r/mildlyinfuriating • u/Few-Echo-6953 • 15d ago

ಠ_ಠ Another pair melted. I don't know what's happening.

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My dish washing gloves. This is the second or third pair that has done this. ...

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u/EntertainmentOk4734 15d ago

Honest question: should I be wearing gloves while washing dishes? I've seen it in movies but have never seen anyone do it in real life.

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u/hedrone 15d ago

The commercials used to complain about "dishpan hands" from doing too much washing dishes (unless you were using Palmolive).

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u/Otherwise-Offer1518 14d ago

Which will dry your hands out the most oddly enough.

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u/Ancient-Civilization 14d ago

You sure? I thought dawn dish soap was the strongest out of all of them. Palm olive was the cheaper alternative.

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u/thefapncapn 9d ago

Dawn is safe for the environment, they used it on the birds in Valdez

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u/germane_switch 14d ago

You're soaking in it

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u/HungryArticle5 14d ago

I worked at a restaurant and the dishwasher's arms (he was dark skinned) were 3 shades lighter at the end of a shift

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u/aqua9clk 15d ago

If you are already prone to dry skin then yes. My partner’s fingers crack in the winter because of dryness in the air and always touching water or a wet rag at work. So she needs all the help she can get. If you haven’t needed it so far then you good.

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u/Zandapus 15d ago

Honest answer: yes. Better for your skin, less chance of cutting or poking yourself, no wrinkles after long washing session.

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u/XDXkenlee 15d ago

I am not trying to imply anything here but when you say “longer washing up sessions”, what does this mean exactly? I wash up after every meal but it never gets to the point of having wrinkles in my fingers, even after catering to 8-10 friends/family members.

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u/dividezero 15d ago

Some people do dishes at once. Like once a day or whatever. Some people have lots of people to wash up after. It's not really something that happens with people who live alone or with one other person

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u/Former_Mobile3101 15d ago

Some people struggle with dishes and it might take a couple of days.

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u/real_eEe 14d ago

If you're depressed it could take weeks. I started putting them in the bathtub and using paper plates on my lowest.

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u/xmgutier 15d ago

You should see how high I can stack plates and bowls. It's like playing Jenga doing the dishes!

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u/PhotoFenix 15d ago

I end up doing a full dishwasher plus some daily and it doesn't take much time to load. But I'm also a Technology Connections viewer.

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u/Comprehensive-Star27 14d ago

Dude knows ball

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u/Pleasant_Awareness_6 14d ago

I live in an apartment with 3 adults, 2 teenagers and a child. The amount of dishes I do daily is UNHOLY. I love doing dishes and cleaning the kitchen, the worst part is trying to get teens to just rinse their DAMN PLATE/BOWL/PAN BEFORE THROWING IT IN THE SINK 😭😭 idk maybe living in a previous shared living situation with strangers got me where I do my dishes immediately after using them so I could lock them up and I’m stuck in that rut, or?

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u/astaroth8701 14d ago

Yeah trying to convince my mother or grandmother for even a basic rinse is harder than trying to convince them to not over feed my cat. Honestly I just wash whatever I use and let them do what they want with their stuff.

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u/Pleasant_Awareness_6 14d ago

😭😭😭 I would but it will NOT get done, and they’re not my kids so I’m not good with telling them what to do

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u/beresistable 15d ago

I will put gloves on to wash a couple of dishes. I hate washing the dishes without my gloves, but that is just me. It’s not the wrinkly hands that gets me, I just don’t like the feeling.

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u/HulkJr87 14d ago

Nah I’ll be straight up, I’m lazy and let that shit build up sometimes.

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u/Zandapus 15d ago

We meal prep and sometimes I'll be tired and leave stuff for the next day. It can take an hour or so of washing to get everything clean. Even if you're never washing for that long, the wetting and drying of your skin and the exposure to cleansers will damage your hands.

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u/BitterFortuneCookie 15d ago

If it’s just wipe plates and load the washer I can see that. But if you are soaking dishes, washing the pots and pans, rinsing cups and cutlery, etc. it is hard to avoid getting your fingers soaked long enough to prune.

