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maxnmaizy · 07-01-2005, 06:36 PM

How do you wash your cloth tp? Do you wash with other things? We have a very small set so I will have to wash them everday, but it is not even enough to make a small load. What do you do?

byumommy · 07-01-2005, 09:12 PM

I only used cloth TP when I was CD'ing so I washed them with the dipes.

If I ever went back to cloth TP with no one in CDs, I guess I would wash them with the towels in hot water with a small amount of detergent & some baking soda and/or borax, 2 cold water rinses (vinegar in the 1st) like I did with CDs.

HTH!

choleblack · 07-02-2005, 01:59 AM

you can wash them with your cloth cleaning rags if you've got them. I also sometimes toss them into a load with the bath mat & shower curtain. I'd also make more so you don't have to wash so often. I hate running out of wipes.

Chole

Momof6 · 07-02-2005, 12:55 PM

When all mine are dirty this is what I do:

1. dump them all in the wash and soak with some borax and a squirt of Dr. Bronners. (I don't always put in the Dr. Bronners)

2. Wash them alone with a detergent that is free of dyes and chemicals and use vinegar for a rinse.

3. Then for the second washing, I add in my towels and the wet bags that the dirty wipes were stored in, and wash again and do another vinegar rinse.

4. Then I rinse one more time w/out anything added.

I'm chemically sensitive but this seems to be working out well. Clean cloth toilet wipes and no reactions "down there".

Michelle

EmoMom · 07-05-2005, 01:39 AM

Wouldn't it just be okay to wash once in hot with a gentle detergent and a few drops of tea tree oil? Someone on the other post said she makes her own detergent.... Did she post the recipe somewhere? I know someone on the thread had asked for it.

littlelemon · 07-15-2005, 09:37 PM

I just wash mine with the whites on hot. Now granted, we do both paper and cloth, so we only have a few rags each time I do a load of whites. I just don't see doing a load of them by themselves, and I don't like them sitting in the bathroom for too long. I really don't have any hang-ups about washing them with my clothing, and they come out clean.

Moonstone · 07-16-2005, 05:09 AM

I wash mine with the cloth dipes, kitchen towels, washcloths, dishcloths, that sort of stuff, or just with the whites on hot like littlelemon said. I don't like to use too much water and they come out clean enough for me. Besides, pee is sterile, right?

momadance · 07-18-2005, 09:48 AM

So these you use even when you ahem #2?

Do they get super stinky sitting in the bathroom?

I've wiped with cloth wipes after urinating a couple of times, and it was very nice (they were out of a wipe warmer)

So tell me all about it....

choleblack · 07-18-2005, 02:35 PM

Ours don't get stinkey. they are in a small metal, lidded garbage can with an internal bucket that I can take down stairs. They are washed at least 2x per week. I keep getting more and keep needed more, go figure.

Chole

meco · 07-24-2005, 12:01 AM

I was with cloth diapers, towels, etc.

But really if you consider the idea of a washing machine is to put dirties in to clean, I would wash them with anything that needed to be washed.

meco · 07-24-2005, 12:02 AM

Oh and no it does not get stinky if you wash semi-regularly. Use a pail with a lid. And BAC OUT and baking soda are two good odor fighters

JenTwo · 07-29-2005, 02:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by momadance

So these you use even when you ahem #2?

Do they get super stinky sitting in the bathroom?

I've wiped with cloth wipes after urinating a couple of times, and it was very nice (they were out of a wipe warmer)

So tell me all about it....

No, they don't get stinky.

We do a load every other day with the diapers. We do a wash with detergent and two rinses, one with vinegar.

The only thing I don't like is that we have a small bathroom and they take up a lot of space, more than paper tp, yk? If anyone has any suggestions on how to remedy this, please share!

choleblack · 07-31-2005, 04:49 PM

We keep the basket of dry wipes on the back of the toilet. We have the space for a small garbage can next to our larger garbage can but I like the idea some people have about hanging a wet bag from the bar where the toilet paper hangs. I don't think that would take up much more space.

Chole