Homemade Washable Toilet Paper

I don't think i could handle the sawdust toilet. I won't deal with anyone's poop.
With the wipes there is no poop to deal with, the Borax soaks it away.
This thread had me laughing too!!! We all need a good laugh sometimes! :baby04:

Hmm.. have you thought about going into the cotton business? Cotton is what my wipes are made from and cotton is quite expensive these days.

Darlin, I think at some point you've crossed the line from frugal to obsessive. I congradulate you on your clean butt, nobody can can deny that is a standard most should shoot for. Should the need arise I'll happily cut up a flannel sheet and scrub away. Myself, I adhere to the OTHER SSS ****-shower-shave (unless it's winter and beard season). Till the time comes I'll stay a Scott tissue man ($24/case at the local Dollar General). Anyone else wanting to employ the designer kiester squeegies might consider putting "the evidence" in a lidded bucket of vinegar until it's time to resupply the 'butt-linen' press.

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OMG! I just fell off the couch onto the floor, laughing!! Whoops! I think I just peed myself... (No "reusable potty paper here!) Sorry, I'm in the majority. And although I am very, very pro-sawdust potty right now, I just gotta have my Scott's. But wow, this is an awesome thread. Push comes to shove? There are a whole 'lotta oak leaves out in the yard. Pinecones are too scratchy.

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Yeah, I know I am kind of obsessive with cleanliness and leaving the world a better place than I found it.
I have never thouht of the vinegar, that is a natural disenfectant. Thanks!!!!

Never heard of washable cloths for TP, but I'm old enough to remember tales of "grundy rags" or "granny rags".
It's the same principle as reusable TP but for menstrual flow.

The cloths were special sewn & kept in a bucket (like a diaper pail) in a closet or elsewhere. They were washed and used again.

It's the origin of a certain expression

Yes, we make those too! :baby04:

ask dw there is never a skid mark on my underwear maybee i know how to use it as far as chemicals on the paper everyone has to die from something and i doubt that will be my cause

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I guess for some of the folks, using toilet paper is the only thing keeping them civilized. It's a narrow line you know. lol

Shelly

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Well, the thing that bothers me the most is that all of the chemicals that bleach the T.P. is barely safe enough to let out into rivers, streams ocean,ect..

Yeah, maybe your right!! :baby04:

This thread can really test one bladder control. As far as going to extremes, I am sure people could find things that each of us do and say that is going too far. But I would like to think that HT is a place that we can share our ideas and ways; using what may benefit us and forgetting what is unthinkable. A year ago, I would have never thought of using a bucket...until I had well problems and needed to conserve water for essentials. then the bucket idea did not seem too bad; and the kids thought that idea was pretty cool.

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Not wanting to reuse rags isn't an indicator of a sheltered life. In fact, just the opposite in this household. When you've lived in other countries that don't prefer toilet paper, you realize how handy and satisfactory it really is.

Don't use "1/2 the worlds population" as an indicator, either. I'd bet 99.5% of Americans use TP and that's where most of us HTers live.

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Oh Yes!!! Kids think it is sooo cool when they can go in a bucket! That is not a bad idea at all!

I've not totaled all of the votes here but I'll go out on a limb with an early projection and say, uhh, Yep!!! You're the only one. Still it works for you and that's good enough in my book. As for using the vinegar I recall that's what the Romans used in their public baths. I absolutely draw the line at using the communal sponge on a stick. No wonder their empire fell, at least the barbarians knew enough to bathe after their constitutional.

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Do you use these wipes too? These would definately be handy to take along to those countries that do not use t.p.

Thank you!! It is good in my book too!

No.
And, no.
When I travelled, I carried my own TP. They wouldn't let me on the plane with my poo-bucket.

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You don't have to take the bucket with you!

I've been laughing so hard I cried....

However, I have to add one more vote for the washable rags.

My DH only has the use of one arm, and it is limited. He can't handle TP. So finally we came up with the wet rag routine, which beats having assistance from ME!

I just bought about 4 dozen white washcloths from Wal Mart.


I myself use the Scott TP--1000 sheets!