For those who do not use paper towels...

[sahm1]

What do you use to clean your kitchen with? Where do you keep them and what do you do with them when they are dirty?

Also What do you use to clean your toilets?

[dachshundqueen]

washcloths and dish towels for all cleaning needs, have 2 dozen busted pf's for awful jobs

Liz

[cyncyn]

I use Skoy cloths, microfiber cloths and birdseye flat diapers for cleaning. With the microfiber you don't even need any cleanser for glass or surfaces, just use water. I keep the skoys on the back of the kitchen sink, the birdseye folded in a stack on the microwave (where the roll of paper towels USED to be ). The microfiber cloths I keep in a cupboard with my dishtowels.

[kirstenb]

I use microfiber cloths that I buy from Costco. We keep them in a hall closet until we need them. We usually have a few in one of our kitchen drawers. We have a mesh bag in the laundry room that we toss them in when they are dirty.

[ParisApril]

Tea towels, dish cloths, flat cloth diapers, cloth hankies, cloth tp or face cloths. It depends on what job it is or what spilled.

I have a toilet brush. I clean it with baking soda and vinegar.

[ShellieC]

We have lots of rags (old baby washcloths, cut up towels, etc) that we use for pretty much anything including any dirty wipe ups, wiping down the cast iron frying pans, etc. We have old towles we use for big spills. For cleaning bathrooms, countertops, table top, etc, we use our Norwex microfibre cleaning cloths that disinfect w/out cleaning agents. For the toilet I use their toilet brush system which has natural ingredients. For windows we use the Norwex window cloth w/ a spray bottle of water. (No, I don't sell Norwex, just love it.)

[laohaire]

We just have a miscellaneous collection of cloths - washcloths, dish towels, a few rags, some cloth napkins, even cloth hankies and fluffy hand towels. It works well for us because there's always the right cloth for the job, whether just wiping up a little spill or soaking up a big one, or cleaning or drying dishes or whatever.

We store them in a drawer in the kitchen. I have some extras on a shelf over the washing machine (also in the kitchen).

I clean the inside of the toilet with a toilet brush. I wipe the seat and handle and so on with one of the abovementioned rags.

For mildly dirty cloths (like from wiping down the counter or whatever) I just toss in the laundry pile, no biggie. For cloths that are kind of gross from heavy cleaning I toss right into the washer to wait for the next load, so it doesn't stink anything up in the meantime . I don't use cloth for picking up cat puke; I draw the line there. Toilet paper is used for that.

[prettymom]

We have a huge stack of white rags that we use for everything - the toilet, napkins, wiping the table, DD's messy hands. I just give them a super washing every few days and we are good to go. I have a small basket on our washing machine that I toss dirty ones in. It helps that our washing machine is in our kitchen, otherwise I would probably keep a bucket under the sink for them. I bought them in a big pack from Costco.

[CalaRei]

I keep a wicker laundry basket in the kitchen, it's right next to the recycling bin. It doesn't clutter things up too much. We use tea towels from ikea that I get for 59cents each. They're perfect. I keep a stack on the counter, and the main storage is in a wire bin in our hall closet, just around the corner from the kitchen.

[Kim Allen]

I use Microfiber towels and Towels Called Bar towels. Also I used Dish cloths For washing the dishes. I also have a few large hand towels for things like pulling out hot food and things. I never really liked pot holders or oven mitts. I just throw them in with bath towels if there not to dirty. If they are really dirty I will Save them up and do a seperate load. For Toilets I have a few rags I use in the bathroom. I start by cleaning the bathrub then the sinks then the toilet i wash last with The rag. After that rinse it out very well and throw it in a hot wash with towels. If its really bad I might throw it away because they are the rags to begin with.

