How to Clean Used Rags for Commercial Cleaning
- 1). Turn the washer on its hottest setting and let it begin to fill.
- 2). Pour 1 cup borax and 1 scoop load's worth of laundry detergent into the water and add the dirty rags. The borax works as a disinfectant and also helps to release soil from cleaning rags.
- 3). Let the washing machine agitate long enough to mix the borax and detergent and stop the washer. Let the rags stand in the hot soapy water for a minimum of one hour.
- 4). Let the washing machine finish its wash and rinse cycle after the rags have soaked.
- 5). Put the softener sheet into the dryer if you have chosen to use one and put the cleaning rags in with it.
- 6). Set the dryer on its high-heat cycle and let the rags dry completely.
