good thing you love doing these experiments and I do Love watching them...thanks ~~~Peace~~~
I have over 600 viewer suggestions so yes I have many many years of things to test!! Thank you for watching and commenting!!
Thanks for this video. It used to be a common saying that sunlight is the best disinfectant. (Usually said when talking about exposing political corruption.) For many years I believed this was based on science. Then, one day I said it as advice to someone about cleaning something, and I could tell by his face he thought that was nutty. I thought, maybe it is nutty, maybe that saying never was meant to be about household cleaning. Really glad to know it is the truth.
Thanks for watching!
Sunshine is the best !
It worked so nice! I do have an updated video of summer sun too!
Great video. Thanks so much for following up with viewers feedback. I look forward to your warmer months to come to see the results with a higher UV. In the meantime here in Aus I will be putting my clothes and cloths in the sun to dry whilst we have summer now here!
Thank you! I love hearing from my viewers and getting requests and suggestions, it makes creating videos way more fun for me!! Enjoy your warm summer!! I am sure as the UV gets stronger, it will remove bacteria even better! Can't wait to test that out in 6 months! Thanks for watching!
We have friends that slaughter their chickens out in the sun. Apparently it’s one of the reasons food poisoning became such a problem back when factory farming took over.
Interesting thoughts!!! I should do some more sun experiments! Thanks for watching and commenting!
That's super interesting. I'd love to know more about more protein-based bacteria and pathogens and how best to disinfect.
Thank you
I would love for you to test those Aqueous ozone laundry machines. "i own one and washed without detergent for a year now"
Clothes seem to come out clean "no detegergent smells, just fresh"
Our washer also stopped smelling like that mildew smell since using it.
You only wash in cold water as ozone dissipates in warm water "i even add an extra rinse cycle as ozone gets injected in every cycle acting like an extra wash"
I have the Purewash pro brand. Another brand is named the O3waterworks.
They do cost some money but i really wished one of those companies would send you one for review.
The way those machines work supposedly is injecting ozone into the water stream that strips odors and bacteria.
I would really love for you to put one of those things to the test!
Greetings from Canada
Love these video's
Interesting! I will have to learn more about the aqueous ozone laundry machines. I don't know anything about them. Very interesting! Thank you for watching and commenting!
Cool experiment!
THANK YOU!
There is still a lot of pollen and dust so I don’t dry some stuff outside like I used to 35 yrs ago
I envy people who can dry laundry outdoors. The pollen gives me sneezing fits and horrible sinus pain.
Unhappily, my delightful HOA bans drying items outside in the sun. It's unbelievable to me that such a normal activity could be banned. But it is. We can be fined large amounts. Sooooo, moving on to your other videos in hopes of finding a way to murder bacteria on my cleaning cloths. =D
Hope you found something that helps!
Land of the free. Sorry. So frustrating
Does your state have a law that they can't kick you out over it? Some states do.
@@skyspring7704 I don't think so. The HOA can't kick us out, but they can fine us, and if those add up, they can put a lien on the house.
Our HOA bans clotheslines, but I use a wooden dryer. No one in my semi-isolated cul-de-sac has ratted me out. I have often bleached antique linens by spreading on the grass. I hear the sun+chlorophyll combination is a great bleach and disinfectant.
So interesting!
Glad you think so! Thanks for watching!
Love your videos simply cant get enough of these, if you dont mind me asking what temperature are you drying (hi, med, low) and what temp wash (cold, cool, warm, hot), thanks so much for your research!
Thank you so much for watching! The water setting for my washing machine towel setting is warm and the dryer setting is high. I chose to just test using the pre-set settings. There are lots of different variables that I can test, water temperature, soak time, additives, pre-soak, drying temp.. so so so many!!
Love the tests. Did you do a test with the summer's sun yet?
ACK! I haven't! Thank you for the reminder! It is still August, not fall yet.. so I really should get to that this week or next!
Fascinating!!!! Thank you so much!!!!
Thank you so much!!