[hedgehogs4]

Originally Posted by dachshundqueen

washcloths and dish towels for all cleaning needs, have 2 dozen busted pf's for awful jobs

Liz

: - it works really well for us

[berkeleyp]

I have several dozen dish towels that I keep in a kitchen drawer and use for all kitchen messes. When they are dirty I throw them on the floor if I'm in a rush and then once or twice a day pick up and collect in a towel only hamper - I usually wash on hot rather than the cold cycle I use for clothes.

I also have sponges/beat up rags kept under the sink for cleaning bathroom as well as nice baby wipes for use instead of toilet paper.

I do keep a roll of paper towels in the back closet to be used for the rare nasty job like dog puke.

[russianthistle]

Originally Posted by laohaire

We just have a miscellaneous collection of cloths - washcloths, dish towels, a few rags, some cloth napkins, even cloth hankies and fluffy hand towels. It works well for us because there's always the right cloth for the job, whether just wiping up a little spill or soaking up a big one, or cleaning or drying dishes or whatever.

We store them in a drawer in the kitchen. I have some extras on a shelf over the washing machine (also in the kitchen).

I clean the inside of the toilet with a toilet brush. I wipe the seat and handle and so on with one of the abovementioned rags.

For mildly dirty cloths (like from wiping down the counter or whatever) I just toss in the laundry pile, no biggie. For cloths that are kind of gross from heavy cleaning I toss right into the washer to wait for the next load, so it doesn't stink anything up in the meantime . I don't use cloth for picking up cat puke; I draw the line there. Toilet paper is used for that.

:
same goes for cat puke...yuck

[russianthistle]

what are pf's?

[mumstheway]

I have about 30 microfiber dishcloths, and about the same in dish towels. They're constantly getting used! I also use older dish towels.

For rags I have a stash of ratty old dish cloths/old t-shirts cut up. It works really well to use the rags for the yucky jobs.

[cyncyn]

Originally Posted by russianthistle

what are pf's?

PF stands for prefold, a type of cloth diaper that is a multi-layered rectangle of cotton. Very absorbent and durable with many uses!

[jimblejamble]

Sponge and a toilet bowl brush.

[sothisislove]

Originally Posted by berkeleyp

I have several dozen dish towels that I keep in a kitchen drawer and use for all kitchen messes. When they are dirty I throw them on the floor if I'm in a rush and then once or twice a day pick up and collect in a towel only hamper - I usually wash on hot rather than the cold cycle I use for clothes.

I also have sponges/beat up rags kept under the sink for cleaning bathroom as well as nice baby wipes for use instead of toilet paper.

I do keep a roll of paper towels in the back closet to be used for the rare nasty job like dog puke.

I too have a pile of dirty cloths in the kitchen floor. Hate it, but that's how it is.

[EnviroBecca]

For cleaning the kitchen sink, counters, etc. I use the previous dishcloth; then I get out a clean dishcloth to wash dishes with. These are the cotton waffle-weave cloths. Clean ones are in a kitchen drawer. Dirty ones hang on a hook in the basement stairwell until dry, then go into the laundry bag hanging on that hook, and I pull them out of there on my way downstairs with a load of laundry.

Our kitchen towels are mostly the cotton "flour sack" type. They typically rotate from clean (in same drawer as dishcloths) to dish towel (on a hook high above the dish drainer so guests don't use it as a hand towel) to hand towel to wiping up a spill to dirty (as above).

For cleaning the stovetop, EnviroDaddy uses a sponge with attached scouring pad. We get Natural Value brand which is made with recycled plastic.

I clean toilets with a handful of baking soda, squirt of Bi-O-Kleen Bac-Out, and a toilet brush.

[mlh]

Just like other's we just use rags and wash them when they are dirty. We store them in a drawer in the kitchen. I love my hemp knit rags for cleaning off counters and tables, but have some heavier ones for bigger messes. I also recently knitted some half hemp, half cotton wash rags that work wonderfully! For toilets we use rags and one of those toilet bowl cleaner brush wand thingys. No need for paper towels, but I do have a stash in a cabinet for oil clean ups (olive oil, etc.). For some reason I have a hard time using cloth to clean up oil spills.