[onewhippedpuppy]

Originally Posted by A930Rocket

The first time I washed a load of oily red rags, I had a severe case of oily ring around the washer tub. I thought, oh ****, I’ve destroyed the washing machine. I wiped the inside down and did several empty loads to clean it. Crisis averted.

I mainly use blue paper towels now.

This, my wife would murder me. Old and oily goes into the trash, but I always have plenty of retired household towels to draw from. One old bath towel can be cut into a lot of small shop rags.