# Wash a washrag?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wash-a-washrag/341860>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [January 27, 2006, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wash-a-washrag/341860 "2006-01-27T16:46:30Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\
**Post date:** [January 27, 2006, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wash-a-washrag/341860/21 "2006-01-27T21:53:15Z")

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> [@Leaffan](#):
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> Personally, I use my hands to wash my body. I didn’t realize wash cloths were all the rage.

So, do you wash your hands after you shower?

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**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\
**Post date:** [January 27, 2006, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wash-a-washrag/341860/22 "2006-01-27T21:54:38Z")

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> [@mangeorge](#):
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> So, do you wash your hands after you shower?

Um, yeah. Sure.

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**Author:** ![sj2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/65b543/32.png) [@sj2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sj2)\
**Post date:** [January 27, 2006, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wash-a-washrag/341860/23 "2006-01-27T22:51:16Z")

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> [@mangeorge](#):
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> Seriously though, nobody’s taking this thread seriously.  
> 😛  
> 'Ceptin **sj2** up there.  
> **sj2** , I wash my poop chute with my washrag.

:Shudders: Tell me you wash that bit last… :eek:

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**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\
**Post date:** [January 27, 2006, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wash-a-washrag/341860/24 "2006-01-27T23:07:10Z")

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> [@Leaffan](#):
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> Personally, I use my hands to wash my body. I didn’t realize wash cloths were all the rage.

I use the washcloth on my face and neck. The rest of me is washed with my hands–unless I need to exfoliate a bit–and then I use the washcloth after my face and neck and toss it in the wash.  
To each his own.

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**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\
**Post date:** [January 27, 2006, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wash-a-washrag/341860/25 "2006-01-27T23:15:11Z")

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> [@sj2](#):
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> :Shudders: Tell me you wash that bit last… :eek:

What difference would that make if I re-use the washrag?

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**Author:** ![Zabali\_Clawbane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/ecd19e/32.png) [@Zabali\_Clawbane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zabali_Clawbane)\
**Post date:** [January 27, 2006, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wash-a-washrag/341860/26 "2006-01-27T23:28:17Z")

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[Here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=309837&highlight=sponge) is an old thread on the topic, that has some pertinant information on plastic scrubber sponges.

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