I have some cleaning products I would like you to test on a stove and oven. The norwex cleaning paste, norwex cleaning cream, bar keepers liquid oven cleaner, scrub daddy power paste, the pink stuff, and the arm & hammer liquid oven cleaner
Hi there! Thank you for the suggestions! I will put them on my viewer request list! I do have a video about cleaning my stove top: "Cleaning My Messy Stovetop! Bar Keepers Friend? Homemade Cleaner? or Bissell Handheld Steamer?" and Norwex Cleaning paste "Norwex Cleaning Paste- How Well Does it Work? (not a consultant)" and the Pink Stuff "Trying out THE PINK STUFF Around My Home- Does it work?" . Thanks for watching!
@@FieldOfFocus okay thank you
@@bethanyforrester661 Hopefully those videos will suffice until I can messy up my stove and test others!
Her sink always looks so spotlessly clean I'm amazed there's any bacteria there.... I love this channel ❤🧼🧹
HA! It is really dirty.. luckily it doesn't show up much on camera!
Wow this is good to know!! I love hanging cleaning clothes and my sheets outside!!
I am going to do it more!
New subscriber 🙂, cool channel! I use microfiber cloths in place of paper towels then wash them on the 'sanitary high temp' setting of my washing machine with detergent & sometimes borax. After watching your testing I fear bacteria may be left on the cleaning cloths after washing. I don't have a cloths line outdoors but this testing makes me want one! I wonder what the best method is for washing & drying the cloths indoors to remove the most bacteria? Now I'll go check to see if you already made a video about it.
I have a laundry playlist! So hope you found what works for you!
Strength of uv light varies a lot based on latitude
Yes very true!
does vinegar sanitize the laundry?
Not sure yet! Will have to test that out and see!
She has a video testing vinegar on other stuff.
I hope so…
I almost exclusively wash in cold, and put white vinegar in the fabric softener dispenser. It gets the detergent out, thereby keeping everything softer.
now this is pretty darn interesting. Wow, thankyou
Glad you enjoyed it!
Hey this is really reassuring to know thank you! Can you try hand washing please 🥺 I live in southeast Asia so hand washing and air drying is still common 🥲🥲
This is a great idea. I will add this to my viewer suggestion list. Thank you for watching and commenting!
@@FieldOfFocus Thank you too for your very helpful videos!! 😁💝
I was just gonna comment this. I would like to add if any of the laundry soap bars would be able to remove bacteria from cloths (Zote, Fels Naptha, Tide laundry bars, Hispano, etc.)?
If you lived closer to the equator the uv would be higher (as would be the heat) and this might improve results as well.
Yes that is what I specified the UV index and time of year in the video. I did re do it the other day at UV index 3-6, still have to edit it.
I have some towels that at some point were likely left in the washing machine too long. I've tried washing them so many times. I do the laundry detergent (perfume free) and oxyclean and I do a soak adn a double rinse. They still smell not great. I was gonna put them in the sun. Any other ideas for moldy clothes? That would be a fun experiment to fix moldy clothes.
Sun is a good idea or try Laundry Stripping them: Laundry Stripping with RLR Laundry Treatment th-cam.com/video/DGRQgf_HKmA/w-d-xo.html
Can you add a link to your weather vane? I was only listening at first and had to start viewing as my experience with weather vanes is only the metal chickens that indicate the direction of the wind. Your's is a higher tech version! Cool!
It is an Ambient Weather WS-2902C WiFi Smart Weather Station
a.co/d/8i2O3bx
Could you please do a test to find out how much time in the sun is necessary? Maybe I don't have to dry my clothes until they are faded from the sun. Maybe I only need a certain length of time. And do I have to actually dry the clothes to get affected if you take those towels that were dried in the dryer and put them in the sun, do they get even better
I will re-visit the sun videos next summer!! Thanks!
this is making me curious about the cutting board. I leave my cutting board in the sun to dry off after washing
I haven't tested that yet!!! Thanks for the suggestions!
Me too! I've also left my toilet boil brush, mop heads, towels, etc. in the sun to disinfect.
I use lemons and salt on the wooden cutting board to deodorize and disinfect.
