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NWR - How Often Do You Wash Your Bathroom Rugs?

posted 2 years ago in Home
  • poll: How often do you wash your bath rugs?
    Once a week : (10 votes)
    14 %
    Every other week : (13 votes)
    19 %
    Once a month : (19 votes)
    27 %
    Once every few months : (14 votes)
    20 %
    Twice a year : (4 votes)
    6 %
    Never washed them : (10 votes)
    14 %
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    gocubbies       Illinois

    Just curious. Mine always looks so clean and fluffy after a wash. I love it! Otherwise, they are matted down and icky looking.

    I try to do them every other week, but usually once a month or 3 weeks.

     
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    lilyfaith    June 23, 2012   Lakeview, Chicago

    We do it every other week, but for some reason ours has turned blue over time (it was originally white) - we noticed after we washed it the first time, although we washed it with our towels, which are also white, and they were fine. Odd!

     
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    Lillindy    September 2008   Bay Area, CA

    I don't have a set schedule, really.  When I do a load of towels I always throw it in there with them. 

     
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    jduck84    August 2010   Minneapolis, MN

    I never have... but the thought of washing mine with our towels grosses me out! Then again, maybe the thought of never having washed the rugs should gross me out more. Haha.

     
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    VirginiaMarie    January 2011   Austin, TX

    Haha funny question because I spent a long time thinking about my bathroom rug today.  I hate real bathroom rugs, I usually get random throw rugs instead.  I always wash it alone and I usually replace it completely twice a year.  They get so gross.

     
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    krissybee    October 15, 2011   :: chicago IL ::

    ha... yep i'm the second vote for never have. whoops!

     

    i'm terrible at laundry.. i didn't know you could!! its gross and matted! i end up throwing them away every 4 months or so instead. OK.. i will start to wash it every month then. thanks!

     
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    Miss Chapstick    September 2009  

    For someone who clean quite often, I very rarely wash our bathroom rugs, which is so weird now that I think about it because I hate how quickly they become flat and grimey looking. And it's so easy to wash them, just throw them in the washer and they're done!

     
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    otb    December 31, 2009   Chicago, IL

    I wash mine about once a month.  We got these rugs from Target that are holding up amazingly well!  They almost always look good!  I wash them not because they look bad, but because I know there's all kinds of cat hair and crap in them and it grosses me out, lol.  That reminds me, I need to wash them next weekend!

     
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    RoddyBride09    September 5, 2009   Bethlehem, PA

    I am doing laundry everyweek including towels but I ALWAYS forget to wash the bathroom rug, so so far it has been washed once which was last week. I need to set up a schedule for myself to wash it every two weeks. We just have so much laundry that it is hard to remember.

     
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    Miss Bella    October 15, 2011   Blue Bell, PA

    I have to go with never wash them!  The one and only time I tried to wash them, they started to fall apart!  What the heck!  But now that I think about it, EWW  I need to either wash those suckers or buy new ones!! GROSS

     
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    rachel_leigh    May 15, 2010  

    I wash it about every two months or so.  But that is mostly because I am crazy and make FI and myself dry our feet completely as we step out of shower so we don't step on it with wet feet.  It makes it much less disgusting for longer.

     
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    eeniebeans    October 9, 2010   Baltimore

    Not often enough- once a month.

     
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    noodlefish    November 27, 2010  

    I wash mine about once a month, and then hang dry them over the tub.

     
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    The immigrant bride    June 25, 2010   Santa Barbara, CA/Los Angeles, CA

    We do not use a bathroom rug, it's more of a foot towel and I just throw it in the laundry with the towels everytime I wash them.

     
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    sewing    July 2010   SF Bay Area / Oahu

    how funny! i just washed mine yesterday. i don't have a set schedule, just when they start to look or feel a little gross...:P

     
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    @Sewing me too!!! I love when it's clean. I wash mine about once a month, but it's only me in there taking a shower. And technically, I have two that I move around, so I guess once every two weeks really?

    I have one from walmart that totally sucks though :( and the other from Target, it's ok but not a non-slip backed one, so it's no good for me!

     
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    Miss Biner    November 5, 2011  

    I do mine about once a week.

     
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    MissAsB    June 6, 2009   Married in CO, Living in AL

    I don't do it too often because I think the rubber backing breaks down if you wash them too much.  Only when they start to seem dirty.  We don't wear shoes around the house though to keep things cleaner.

     
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    Lillindy    September 2008   Bay Area, CA

    @MissAsB: We got a rug similar to this to avoid the rubber backing ;)

     
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    Rosie Girl    September 18, 2010   Montana

    @lilyfaith: my white rug did the same thing! i even use bleach!!!!

    I wash ours about once a month when i do the "big" cleaning of the bathroom

     
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    SweetAdelineXO    June 5, 2010   NJ

    I was them once every week or so but mostly because they are my cat's favorite place to vom. What is that about!?

     
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    2PeasinaPod       Philadelphia

    Only once a month, but we should do it more often. Especially the one next to the toilet. Not that my hubby has bad aim, but there's always splashback and that totally grosses me out!

    When we first moved into our house, our bathroom had carpeting...now THAT grossed me out even more! It was one of the first things we ripped up!

     
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    lisaberry    October 1, 2010   central PA

    not as often as I should :)

    (my excuse is that we don't have a washer/dryer and the laundromat is annoying!)

     
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    MissNewYork    July 9, 2011   Rochester, NY / Owego, NY

    Hmm I wash mine every week. Actually every weekend I go through the apartment and wash pretty much everything. I'd rather have them break down a little faster and have to replace them sooner, than have them be dirty. Even towards the end of the week (like now) I look at it and think it's getting gross and it really needs to be washed. I had no idea that wasn't normal!

     
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    kayakgirl73    October 31, 2009   Virginia, (wedding in WV)

    Every other week to once a month unless an accident or misfire happens. We use a tub mat on top of it when we are exiting the shower. The tub mat gets hung up after we are done.

     
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    Sulli301    June 26, 2010   Michigan

    Once a month....

    I wish I did it more..ew :( I was the towels a lot tho :) haha

     

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