Diva Solution – Paperless Paper Towels
April 28, 2009 by Tania Reuben
Filed under Clean House, Diva Solutions
By Tania Reuben
Instead of using paper towels for everday spills and wipes – consider purchasing multi purpose clothes that you can keep on your counter to use instead.
A key for me was buying one type of cloth (I can’t keep whites white) so I opted for a easier color. They are kept on my counter folded in half in the lid of a rectangular basket, so they look neat and tidy.
Mine happened to come from Walmart – I paid under $3 for 12 of these moss green clothes. I use them to cover food in the microwave, clean up spills, wipe the kids, wipe the counters, basically any where I’d use a paper towel. Once they’ve been used – I have a bin under my sink they get put there while they wait a few days to be laundered.
I purchased 3 packs of the clothes and I have to wash them about once every 5 days.
Pictured is how they look in my home and where they are stored under my sink while they await laundering.
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I feel like i use SO MANY paper towels every day. How have your Walmart towels held up? And what about when they’re super wet – won’t they get moldy sitting under the sink for five days? Also – you really can’t wash them with anything else – so it’s basically a very small load you’re doing when you wash them, right?
Tell me about it! It has cut our use down incredibly – my husband is even using them now… finally.
I wring them out and if they get really wet I dry them outside before I put them under the sink. I actually wash them with my dishtowels, hand towels and cloth napkins and I have a washing machine that adjusts the water level to the load. But with all those items it’s a good sized small load.
This is a fabulous solution to paper towels. I have also been doing it for quite some time. You will soon feel that paper towels will become a foreign concept. Another suggestion is that you can go to the fabric store and purchase a fabric similiar to a microfiber texture. One made of polyester. They make great paper towel subsitutes as well as they absorb alot of water and work great for dusting and they can be cut into any size you would like.
This is a great idea! I have been attempting to do the same thing in my house but couldn’t figure out the storage solution for the dirty ones! Thanks!
Good idea. I guess it work just to use cut up old clothes too, old t-shirts, vests, etc.
That would work too!
It might not appeal to those who want a replacement that looks as good and functions well!
I used this system for years in my high school art class — the kids used to go through gobs of paper towels for the tiniest of spills!
I cut old bath towels into 8.5 X 6.5 inch rectangles & zigzagged the edges. This seemed a good size for most art room clean up.
I do this too, but the ones I bought at Costco are sooo flimsy they often fall apart after one wash (or IN the wash)… kinda defeats the purpose! Mine came in a pack of one million, but after they all get trashed from scrubbing too hard, I will have to try Walmart for an upgraded replacement!
The ones I picked up at walmart have lasted over a year. So no problems with durability. I was also at Marshall’s and found some same color bundles that were well priced and looked durable.