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Mar 01 2011

Cleaning Task: Wash the clothes line

Category: Cleaning • Cleaning Tasks • Laundry

Here is the first task for CLEANING TASK TUESDAY.  I will give you a cleaning task each week.  I hope you do choose to follow along, as I will have tasks that you may not include in your regular cleaning routine. 

Have you ever thought to wash the line on which you hang your clothes?  These can become grubby if you live in a dusty area (I do, constant construction in our area).  Today’s cleaning task is to clean your washing line:

  1. Fill a bucket/bowl with warm soapy water (dishwashing detergent is fine)
  2. Using a sponge (or a scourer for stubborn marks) wipe over each line removing all dirt build up.
  3. Allow to dry.
  4. Finished – as easy as that!

Have you ever cleaned your washing line?

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  • http://www.giftsofserendipity.com Felicity

    Now why haven’t I ever considered doing this?
    Of course we must clean our clotheslines, they live outside exposed to al manner of grit and grime and then we place our freshly laundered clothing on them – what’s that about?

    Thank you for the ‘heads up’.

    Felicity x

  • http://www.milkncookies.info Casey

    I cannot believe this has never occured to me! Great tip! Thank you xo

  • Melanie Graham

    Same here! It has never occurred to me to wash the clothes line. But what a good idea. Thanks :)
    Mel

  • Michelle

    Mine is due for another wipe…moth eggs …yuk!

    Thanks for the reminder
    Cheers

  • http://www.phoenix-trading.com.au/web/yvettewalker Yvette Walker

    For once I’m one step ahead of you Katrina…… I did mine on Sunday after it rained and I had to hang out my white doona cover :)

  • melzeiher

    I alwyas ‘think’ about doing this (as we live on a farm) but hardly ever gets done!!!

  • Natalie

    Well….. you are exactly right and sometimes we just can’t see the forest for the trees! I have washed my clothesline today – i do regularly de-spider it but just hadn’t done the most obvious thing :D

  • Nacelle

    Great idea! I’ve often thought of it but just another thing that never gets done! Pitty it’s raining out!

  • Dannielle

    I too just did mine on the weekend as just like Yvette i too have to hang out whites and we have been overtaken by spiders at present and there webs look great in the morning with the dew on it BUT they also hold alot of dirt and it gets sticky. I keep a little packet of baby wipes in the laundry and sometimes take them out with me when i hang the washing out and do a quick wipe over. Also i wash the pegs as well ( just pop them in the laundry sink with a little dishwashing liquid and let them sit and then swish them around and rinse of and put them back in the peg basket.

  • http://www.threelilprincesses.com Kellie @ThreeLi’lPrincesses

    Brilliant idea – why haven’t I thought of that! Now to go out and brave the wind! :)

  • Tracy Williams

    hmmm may have to tackle this when it’s not dark and the spiders aren’t out! I actually need new line too, maybe I should finally get around to doing that at the same time!

  • Christine

    AND once it’s clean, put lemon oil on a tissue and run it along each line and the 4 poles. You will deter spiders!! :)

    • Katrina

      Great idea!

  • Shannon Gallaway

    I have to do this every week as we have a resident spider!!!!!! And yes I’ve sprayed but I can’t get the nozzle in far enough to get him, he likes to hide in the metal tubing (we have a wall mounted line). Very annoying :(

  • Shannon Gallaway

    Ah and i should read the comments first! I’ve got some citronella that I’ve used successfully around windows to stop the dreaded webs, I’ll put some of that out there this weekend! Thanks Christine!

    • Katrina

      Perfect!

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  • Claire

    I have always cleaned my clothesline since long ago when I noticed it was so dirty that when I removed a shirt hanging on the line to re-position it, it had black marks on it from the dirty line – I was surprised and have been wiping it ever since with a solution of water and 1000+ Stain Remover (diluted in spray bottle 8-2) cuts through the greasy dirt every time!
    Claire from Canada
    PS I think in Australia and New Zealand 1000+ is called Winning Colours!!!!

  • Siobhan Ewing

    What a great idea, I always thought I should clean my washing line but never knew how. Thanks Organised Housewife! x

  • http://www.facebook.com/catherine.hicks.1291 Catherine Hicks

    When we moved from Canberra to Brisbane I was intrigued by the black clothesline in the backyard of our new house. Thn I realised every single line was covered in thick, black mould! Yuck! Whoever lived here before must have put everything in the dryer and nver used the line!! I make sure I keep it clean.

  • Kym

    I thought I was being a bit anal washing my line, so it’s nice to know I’m not alone. Love the lemon oil idea too; I’ll get on to that when it stops raining.

  • Shari

    I always take a damp rag and run it down the lines, when I go to hang up clothes.

    • http://www.theorganisedhousewife.com.au Katrina

      great idea!