Disclaimer :) I know this is crazy intense, but it would give more information I think? So it would be great to know the TYPES of bacteria on each surface & cloth (including bacteria transferred from our hands, the washing machine, the dryer, the detergent, and anything else that touches the towels). THEN, determine what TYPES of bacteria are killed best in the sun, and which TYPES are killed best in the dryer. But not like most of us are going to be testing all our surfaces to see what TYPE of bacteria it is, although for households I think staph. is a pretty common one?
I would love to identify the bacteria and it is on my long term goal.. just in the future! I would guess we are seeing E coli, staph, even B Cereus. Thanks for watching!
Hi new here if you see this would like to know if you usually wash your bathroom cloths with your kitchen because I know due to cross contamination that ppl usually wash those cloths separate
Hi there! I personally do not use cloths when cleaning my bathroom, I use disposable items (paper towels, wipes etc). I think if I were to use cloths to clean my toilet on a regular basis then I would wash them separately. For this experiment I washed together for simplicity and control. Thanks for watching!
Once the cloth is dry and the bacteria dry they are dead anyway so all of this is kinda moot. The sun bleaches out stains and makes them smell good though.
That's what we would think, but she has tested clean dry cloths and found that they generated bacteria colonies...To begin her testing she starts with new cloths. We at home likely are reusing cloths so if we aren't really getting them clean we aren't being as effective at the task, right?
Can we test different methods of disinfecting,including sun drying with sponges??
oooh sponges! So many months ago I swabbed my kitchen dish washing sponge and no bacteria grew, so I set aside experiments on removing bacteria from sponges. It is definitely something I can revisit.
@@FieldOfFocus wow so I guess you could also tell us what you do with your sponges to keep them bacteria-less hahaha is that a word? I am concerned about mine😥
Thanks!
I find sponges icky. We use a new dishrag every day and they get washed weekly with a vinegar rinse. I might have to be more diligent in using the drying rack here in the Sunny South!
Thanks for all of your efforts!
Watching you swab away in your testing video makes me want to find you an automated device (here I'm thinking of those pot stirrers you can add to a batch of soup) so you won't develop carpal tunnel syndrome! haha, Thanks for all you do here!
Maybe one of your kiddos has an interest in robotics?
HAHAH! My husband would probably make something if I asked 🤓
Awesome experiment I always knew sun it's fantastic, but I've never seen scientifically, awesomeness video again, keep up the great job
Thank you very much! I was surprised too!! Thanks for watching and commenting!
What if we put the cleaning cloth in the sun before even washing it? Can we kill the germs before it goes in the washing machine? And then how many germs does the washing machine itself add. Where is the source of the germs that come out from the wash
interesting thought, I haven't tested it so I cannot say, but I will say that the dirt won't be washed out.. but will add it to my list of testing!
I love this channel but man....I wish I didn't know that washing my stuff didn't matter! lol I was married to a scientist (PhD in Immunology/Microbiology) and going to his work, WOW the amount of stuff growing on the kitchen sponge, the fridge, their coffee cups (all sitting on a table outside the lab). Well at least I know a lot of stuff won't kill me but I assumed that scientists would actually be really really clean. I know my home, my husband said he's never seen a bigger germaphobe. I refuse mops because moving dirty water around bothers me (I have several steam mop pads that I change out ever 2 feet). I wonder if you did this experiment with adding 2 or 4 cups of vinegar if that would make the bacteria to be much smaller colonies. But now I feel like me washing my towels and I rub my face in them after getting out of the shower is now just putting more bacteria on my skin...
I have tested a steam mop that you might be interested in O-Cedar Spin Mop vs Shark Steam Mop: Remove Bacteria w/ Just Water? Bacteria Testing Complete! th-cam.com/video/cOJLvxwEy-E/w-d-xo.html
@@FieldOfFocus oh WOW that is shocking but so informative. Thank you for this channel!
Did you re-wet them to dry them in the sun or were they put in the sun after the dryer❓
I showed the procedure in the video.
Have you tried hanging laundry out on a cloudy day?
The more recent video I did in the sun, it was mostly sunny but there were some clouds.
I guess radiation from the sun is good after all! Lol
I am happy to see the decrease with such low UV Index!