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u/bigchicago04 15d ago

Some people fill their sink with water and leave it full while washing the dishes. So constantly dipping your hands in there can get wrinkly.

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u/StinkyyPiss 15d ago

depends on how big the meal was and how many mouths you had to feed.

i personally wash my dishes at the end of the day.

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u/revverbau 15d ago

My hands will go wrinkly after being submerged in water for like 4 minutes - my partner finds it odd bc she needs to be in water for closer to 15-20 mins before hers turn wrinkly

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u/skunkinabumpercar 14d ago

Yes! This is important - all of our skin is different. Also my nails and cuticles get brittle when they’re frequently wet, especially with hot water, even for very short intervals. Gloves help so much.

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u/Strongman1967 14d ago

Yeah, nails are porous and can take a lot of water in. If you want a bit of protection, generously oiling them with jojoba 20 minutes before a bath or shower or other submersion in hot water can help reduce how quickly water penetrates.

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u/BrockCandy 13d ago

People wash dishes in non home settings too. IE Restaurants and commercial kitchens. I work in a commercial kitchen that makes TV dinners & senior center meals, and I have had dish pit sessions that last upwards of an hour. I usually don't use gloves but if I have a bad cut or burn on my hand I'm not putting up with the constant pain from hot and chemical filled water all day.

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u/nonapuss 15d ago

Ive got too many people who dont. So dishes usually get done at the end of the day, with some being handwash only. Sometimes it takes 15 or 20 min to do dishes

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u/seminotfull 14d ago

Some people get raisin hands just by touching water.

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u/1newnotification 14d ago

They didn't say longer washing up sessions... just longer washing sessions. Washing up just takes 10-20 seconds, but a long wash session could be dishes for 4-6+ people, which would take a bit of time and get you wrinkly with direct contact with soapy water for 20+ mins

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u/maschine02 15d ago

Ok Big Glove. Or palmal rep. 

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u/FishesOfExcellence 15d ago

But why do I need gloves for loading dishes in the dishwasher?

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u/Frequent_Opportunist 14d ago

I've hand washed dishes my whole life. Never poked or hurt my hands. Don't put knives in the sink. Dish soap won't hurt you.

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u/6percentdoug 14d ago

lol this is ridiculous. its hot water that grazes your skin. why dont we put a wet suit on before getting in the bath?

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u/Jezebellrae1 14d ago

But I use Palmolive!

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u/Strongman1967 14d ago

You're soaking in it

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u/xarma06211 14d ago

wrinkles scary

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u/Dontwritethat 14d ago

I like to grow out my natural nails so gloves are mandatory to keep them from damage and keep my manicure from getting ruined.

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u/Old-Ant-1634 15d ago

If you're young with a strong skin barrier, you probably wont notice it. But washing dishes bare handed can strip away the protective oils of your hands, and dry them out. Depending on how severe, it can lead to rashes or eczema.

Best practice is to use gloves.

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u/Confident_Hat911 14d ago

Madge..I soaked in it. I’m sorry if I am so old that not many people will get the reference

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u/holymolygoshdangit 14d ago

Also grip. More grip means more application of force which means more stuff removed.

Textured rubber gloves are significantly more grippy on soapy dishes than bare hands.

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u/bsubtilis 14d ago

Rubber gloves are slipperier than my hands (especially with the dishwashing liquid), and there's still no way I'd wash whole dishes without gloves because my hands are too damn dry as is.

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u/VictoryVino 14d ago

What are you doing to your dishes that you need a lot of force to clean them?!

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u/mr_fantastical 14d ago

i'm confused about this too. we wash our dishes quickly after eating so nothing dries to them, then soak them, and then washing them is easy.

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u/The-Phantom-Blot 13d ago

Pots and pans?

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u/mr_fantastical 13d ago

yeah same. leave it to soak in hot water and you shouldn't need force.

gloves are more for protecting sensitive skin as far as i see it

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u/CuFlam 14d ago

Yup. I worked as a dishwasher as a teenager and, though I can't prove it, I'm pretty sure it is the primary cause of my eczema. Dish gloves are no longer optional for me.

