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I find leaving dishes overnight to drain gives the dishes a better shine when I put them away in morning.


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  • Definitely worth saving the time!


  • Yes, I drip dry my dishes. Unless you have a dishwasher to use, leaving dishes to drip dry is the most hygienic way to dry them.


  • Yes we hand-wash our dishes in the evening and leave them to dry overnight.


  • I wash dishes after dinner and put them away just before I go to bed. They are air dry by then.


  • i always leave overnight so they can air dry properly. would love to know what dish liquid you use if it gives them extra shine


  • I did, till we had a cockroach problem. Then I worried about creepy crawlies crawling over my dishes while they were out. So not any more.


  • Would be nice if the dishes were just magically done! ;)


  • Use the method that works best for you when it comes to dishes!


  • I don’t dry any of my dishes unless I’ve just washed it and require it straight away. I prefer to airdry – works for me


  • I wouldn’t advise it as there was a couple time we did that only because it was so late and woke up with live cockroaches in the sink licking up the dishes.


  • Yes we leave them overnight as well!


  • I always wash my dishes and leave them to air dry. In the morning and at night. It’s so much easier and I think they dry better in the dish drainer then with a tea towel.


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  • always, they sit there for days some times


  • I do as many as I can before bed & they dry overnight, I get up in the morning put away them and do whatever’s left before making breakfast dishes, haha! My kitchen feels lik a restaurant, constant dishes! I’m cool with the though :)

    BTW they do say dishes should always air dry, it’s the most hygienic way so really we’re doing what’s best for the family ;) haha!


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