# Cleaning FILTHY items (not clothes)
**URL:** https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/cleaning-filthy-items-not-clothes/22211
**Category:** The Bunker
**Created:** [December 14, 2019, 8:29am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/cleaning-filthy-items-not-clothes/22211 "2019-12-14T08:29:02Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author:  [@Corn\_Shonnery](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Corn_Shonnery)
#### Post date: [December 14, 2019, 8:29am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/cleaning-filthy-items-not-clothes/22211/1 "2019-12-14T08:29:02Z")
How can you clean FILTHY items such as a pair of binoculars I found on the body of a zombie?
I’m able to clean clothes no problem using soap and a washboard but do not get an option to clean non-clothing items.
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### Author:  [@GiggleGrassGatherer](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/GiggleGrassGatherer)
#### Post date: [December 14, 2019, 8:48am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/cleaning-filthy-items-not-clothes/22211/2 "2019-12-14T08:48:52Z")
Try washing them in a dishwasher.
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### Author:  [@Scipio\_Merc](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Scipio_Merc)
#### Post date: [December 14, 2019, 9:28am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/cleaning-filthy-items-not-clothes/22211/3 "2019-12-14T09:28:09Z")
You need a sponge to make the Washing set, or the dishwasher installed in a vehicle with water and power.
The Washing kit allows you to clean non-clothes items since you can’t much clean intricate equipment like CBMs with a plank of wood with notches hacked into it for clothes to be rubbed upon.
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### Author:  [@Fris0uman](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Fris0uman)
#### Post date: [December 14, 2019, 9:54am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/cleaning-filthy-items-not-clothes/22211/4 "2019-12-14T09:54:23Z")
a rag can also be used in place of a sponge
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### Author:  [@Corn\_Shonnery](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Corn_Shonnery)
#### Post date: [December 14, 2019, 10:36am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/cleaning-filthy-items-not-clothes/22211/5 "2019-12-14T10:36:27Z")
Great! Thanks for the tips everyone.
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### Author:  [@D34DGuY](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/D34DGuY)
#### Post date: [December 14, 2019, 12:52pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/cleaning-filthy-items-not-clothes/22211/6 "2019-12-14T12:52:55Z")
Pretty sure you can use a rag water and soap/detergent alone to wash “hard items”
Not that it’s difficult to make a washing kit lol