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u/drdildamesh 14d ago

You got ECZEMA?

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u/totallyrealname 14d ago

True but also as someone who suffers from eczema in general I actually hate gloves. Best practice for me has been to never have a lot of dishes, always wash stuff straight away. When you're just doing an item or two during cooking and right after eating your hands don't get dried out nearly as bad. A giant sink-full? Absolute hell. Will mess up the hands with or without gloves.

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u/bsubtilis 14d ago

Thin cotton gloves are great as liners underneath dishwashing gloves or nitrile gloves, FWIW. But I don't have eczema.

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u/ziggytrix 14d ago

They are also nice if you have a bad break out. You can slather your hands with lotion and sleep with the gloves over on and in the morning your hands will be much better. Get a nice big box of 100% cotton ones.

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u/ziggytrix 14d ago

If you already have eczema it’s a real drag, but rather than gloves I just put lotion on a lot. Especially in the winter.

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u/flea1400 14d ago

Yes. When hand washing dishes I like to use water that would be uncomfortable for my bare hands. Gloves solve that problem, and also keep the detergent from drying out your hands.

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u/faygodungeon 15d ago

it’s the only way my dude. keep that water scolding hot. wear gloves.

plus dishes are a huge part of my job my hands are already pretty raw from different chemicals and constant handwashing.

no glove no love

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u/Glad-Watch3506 14d ago

Sinking my hands and arms as far as possible into the scalding hot water is one of my favorite things. Why would I deny myself that pleasure?

When I worked a 3 sink, I'd lean in halfway up my biceps (as far as I could go without climbing in, and that was frowned upon) for a second. So relaxing. 

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u/WimbletonButt 14d ago

I had thick rubber gloves that went almost up to my armpits with cotton insulator gloves inside and my hands still came out red. Fuckin sous viding my hands.

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u/Historical-Voice2944 11d ago

Our water comes out of the tap at 150 degrees (our water heater was just changed, and no, none of us in this building are complaining about the temperature. We all want it to stay that hot) on the 3rd floor. Too hot, even for me. But I have a dishwasher. I used to be the dishwasher prior to this apartment. lol.

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u/taintsacrifice 14d ago

Scalding*

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u/a_suspicious_lasagna 14d ago

No, we're yelling at the water. It's been naughty for not cleaning the dishes faster

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u/IpuUmma 14d ago

Smart. Makes perfect sense.

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u/faygodungeon 14d ago

i touched the water i was using once with my bare hand, jarring XD i totally forgot. cleanest dishes i’ve ever had tho!!

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u/Jabathewhut 14d ago

You gotta try it its such a game changer till you get a little water inside them, then its ruined forever.

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u/lewisluther666 14d ago edited 14d ago

Yes, You can use hotter water, less damaging to skin, helps to avoid plates slipping from your hands.

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u/UnluckyCharge2196 14d ago

Why are there players in your hands while you're doing dishes?

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u/Chr0mx 14d ago

Why would you even want to use hotter water?

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u/lewisluther666 14d ago

Cuts through grease better, dissolves residues easier, makes the soap more effective and efficient, heats the plates so they dry quicker, allows for better glass and cutlery polishing, improves microbial cleansing.

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u/Joey_Kakbek 14d ago

Not enough reasons.

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u/EducationalGrump 13d ago

Soap does all that bub.

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u/lewisluther666 13d ago

It heats the plates so they dry quicker?

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u/EducationalGrump 13d ago

Use a fucking towel?

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u/lewisluther666 13d ago

Use a drying rack and save credibility by not resorting to swearing.

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u/RealZeusWolf 14d ago

Man, I don't go outside but atleast I know why you use hot water when washing dishes. Unless commenter lives in a third world country, for that I give my apologies for judging.

