HOW TO CLEAN Your Chloe (lining, pen marks, stains)
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Hi - if I'm thinking of the same thing, I've bought them from my local supermarket in the sponges section. I think they are made by Chux? Pretty sure somewhere like Bunnings would also have them.
We use them around the house. Are they good for cleaning bags?
We use them around the house. Are they good for cleaning bags?
I read on one of the other threads about cleaning that they are the best. So thank you for responding.
Yikes read this email I got. It makes total sense and I'll admit I'm not as careful with my handbags as I should be. Where's my Lysol!!!!!!!!
Have you ever noticed gals who sit their handbags on public toilet floors - then go directly to their dining tables and set it on the table? Happens a lot!
It's not always the 'restaurant food' that causes stomach distress.
Sometimes "what you don't know 'will' hurt you"!
Read on...
Mom got so upset when guests came in the door and plopped their handbags down on the counter where she was cooking or setting up food. She always said that handbags are really dirty, because of where they have been.
Smart Mom!!!
It's something just about every woman carries with them. While we may know what's inside our handbags, do you have any idea what's on the outside? Women carry handbags everywhere; from the office to public toilets to the floor of the car. Most women won't be caught without their handbags, but did you ever stop to think about where your handbag goes during the day.
"I drive a school bus, so my handbag has been on the floor of the bus a lot," says one woman. "On the floor of my car, and in toilets." "I put my handbag in grocery shopping carts, on the floor of the toilet," says another woman "and of course in my home which should be clean."
We decided to find out if handbags harbour a lot of bacteria. We learned how to test them at Nelson Laboratories in SaltLake , and then we set out to test the average woman's handbag.
Most women told us they didn't stop to think about what was on the bottom of their handbag. Most said at home they usually set their handbags on top of kitchen tables and counters where food is prepared.
Most of the ladies we talked to told us they wouldn't be surprised if their handbags were at least a little bit dirty. It turns out handbags are so surprisingly dirty, even the microbiologist who tested them was shocked.
Microbiologist Amy Karen of Nelson Labs says nearly all of the handbags tested were not only high in bacteria, but high in harmful kinds of bacteria. Pseudomonas can cause eye infections, staphylococcus aurous can cause serious skin infections, and salmonella and e-coli found on the handbags could make people very sick.
In one sampling, four of five handbags tested positive for salmonella, and that's not the worst of it. "There is fecal contamination on the handbags," says Amy. Leather or vinyl handbags tended to be cleaner than cloth handbags, and lifestyle seemed to play a role. People with kids tended to have dirtier handbags than those without, with one exception.
The handbag of one single woman who frequented nightclubs had one of the worst contaminations of all. "Some type of feces, or possibly vomit" says Amy.
So the moral of this story - your handbag won't kill you, but it does have the potential to make you very sick if you keep it on places where you eat.
Use hooks to hang your handbag at home and in toilets, and don't put it on your desk, a restaurant table, or on your kitchen countertop.
Experts say you should think of your handbag the same way you would a pair of shoes. "If you think about putting a pair of shoes onto your countertops, that's the same thing you're doing when you put your handbag on the countertops" - your handbag has gone where individuals before you have sneezed, coughed, spat, urinated, emptied bowels, etc!
Do you really want to bring that home with you? The microbiologists at Nelson also said cleaning a handbag will help.
Wash cloth handbags and use leather cleaner to clean the bottom of leather handbags. NO PROBLEM!
Have you ever noticed gals who sit their handbags on public toilet floors - then go directly to their dining tables and set it on the table? Happens a lot!
It's not always the 'restaurant food' that causes stomach distress.
Sometimes "what you don't know 'will' hurt you"!
Read on...
Mom got so upset when guests came in the door and plopped their handbags down on the counter where she was cooking or setting up food. She always said that handbags are really dirty, because of where they have been.
Smart Mom!!!
It's something just about every woman carries with them. While we may know what's inside our handbags, do you have any idea what's on the outside? Women carry handbags everywhere; from the office to public toilets to the floor of the car. Most women won't be caught without their handbags, but did you ever stop to think about where your handbag goes during the day.
"I drive a school bus, so my handbag has been on the floor of the bus a lot," says one woman. "On the floor of my car, and in toilets." "I put my handbag in grocery shopping carts, on the floor of the toilet," says another woman "and of course in my home which should be clean."
We decided to find out if handbags harbour a lot of bacteria. We learned how to test them at Nelson Laboratories in SaltLake , and then we set out to test the average woman's handbag.
Most women told us they didn't stop to think about what was on the bottom of their handbag. Most said at home they usually set their handbags on top of kitchen tables and counters where food is prepared.
Most of the ladies we talked to told us they wouldn't be surprised if their handbags were at least a little bit dirty. It turns out handbags are so surprisingly dirty, even the microbiologist who tested them was shocked.
Microbiologist Amy Karen of Nelson Labs says nearly all of the handbags tested were not only high in bacteria, but high in harmful kinds of bacteria. Pseudomonas can cause eye infections, staphylococcus aurous can cause serious skin infections, and salmonella and e-coli found on the handbags could make people very sick.
