We have a guilty confession to make: we have not yet fully completed our transition away from paper towels. We still use them, albeit as a last resort for spills and particularly terrible tasks, like cleaning cat vomit. This is why the SKOY cloth, a reusable, biodegradable cleaning cloth that hovers near the paper towel end of the spectrum without actually being one, appeals.
posted originally from: AT:San Francisco
These are great-I use them and love them. These things can really take a beating and still be in great shape. Definitely has helped cut down on paper towels, which my hyper-cleaning self would use constantly because sponges seemed dirty.
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I completely understand the I-cant-quite-give-up-paper-towels-because-i-have-pets. I have 3 cats and a dog! But I have been able to make the transition to no paper towls. Grab the cat puke with a peice of paper you just threw in the recycle bin. Or a page from a magazine or a newspaper. It works just as well, and then you dont have to use your pretty cloth napkins to pick up vomit.
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I was inspired by a friend who said her farming grandmother never bought sponges or paper towels. She would just cut up old clothes and use them. So now, so do I: I cut up old ragged t-shirts that, let's face it, not even the Salvation Army wants, and keep them in a wire basket in the bathroom closet. Cat puke, toilets, anything too grody to use a sponge on, I use a t-shirt rag and then just throw it away.
(I also use them for regular dusting and cleaning, and then wash and re-use them. When their time finally comes to take care of the cat puke or the toilet, I have no problem throwing them away.)
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