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u/Chr0mx 14d ago

Brother I said hotter water because you really dont need it hot enough that you need to use gloves for. I can see why you dont go outside with how you interact with people 😂🤣

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u/RealZeusWolf 14d ago

Most of my life the water has two settings: freezing cold, or scalding hot. Not every faucet can be set to a comfortable temperature. Also I admit being particularly rude with my comment, sorry about that.

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u/bos8587 14d ago

You obviously have not seen my wife washing dishes and the steam coming out of the faucet. You can only stand that heat by wearing gloves. Me on the other side don’t need gloves because I don’t use hot water to wash the dishes.

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u/Mrlin705 14d ago

Definitely thought you were going to say you don't need gloves because you don't do dishes lmao.

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u/bos8587 14d ago

Definitely not the case. Most days she cooks and I clean afterwards. It’s only when she cleans and I forget that she did and I open the faucet, then I burn myself.

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u/Historical-Demand976 14d ago

Shouldn’t you use hot water? Unless you are washing before throwing in the dishwasher to sanitize

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u/dofh_2016 14d ago

Hot water helps makes the detergent work better, but it is not essential. Basically, the greaser or more crusted the dishes are then the hotter the water should be. If you are some vegetables with a spoon of vegetable oil in a non stick pan then room temperature water is good enough, if you are cooking bacon in a below average pan then you want really hot water (of course, you still need to be able to keep your hands in it to scrub).

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u/Skog13 14d ago

What a waste to do dishes before doing them again in the dishwasher..

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u/hoopopotamus 14d ago

It’s like cleaning up before the cleaning lady comes over

The dishwasher might judge you

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u/Krazy_Kat_Lady_2025 14d ago

It's not a waste to rinse dishes of large particulates before they hit the dishwasher. Unless you like cleaning funk out of the teeny little waste lines in a year or possibly replacing the dishwasher sooner than later.

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u/ihave2pumapants 14d ago

Rinsing ok but OP was talking about fully washing them and then putting them in the dishwasher to sanitize them.  Which is overkill and just a waste. 

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u/bos8587 14d ago

Some dishwashers have a sensor to detect how dirty the dishes are and change the time cycle based on that. If you pre-rinse, the dishwasher might think the dishes are cleaner than they are actually are and shorten the cleaning cycle.

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u/Eena-Rin Why Do They Let Me Make These Myself??? 14d ago

I kind of get it. You could get the scub off and then let the dish washer blast it with hot water. It's not my vibe, but I'm not here to yuck any yums

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u/bos8587 14d ago

Never said that was the case here. There are items that are not dishwashers safe. Pots even though are dishwasher safe also get discolored and such. Those are the items that are manually washed.

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u/PaulblankPF 14d ago

You only need hot water if you’re using it to melt stuff away but really if you’re using soap to clean your dishes than regular old lukewarm water is fine.

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u/Eena-Rin Why Do They Let Me Make These Myself??? 14d ago

To the best of my knowledge, you will never be able to wash dishes hot enough to sanitize them, even with gloves. Warm soapy water and agitation should get most of it off, then being clean and dry will get most of the germs. If you wanna sanitize, you'd either need scalding hot water or a chemical post wash.

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u/jabeith 14d ago

Hot water helps dissolve and release things like grease from your dishes.

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u/SmallPurplePeopleEat 14d ago

Yeah that's why I run the hot water. I can absolutely tell the difference between a cold and hot washed dish. But I did spend 20 years as a chef and have probably washed more dishes in one fucked up evening*, than most people will their entire lives. (not bragging, it sucked)

*Was catering a 500 person wedding when the onsite kitchen staff walked out after a payment dispute. I was the off-site chef and the only person left. The bride and groom were friends and they begged me to at least run a couple loads in the machine. Next thing I know it's 3AM and I had washed something like 1500 in plates alone. All together it must have been close to 5000 pieces of tableware.

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u/Eena-Rin Why Do They Let Me Make These Myself??? 14d ago

Totally, but it doesn't need to be scalding to be effective 90% of the time. Personally I'm of the school of thought that you want it as hot as you can happily tolerate, because chores are a drag already and I'm all for knocking down barriers between me and the things I need to be doing. Soaking helps, as long as you don't use it as an excuse to procrastinate

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u/Sanquinity 14d ago

The only reason to use warm water when washing/rinsing dishes is because it helps loosen/dissolve whatever is on there faster. Human hands simply can't deal with temperatures hot enough to actually sanitize them.

