Somewhere to hang the dish cloth to dry

No more scrunched, smelly cloth sitting in the bottom of the sink.

Shop the Drip Deck — bottles arrive empty, ready for your own soap.

• Designed in Brisbane, Australian owned
• 6-month warranty against defects
• Tracked delivery on every order
• Refill with any brand

The cloth that never quite dries

At the end of washing up, the dish cloth goes somewhere. Usually that's balled up next to the tap, draped over the tap itself, or dropped in the bottom of the sink where it sits in a puddle until morning. It never fully dries, so it never really cleans, and after a few days it starts to smell like the inside of a drain.

The problem isn't the cloth. It's that most kitchens don't have anywhere built for it to hang. A hook near the sink helps a little. A cloth that can't get air on both sides doesn't.

Why Cool Frank exists

Sian and Bec started Cool Frank in Brisbane in late 2019, looking for a sink organiser that was practical and good-looking, and coming up empty. Practical and good-looking was the brief, and a wet cloth with nowhere to go fails both: it's an eyesore, and it doesn't dry. So the Drip Deck was designed with somewhere for the cloth to hang built in, not bolted on as an afterthought.

How the Drip Deck keeps the cloth dry

A rail built to hang the cloth, not hide it

The Drip Deck has a rail along the front edge, so the cloth hangs flat with air on both sides instead of folded in on itself. Flat and open is what actually dries a cloth. Everything else sits in the same footprint — the soap and detergent bottles, the brush — so it's one thing to lift when you wipe the bench, not four.

Everything drips into the tray, not onto the bench

The caddy's own drip tray catches the run-off from the cloth and the bottles, so it doesn't pool on the benchtop underneath. It's a small detail, but it's the difference between a dry bench and a mouldy ring on it.

What people say

"This is the best looking sink organiser I have found on the market. I was specifically looking for something where I can hang the dishcloth to dry and that's how I found Cool Frank. Brilliant and so functional. Love the modern aesthetic and how everything is in neatly organised in one place." — Anna-Liisa M., Drip Deck

"I have wanted this for ages and I'm so happy I finally have it. It's so nice to have somewhere to store the wet dish cloth." — Sarah T.

"Love these black dish cloths. They are calming and minimalist and look wonderful in my spare kitchen. I like that they are small enough to look stylish draped between the two sinks. I bought several so that I could toss one into the wash basket each day and not run out before the next wash." — Jennifer N.

The Drip Deck sink organiser

The Drip Deck holds soap, detergent and a brush, with a rail for the cloth built into the front edge. The bottles arrive empty, ready for your own soap. Cool Frank's Clean Team Reload keeps it stocked with fresh microfibre cloths, sponges and brush heads on a schedule, and the Gleam & Go Mini is the same idea in a smaller footprint if the bench is tight.

If it's just a fresh set of cloths you're after, the cloth reload is a set of three — grey, black and white.

Specifications

Cloth material

Microfibre, non-scratch, lint-free

Cloth set

Three cloths — grey, black, white

Cloth care

Machine washable

Cloth rail

Built into the Drip Deck's front edge

Bottles

Arrive empty, refill with any brand

Warranty, delivery and the bottles

• 6-month warranty against defects, on top of your rights under Australian Consumer Law. Sponges, cloths and brush heads wear out, so they aren't covered.
• Tracked delivery on every order. You'll see an estimate at checkout.
• The bottles arrive empty. Fill them with whatever you already use.
• Clean Team Reload: Spotless every 3 months or Tidy every 4. Skip or cancel anytime.

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Straight answers

Where should I hang a wet dish cloth?

Somewhere flat and open to the air, not folded or balled up. A rail or hook that lets both sides of the cloth breathe will dry it fully between uses, which is the main thing that stops it smelling.

Why does my dish cloth smell?

A cloth that stays damp — folded in the sink, draped over a tap, screwed into a ball — never fully dries between uses. That trapped dampness is where the smell builds. Drying it flat, and washing it regularly, deals with it.

How often should you change a dish cloth?

There's no single rule, but if it smells musty even after drying, or it's gone thin and stops picking up water properly, it's done. Having a set of three, like Cool Frank's, means there's always a dry one while another is in the wash.

Do microfibre cloths scratch glass?

No. Microfibre is a soft, non-scratch weave, so it's fine on glass cooktops, glass cookware and glassware, unlike some scourers and abrasive sponges.

Can I put a microfibre cloth in the dryer?

It's machine washable, but heat from a dryer wears down microfibre over time. Air-drying it flat on a rail is gentler, and it's what the rail is there for anyway.

Keep exploring

If the brush and sponge sitting next to the cloth are also wearing out, our guide to replacing dish brush heads and sponges covers when to swap each one. And if you're curious what else went into the Drip Deck, the story behind the Drip Deck's design covers the details customers notice first.

Products: Drip Deck · Gleam & Go Mini · Clean Team Reload