In one sampling, four of five handbags tested positive for salmonella, and that's not the worst of it. "There is fecal contamination on the handbags," says Amy. Leather or vinyl handbags tended to be cleaner than cloth handbags, and lifestyle seemed to play a role. People with kids tended to have dirtier handbags than those without, with one exception.
The handbag of one single woman who frequented nightclubs had one of the worst contaminations of all. "Some type of feces, or possibly vomit" says Amy.
So the moral of this story - your handbag won't kill you, but it does have the potential to make you very sick if you keep it on places where you eat.
Use hooks to hang your handbag at home and in toilets, and don't put it on your desk, a restaurant table, or on your kitchen countertop.
Experts say you should think of your handbag the same way you would a pair of shoes. "If you think about putting a pair of shoes onto your countertops, that's the same thing you're doing when you put your handbag on the countertops" - your handbag has gone where individuals before you have sneezed, coughed, spat, urinated, emptied bowels, etc!
Do you really want to bring that home with you? The microbiologists at Nelson also said cleaning a handbag will help.
Wash cloth handbags and use leather cleaner to clean the bottom of leather handbags. NO PROBLEM!
I have never sat my bag down on the bathroom floor (especially a public one). I usually hang it from the door (I've heard about theft, so I hang it funny). If I'm wearing a shoulder bag, I hang it from my neck while I straddle the facility and try not to water my pants. I hate public toilets.
And the bar toilets? vomit, feces and urine? N-i-i-i-c-e!!
And the bar toilets? vomit, feces and urine? N-i-i-i-c-e!!
Unfortunately I'm in public bathrooms allot? Everyday actually. Here's my dilemma, 5 out of 10 times there's NO HOOK on the door, no flat elevated surface (remember the toilets do not have the tank like they do in your home). So my two options are my lap or the floor. I usually place the bag balanced against the wall by the stall door, as far away from the toilet as possible. I guess I need one of those hook thingies? and some Lysol.
I just got these hooks to hang from the headrest in my car and my purse can hang off of them. It's good for when my kids want to sit up front where my purse usually sits. I wonder if they make a "portable" one for bathroom stalls? what would you use?
That is so grim, I never thought about that in the past. I'm not sure anyone would put a chloe on the toilet floor though. That would be madness. I have seen these portable hooks that u can carry around so u can hang ur bag of the sides of tables in bars and resturants, maybe one of those whould work for a toilet door?
Makes u thin though doesn't it!
Makes u thin though doesn't it!
Wow.... Thank you for this article, Susieserb... It was food for thought...
My parents always instilled their children a basic notion: "Things that stay on the floor cannot be placed on clean surfaces - be it a teatable, a kitchen counter or a bed... There was no exception...
On top of this upbringing, I did a BSc in Microbiology and Genetics in the UK, so I have always been very aware of microbial contamination...
Once I got a pretty nice (though resistant) Moschino handbag peed by my 4-year old daughter while I was struggling to hold her over the WC instead of letting her sit on it in a public loo and holding my purse instead of dropping it...
YOu'll be happy to know that wet baby towels can do miracles when used immediately...
I have even held bags with my mouth to prevent them from touching the floor...
And I will never place them on the floor when I am dining out or clubbing (as if I did!)
Susieserb, I am sure there must be portable hooks in the US (my Mother has one for restaurant tables)... if not, get someone to invent them and get rich...
My parents always instilled their children a basic notion: "Things that stay on the floor cannot be placed on clean surfaces - be it a teatable, a kitchen counter or a bed... There was no exception...
On top of this upbringing, I did a BSc in Microbiology and Genetics in the UK, so I have always been very aware of microbial contamination...
Once I got a pretty nice (though resistant) Moschino handbag peed by my 4-year old daughter while I was struggling to hold her over the WC instead of letting her sit on it in a public loo and holding my purse instead of dropping it...
YOu'll be happy to know that wet baby towels can do miracles when used immediately...I have even held bags with my mouth to prevent them from touching the floor...
And I will never place them on the floor when I am dining out or clubbing (as if I did!)Susieserb, I am sure there must be portable hooks in the US (my Mother has one for restaurant tables)... if not, get someone to invent them and get rich...
Interesting post! Personally, I've hung my purses on my neck even just to keep it off the floor! 
I saw a study like that on the news a while ago, and it is shocking. I have never ever put a bag on the floor, shopping carts, etc. but not because I was aware of all the germs, but because I am afraid of theft. I keep a cardboard box under my desk just to place my bag there.
I'm a germ phobic. I've never put my bags on the toilet floors. At home, I usually give it a good wipe (with antibacterial wipes) before storing it in its box/ bag). Sit it on my lap in the car or on the car seat if I'm driving. At the office, I store it in a drawer just for my handbag. While grocery shopping, I just carry it in hand or on my shoulder -- have you seen the stuff that got left behind on the carts? Dripping juice from meat, spilt drinks, chewing gums, etc. No way that is getting on my bags.
. At home, I usually give it a good wipe (with antibacterial wipes) before storing it in its box/ bag). Sit it on my lap in the car or on the car seat if I'm driving. At the office, I store it in a drawer just for my handbag. While grocery shopping, I just carry it in hand or on my shoulder -- have you seen the stuff that got left behind on the carts? Dripping juice from meat, spilt drinks, chewing gums, etc. No way that is getting on my bags.