How to wash eating eggs before selling?

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Looking for ideas on how to wash eggs for eating before I sell them?

(Edited to say that they wil be sold for eating and not incubating)
 
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We sell lots of eggs. I just submerge them in warm water and wash em in just the water. If there are stubborn spots, I dry with a paper towel. If we get a REALLY nasty egg (one that has egg on it from a broken one, etc) I soak it.
Never had a problem storing my eggs for a couple of weeks although I hear washing can make them less able to be stored.
I'm probably in the minority, but I love washing eggs - seeing all the different colors we get! They're so pretty, one of our customers put them out for Easter without even coloring them and nobody believed they were "natural".
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I wipe them with a damp cloth, usually don't need more than that. I would not submerge in water though, I have read, that can force and bacteria in through the shell witch is porous.
 
We don't wash them at all. It removes the protective film on the egg deposited by the hen. If they are dirty, then they are not worth incubating IMO.
 
I just scrub any bad spots with a damp papertowel...
I always wonder if i should be doing something different too...
 
I give mine a "shower" under the faucet with warm water and just kinda rub my fingers over them. If there are poop spots i just use a piece of sandpaper then wash maybe use a scruby if needed. If they are really bad they go to the dogs. After I wash them I set them on a wire cookie rack then wipe them dry. Only the best non stained ones get sold.

ETA: the water should always be warmer than the egg. cold water makes the contents contract drawing in any bad stuff from the outside. warm water makes the contents expand pushing out any bad stuff. Ive also heard not to submerge as eggs are very porus.
 
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The ones I sell I don't wash at all. If they have large chunks of poo on them I knock it off otherwise that's it. Let the buyer deal with it.
 
I haven't been washing them.

If there's something on the egg that i can't rub off with a paper towel, my hand, or a dry cloth, i don't sell it. I just set it aside for our own use.

It just seems to me like keeping the bloom intact is the safest thing for the long life of the egg.

If anyone asks, i explain about the bloom, and recommend that if they want to wash, they do so just before using the egg. I should add the part about using really warm water.
 

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