Also, if you're washing and not just rinsing the dishes, the soap you use already does all of the sanitizing.

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u/GioDPV 14d ago

You are totally right. There are not a lot of diseases coming from cold washed dishes. Might from bad washed but in reality, we and microorganisms are inseparable. And doesnt mean sickness.

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u/bigvalen 14d ago

People do know soap kills most bacteria, right? More importantly, it dissolves biofilm, which stops them attaching to things, so you can rinse them off. Then drying out finishes them off.

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u/MrCockingFinally 14d ago

because I don’t use hot water to wash the dishes.

You don't use hot water as in you use water that is hot but bearable on bare skin?

Or you don't use hot water because you use cold water?

Because using cold water to wash dishes is nasty.

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u/AlarmingGear616 14d ago

You absolutely need to use hot water during dishes. It's imperative to sterilization

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u/Brandoooooooooooon 14d ago

You're not sterilizing anything with liquid water honey

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u/orangpelupa 14d ago

As opposed to.... Frozen water? Gas water? 

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u/Brandoooooooooooon 14d ago

I'm implication hot water would turn to gas before being hot enough to sterilize. You can't sterilize anything safely under 100°C

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u/orangpelupa 14d ago

Even worse in high altitude 

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u/iidxred 14d ago

Nothing coming out of your tap is hot enough to sterilize anything. Especially not for a quick rinse.

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u/InvisibleOne439 14d ago

??? its warm/hot water from your sink, not boiling water that is actually doing full sterilization

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u/pwassonchat 14d ago

No. But it does help dislodging grease.

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u/Tom_Bombadinho 14d ago

Water hot enough to sterilize anything just by fast contact wouldn't even come out of the faucet. 

You need to boil several minutes anything you want sterilized.

Even so, what you need sterlized, ceramic plates? Inox? Glass cups?

Anything in the kitchen had exactly zero need to be sterilized, unless you're doing some really weird things.

Soap and 38 degrees water is more than enough.

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u/dmcaton 14d ago

Someone has never had kids. Baby bottles absolutely should be sterilized.

Outside of that though yeah, nothing in the kitchen needs it. 

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u/Tom_Bombadinho 14d ago

Yeah, as I was writing I remembered about baby bottles. 

But I don't considered baby bottles as kitchenware. It's like pickle or yougurt jars, that should definitely be sterilized. But also not kitchenware.

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u/WimbletonButt 14d ago

I got these cheap white "thermal" gloves to wear under my dish gloves when I worked in a deli. I could rinse 5 hour old dehydrated macaroni cheese out of a pan I kept that shit so hot. The secret ingredient is heat.

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u/SaphoclesTakerOfGock 14d ago

My housemate also wears gloves and has the water scorching and somehow shit still ends up being dirty after they "wash" it

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u/BinaryHippie 14d ago

Get a dishwasher it's been proven to be way ecological and economical. For fully loaded machines at least.

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u/Little_View_6659 14d ago

I wear gloves because of two reasons. One, my hands get chapped and dry. And two, I hate touching left over food on people’s plates. It grosses me out.

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u/Popular-Drummer-7989 15d ago

I have sensitive skin and I can get a contact rash just pop up for no reason.

Gloves help and keep my nails from getting waterlogged too.

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u/Reasonable_Cut_2709 15d ago

you like to feel the yucky cold food on your bare hand?

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u/rachhh994 14d ago

I cannottttt wash dishes without rubber clothes. More of a sensory / gross feeling for me when I don’t 🤮

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u/Mtnaltum 15d ago

Outside of some type of allergy it seems unnecessary. I’ve worked in kitchens and have never seen it as a standard.

