Cleaning / Deordorizing Fat Mop

17 years ago

I have a fat mop which I love (looks like a pastry brush, but instead of bristles, it has strands which attract grease). DD and I made chicken tortilla soup Sunday night. Being Ms. Jack Spratt, she gave the fat mop a real workout! I tossed it in the dishwasher as always. However, it came out with the strands still reddish and smelling of cumin. A soak in some Biz and a second run through the dishwasher helped some, but there is still a tinge of red and a hint of cumin. Any suggestions on how to thoroughly clean the fat mop?

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lindac
17 years ago
I'd soak in a strong solution of Dawn degreaser.
Then let it ride in the dishwasher for a few loads.
Linda C
hawk307
17 years ago
I use Berkely's Gum Cutter on a lot of things,
then use household degresser's.
Last, into the dishwasher.

Gum Cutter is a Cleaner, Degreaser used on auto parts and can be bought in an Auto Parts Supply.
Lou
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lakeguy35
17 years ago
Vinegar! I'm still amazed with all you can do with this stuff. If you do the Dawn soak be sure and rinse and rinse again before putting it in the DW...if not you may have a suds flood on your hands.

David
lindac
17 years ago
Good catch David!!
lakeguy35
17 years ago
BTDT with a sponge years ago Linda. LOL...what a mess!

David
lindac
17 years ago
Yeah....me too....that's why I said "good catch"....wish you had been there to catch the sponge! It was a "Lucy moment"!
Linda C
annie1992
17 years ago
Hey now, I just did that! I tossed an "empty" liquid soap dispenser into the dishwasher. Um.....bad idea but the kitchen floor is really, really clean.

Annie
lakeguy35
17 years ago
A Lucy moment for sure Linda! Like Annie, the floor was really clean...LOL Another twist to this is we have old 8mm film(I think that's what it is called from 1970) when my Dad used liquid dishwashing soap in the DW while Mom was in the hospital after giving birth to my younger sister. We swept the suds out the sliding glass door out to the deck. It was a neighborhood event as some of the neighbors are in the film too.

David
bbstx
Original Author
17 years ago
Many thanks for all the suggestions and giggles. I would have responded sooner, but DH stepped off a curb wrong, fell, and broke his elbow. No cast and no surgery, but he has to keep it immobilized in a sling.

In my younger days I rented an apartment and decided that the dishwasher was not clean enough to suit me. I poured in a huge amount of Lysol and turned it on. I never knew Lysol would suds!
lindac
17 years ago
Then there was the time my grand daughter disappeared! They had just moved into a new house with a deep Jacuzzi in the master bath. Well, Meggie went to take a bubble bath, she was almost 6 at the time. she turned on the Jacuzzi and a cap full of Barbie Bubble Bath grew scarey big!
Linda C
hawk307
17 years ago
bbstx:
Tough one , for your Husband.
I had to wear a Sling for a couple weeks.
It's hard to hammer nails.
Lou

PS:
Did you get your Fat Mop cleaned.
Can you use Bleach to get the red out ?
bbstx
Original Author
17 years ago
As suggested, swished the Fat Mop in Dawn, rinsed thoroughly and put back into the dishwasher. It is looking nearly new.

I'm sure bleach would take out the color, but I'm afraid of what it would leave behind.

Like the old joke, DH won't be able to play the violin after his elbow heals...but he couldn't play the violin before he broke it, either!
hawk307
17 years ago
bbstx:
Glad it's clean.
I though it was something really stubborn.

I heard similar Joke but it had to do with an older guy who just had open Heart Surgery and
his Marital Relations.

I don't mean his relatives.
Lou

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