Wind and sponges

I would like to hear your solutions for keeping your sponges grounded on windy days. I know there are some creative ideas out there... let's hear 'em.

I lay a small towel over my bucket of clean sponges... and reach under for a fresh one. They stay fine in the dirty bucket cause they are wet.

Use the ice cream buckets like Shannon uses, but save the lid and cut it like a pizza with an exacto knife. Just the slices, but the lid lip stays intact. This allows you to put your hand in and out, but the sponges remain covered.

I'm having trouble envisioning what you are saying, Metina. Probably just my mush brain.

What about us heathens who use the same sponge more than once?

safety pins?

That's creative Metina! I'd be worried about scraping my skin though on the plastic - I'm very tender you know!

I have mine in bags attached to the chair. Like the ones in the bottom of this page http://www.cdtrading.net/web/PaginaEsternaLink.asp?ev=55

One on each side. The left ones clean, the right one used. No problem with fly away =)

I use wash bags that you can get over here for small items. They are net bags with a zip in them. I use them to wash my sponges in the machine too. I have a huge one I attach to my chair where I can reach and grab one when I need it.
I'll post a pic of my setup in my gallery and if you look at the red chair on the righthand side you can see it over the back of the chair. You hopefully will see what I mean. (And see me too LOL)

Glenda

Wash bags are good. I have mine inside the bags, since I don't think they look so pretty. Especially after wash a few times ;-)

I like the buckets as they are neat... and my sponges are spotless so I don't mind them being on view!!

oh, it is not so much the sponges, but my wash bag ;-)

What about using buckets that are normally used for animals? I know out here we have a place called UFA (united farmers association) and they have these incredible buckets that hook over a rim. I was thinking the back, or side of the chair your in? http://www.ufa.net/PDFFiles/Livestock/5050_UFA_OB_1_ls_Buckets-Feeders.pdf "hook over feeder" The ones in the image are really big, but i know they have way smaller ones.

I got the idea from this snack cup. http://www.kidsonthego.ca/snack_trap.php

You can see how it is cut. Shannon, you can probably use sandpaper of some other item to smooth the edges a bit. It also looks like there is a bit of a gap cut out between slices to assist with this issue.

A very good idea, really Metina!!

And the hooked tubs are a great idea too, Criss!

I love it!