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u/Obey_Tragiic 14d ago

In most commercial kitchens aren’t gloves seen as a taboo anyways? I was always told they’re used but not well liked because then people think the gloves are protecting the food not counting for them handling other stuff with the same pair of gloves on and not washing their hands as often because they’re wearing gloves anyways.

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u/strange_bugs 14d ago

You're supposed to change your gloves every time between certain tasks. Generally it's acceptable to handle food that hasn't been cooked without gloves but not if it's ready to serve. I've done food handler certification in a couple of states and that's covered in there. Some restaurants are more or less strict. But definitely not a taboo in most places. I'd be telling someone to wear them if they didn't bother tbh

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u/Mosselpot 14d ago

Gloves are used to protect the hand, not the food. If used correctly they could be more hygienic, however in practice, people wash their hands more without gloves, making bare hands better.

Gloves in public facing kitchens also protect against Karens, as they're a bigger issue than slightly reduced hygiene

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u/jerryonjets 14d ago

Pretty much exactly but also lots of other reasons. 99% of jobs in a kitchen dont require gloves... hot ass peppers you want gloves tho... especially if you plan to use the bathroom that day..

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u/hakshamalah 15d ago

I think it's a hangover from a former time when washing up liquid was really harsh on the hands and would dry them out

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u/-blundertaker- 14d ago

I think the word would be "holdover." A hangover is feeling like garbage the morning after drinking too much.

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u/lickety_split_69 15d ago

many do if they have sensitive skin, growing up i never saw either of my parents wearing gloves to wash dushes but if I ever do it without my hands get super dry and cracked all over.

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u/XNjunEar 15d ago

ALWAYS!!

In my family we have always had gloves by the sink. Your nails and hands will thank you.

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u/Big_Hat_Chester 14d ago

The only person I know that does that really cares about her nails.

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u/kitty13666 14d ago

I always wear them when cleaning or washing

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u/ed_miliband 14d ago

I wear them. I can’t imagine touching all that dirty food water 🤢

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u/RB882 14d ago

I started after moving to Arizona. Washing dishes without gloves makes my finger tips split open from the dry air after washing. Lotion is not enough. I have to use gloves even though I used to hate the feel and thought they were a waste of resources. Now I have to keep an extra pair on hand for when they get a little hole. I can’t do dishes without them anymore.

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u/Strongman1967 14d ago

If you want to protect your manicure, or you'd like to wash with hotter water than your bare skin can handle, they're useful

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u/Trees_feel_too 14d ago

I never have and Ive cooked dinner 5 nights a week for 10 years for my wife and I. I don't see the purpose.

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u/Desert_Kat 14d ago

I found it helpful in the winter when I lived at high elevation. The air (and my hands) was super dry and the hot water hurt my hands. Aside from that I'd rather not so I can feel what I'm holding on to.

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u/pissedoffjesus 14d ago

... oh honey. Go and buy gloves like yesterday.

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u/Irlandaise11 14d ago

Older dish soaps used to be much harsher on your skin, so it used to be more important to wear gloves

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u/Regular-Emu6339 14d ago

A lot of people do. That's why they sell gloves. If Costco sells it then you bet a lot of people are using it haha. I like to because I can use hot ass water without burning my skin

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u/Standard-Help-8531 14d ago

My mother and my partner REFUSE to wash dishes without dish gloves.

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u/anaslinux 14d ago

Dish washing soap is the enemy of your skin. It can ruin your hands

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u/schlobalakanishi 14d ago

I sometimes wear whenever my hands starts cutting because of skin dryness from constant dishwashing. I guess lotion is one way to mitigate the skin dryness but when I put on lotion in my hands it usually means something else.

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u/Mindless-Sea-1211 14d ago

I wear gloves and am not in a movie. I don't want all those old greasy food leftovers touching my hands. Gross. And gloves mean I can get the water super hot.

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u/UnconcernedCat 14d ago

Keeps my rings in better shape, I can wash dishes in very hot water, my press ons last longer and my skin feels better :)

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u/Effective-Night-2116 14d ago

I just recently learned how our nails can absorb up to 30% water and how it changes them. I’d look on the naturalnails subreddit. :)

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u/NorCalFrances 14d ago

If I don't wear gloves, after a few days of doing the dishes my nails become super brittle from the oil loss. Lotion after helps, but not as good as gloves.

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u/ziostraccette 14d ago

If you wash your dishes by hand at home you don't need them. I keep a pair under the sink anyway for when I have to wash plenty of pots, but only because I din't want to keeo my hand soaked in water that long.

If you are a dishwasher and you have to spend a whole shift washing dishes the you do need them

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u/Sentient_StickyNote 14d ago

I do, but I wear regular nitrile gloves because I have really dry skin. Not sure the reason people do it in movies. Is it the heat? Chemicals? I feel like you shouldn't be washing your dishes in something that irritates your skin, so probably not chemicals.

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u/cronixi4 14d ago

I have very dry hands to the point skin is bursting open, I do it aswel to avoid making it worse with chemicals.

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u/[deleted] 14d ago

it's a good idea. those chemicals are nasty

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u/Tygie19 14d ago

I do. I use scorching hot water, so it’s absolutely necessary to wear gloves

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u/WaveJam 14d ago

I do it because my hands get dry and I don’t want to burn my hands when using hot water.

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u/unmitigated-temerity 14d ago

I only do it because my nails will split and crack if they are waterlogged!

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u/tony_deadly 14d ago

I often get eczema flare ups from dish soaps so gloves are necessary in my case. I think years and years of those chemicals on your hands won't be good in any case

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u/Terrible-Charity 14d ago

You don't have to do that, it is not necessary, but some people like to for their own reasons

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u/TheDeridor 14d ago

Depends on your skin, I personally get really bad irritation in my hands from gloves more than the washing directly...

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u/Evelyn-Ng 14d ago

I wash dishes in boiling hot water so yesss, always use gloves for me

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u/Footnotegirl1 14d ago

If you are the sort of person who likes having long, pretty fingernails then absolutely. Too much water and detergent weakens nails.

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u/a_type_of_tree 14d ago

Depends on you. I do it cos my skin sucks and will fall off if I don't. If you wash up infrequently and don't have issues your all good.

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u/Whooptidooh 14d ago

If you want; yes.

I almost always use gloves when I’m doing the dishes.

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u/Kvaestr 14d ago

At home, for normal dishes. Never.

At Summer Camp, doing the dishes can take 45 minutes. (The children do the drying, staff does dishes). Some of us prefer to use gloves there.

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u/No_Significance485 14d ago

It allows you to use much hotter water which is better for cleaning and more sanitary. It also protects your skin.

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u/pwassonchat 14d ago

They're not necessary for hygiene. If you're worried about residue on your hands after putting down the sponge, just wash your hands (again) with less-hot water and gentle hand soap.

People like dish washing gloves mostly to protect their hands from the super hot water and the harsh dish soap, or sometimes for sensory reasons. If your hands are fine and you don't feel yucky washing dishes without gloves, then no, you don't need them.

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u/Kahlen-Rahl 14d ago

Yes, because if for nothing else you can use water that is very close to boiling for washing/rinsing, which means they air dry that much faster

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u/Pumpkinut 14d ago

I do it because I don't want to touch grease and food with my hands.

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u/vwaaaat 14d ago

I use it because dishes are icky

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u/bluemooncommenter 14d ago

How much are you paying to get your nails done? How much are you paying in collagen supplements? How much are you paying for hand creams? Gloves help protect that investment.

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u/3fxz_ 14d ago

Gloves are basically PPE for washing dishes. It’s a good idea to wear them.

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u/bishoujo688 14d ago

Honestly, personally, I probably SHOULD be wearing gloves when washing dishes, especially in the winter, but I just don't bother because I hate having to buy new ones all the time. My skin is really sensitive and gets SUPER DRY, like cracked and bleeding dry, during the winter, so gloves definitely alleviates ONE of the sources of this but I just... I hate when I'm washing dishes, and then SUDDENLY there's a hole, and OH NOES, now I gotta get a new pair. If only there were some, like, really good machine washable type gloves that I could buy...

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u/Winter-Steak-1532 14d ago

I use gloves!

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u/3plantsonthewall 14d ago

I never did, and at only 28, I suddenly developed terrible eczema on my hands and an allergy/sensitivity to sodium lauryl sulfate (which is the key ingredient in almost every dish soap and many laundry detergents, shampoos, body washes, and hand soap). It is absolute hell and so goddamn inconvenient. I wish I had worn gloves.

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u/Silver-Swing-3315 14d ago

I use gloves because the sensation of feeling any tiny amount of food debris in the water makes me want to yak. 

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u/aluriaphin 14d ago

It's to protect your manicure, that's why housewives wore them, to keep their hands nice. It also allows you to tolerate hotter water. It's your choice though.

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u/gibbylewd 14d ago

I wear gloves because I don't want the soap or the icky water touching my skin

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u/Crafty611 14d ago

It lets you use hot water the way it’s meant to be used to properly clean your dishes

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u/_Genome_ 14d ago

Not sure if this is a country dependent thing too? I've always done it in Australia, and had people from other countries be surprised at how hot our dishwater is. Hotter water = better washing, so maybe that's the difference? Like nobody is just bare-handing dishes in the water I put in unless your nerves don't work.

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u/Ok_Astronomer_8667 14d ago

Used gloves my whole life

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u/profanedivinity 14d ago

Yes of course. Why wouldn't you?

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u/itchytoddler 14d ago

Yes, the constant water is bad for your skin and nails

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u/Wolfrages 14d ago

Dad would get horrible cracked and bleeding skin from just one load. Always hah gloves on for dishes.

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u/voidchungus 14d ago

YES. My mom never used them, and her hands looked like hell, aged way before their time. She always told me, "Use gloves when you wash the dishes. Don't let your hands end up looking like mine."

I'm now older than she was when she told me this, and my hands still look great. Make it a habit earlier in life, and it'll pay dividends later. Every time you think, "eh I'll just skip it this time," is another time you expose the skin on your hands to environmental stresses that will help age it prematurely. Those add up.

Vanity aside, it protects your skin and lets you use hotter water, which means cleaner dishes.

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u/saelvaria 14d ago

The real mildly infuriating thing is seeing this comment 4 or five times. Yes, people use them. There are many different reasons why.

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u/DammatBeevis666 14d ago

Yes. Sincerely, a dermatologist

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u/mooseLimbsCatLicks 13d ago

Some people get hand eczema or irritation from washing dishes

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u/YAAAATZY 13d ago

I started doing it since doing the dishes, cooking and cleaning combined with cold weather is a recipe for dry hands.

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u/_TP2_ 13d ago

I should wear disjwashing gloves because my skin is super dry.

But I hate the feeling of wet rubber pushing on my skin. So I dont.

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u/Stage_Party 13d ago

My dad has washed plates all his life in boiling hot water, he started suffering problems with his hands and now they can't be under even warm water without a lot of pain, dryness and peeling. D

I'm on the same path but can't bring myself to buy gloves.

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u/apigeonontheinternet 15d ago

If you care about the health of your nails, it’s a good idea to. Nails can absorb a ridiculous amount of water (I forget exactly but it’s like a third of their volume in water or something). The nail plate is made up of stacked layers of keratin. When nails absorb water, the water gets between those stacks of keratin and forces them apart. This weakens the nail and leads to peeling/splitting. So if you care about that, and you wash dishes a lot or take long showers, you would benefit from wearing gloves.

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u/Strongman1967 14d ago

Also, for nail lovers, when wearing gloves yo do dishes, you can slather your nails with jojoba first and the hot water turns it into a nice hot oil treatment.

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u/So_Motarded 14d ago

Personally, I wear them because I want my manicure to last. Fingernails can absorb a lot of water, and their volume expands and contracts every time they get saturated. This causes gel polish or acrylic tips to peel off, and can be the difference between a full set lasting 5 days, or 3 weeks. 

Since I like saving money, I wear dish gloves and shower gloves. 

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