any alternative to loo roll...................

champys

wmf wrote: »

We've switched the cheapie stuff and DH is used to it now so I wouldn't go back to Andrex. It's working out cheaper for us.
You know, I am tempted by the cloth idea for quick dabs. I can't believe how much I am changing in my old age!!!
w

Yes I am also tempted by the cloth idea - I work from home and convinced that all those 'quick dabs' use up most of the toilet paper. With our septic tank, we can only use toilet paper suitable for this system (so not the cheapest)and have found that whenever there is a problem it is usually a toilet paper blockage rather than the septic tank being full. I have loads of old T-shirts to make cloths, but I do agree with the earlier poster that hanging them up after a wash could be a bit boring (I already resent DH's hundreds of socks every week!)

guineapig

Softstuff wrote: »

I'm reminded now of what I used to do in my first marriage (was married to a Turk, blocked most of it out :rolleyes:). We lived in UK without the benefit of a bidet or hand held bidet... the very simple solution was a large jug of water by the loo. Given that you wash everything ick away, then just dry after, the idea of "family cloth" and jug is my current inkling toward.

I just tried this, using a jug of water to rinse, to be honest I wasn't sure if I should approach from the front or the back:o however, if you want to keep the floor dry, for ladies ( at least) tip hips slightly forward and use jug from the front:cool: , I was very impressed! this means I can now do away with any paper toilet paper and using the water, one is er, well, just drying off something clean, so the cloths can go into same bucket as wee wipes and all go into same washer load!
Thanks softstuff, together we will stop flushing our money down the pan!:j

For those who want to use cloth wipes you could get together enough to fill one washer load and then just allow yourself the luxury of washing and tumble drying one load of cloths per week, the tumble dryer would cost less than 50p to dry them and it saves all the faff of hanging them up! not as enviro friendly I know but still money saving.

JenniO

la de da de da

junior_j

Sorry , didnt read ALL the above posts , so sorry if this one has been mentioned..
A cup of water

Sponges for wee wees lol
Actually im not gonna carry on with my reply lol , i think its gross using anything BUT toliet roll heeh i like my toshy hehe
Jess x

Jem8472

I cant believe no one has suggested borrowing it from your place of work! very MSE but not very moral

ceridwen

Errr....they have ....rather frequently too....but dont think it was on this Board!:cool:

Softstuff

guineapig wrote: »

I just tried this, using a jug of water to rinse, to be honest I wasn't sure if I should approach from the front or the back:o however, if you want to keep the floor dry, for ladies ( at least) tip hips slightly forward and use jug from the front:cool: , I was very impressed! this means I can now do away with any paper toilet paper and using the water, one is er, well, just drying off something clean, so the cloths can go into same bucket as wee wipes and all go into same washer load!
Thanks softstuff, together we will stop flushing our money down the pan!:j

For those who want to use cloth wipes you could get together enough to fill one washer load and then just allow yourself the luxury of washing and tumble drying one load of cloths per week, the tumble dryer would cost less than 50p to dry them and it saves all the faff of hanging them up! not as enviro friendly I know but still money saving.

So glad to have helped!
It's the way so much of the world do it, so it's surprising the west never caught on. Most of the eastern world view loo roll as disgusting, after all, you smear stuff around, you don't wash it off!!!

twiglet98

Maybe too much info here too but... in hospital recently, badly constipated following surgery and external piles reacting horribly, the lovely Asian doctor said the UK is obsessed with using paper, other countries use water on their hands - yes, really - and if you feel you have to use paper, saturate it first so it's more efficient at cleansing as well as kinder to the piles.

Agree good brands are worth paying for, but my family of 5 adults use 12-16 rolls a week. The septic tank wasn't meant to cope with this. My eldest daughter uses 3 or 4 arm-lengths at every visit, despite being told, asked, begged for nearly 20 years to moderate. Shame she has to share the bathroom or I'd only leave almost-empty rolls at her disposal and leave her to scream...

ceridwen

Oh well.....yet more M.S.E. experiments going on here chez ceridwen. This time - to paper or not to paper - that is the question....:D

Okay....reckon I could use water okay for "wee" purposes - and then my bathroom towel for "drying up". (Errr....I was being very M.S.E. on that and grabbed a jug of water for that from my waterbutt...why waste good metered water? Ooh! Cold!:eek: But feasible - at least in warmer weather - once its been sitting round in the bathroom and got a bit warmer.)

For "other" loopaper purposes - okay I can see I could use water for that as well - but would then be left lurking around running my hot tap for some time to get hot water out of it for handwashing purposes (rather than thinking that its okay to take the first bit of water that comes out of that tap - even if it hasnt warmed up yet as I currently do) - otherwise contaminated hands and contaminated towel presumably? Or - do I have to delegate one of my 2 vacuum pump pot flasks I am currently waiting for solely for "bathroom duties" to have hot enough water - and would I still feel the need of a separate towel?

Just thinking of the step-by-step practicalities here:D

Softstuff

ceridwen wrote: »

Oh well.....yet more M.S.E. experiments going on here chez ceridwen. This time - to paper or not to paper - that is the question....:D

Okay....reckon I could use water okay for "wee" purposes - and then my bathroom towel for "drying up". (Errr....I was being very M.S.E. on that and grabbed a jug of water for that from my waterbutt...why waste good metered water? Ooh! Cold!:eek: But feasible - at least in warmer weather - once its been sitting round in the bathroom and got a bit warmer.)

For "other" loopaper purposes - okay I can see I could use water for that as well - but would then be left lurking around running my hot tap for some time to get hot water out of it for handwashing purposes (rather than thinking that its okay to take the first bit of water that comes out of that tap - even if it hasnt warmed up yet as I currently do) - otherwise contaminated hands and contaminated towel presumably? Or - do I have to delegate one of my 2 vacuum pump pot flasks I am currently waiting for solely for "bathroom duties" to have hot enough water - and would I still feel the need of a separate towel?

Just thinking of the step-by-step practicalities here:D

I'd just use small wipes as opposed to an entire towel (I have some old t-shirts that are destined for that purpose) and just use the once each before them being destined for the wash. As for the handwashing, cold water and soap is sufficient. It isn't true that hot water is more efficient, comfy hand washing temperature (about 45 degrees c) isn't hot enough to kill any microorganism. It takes a much higher temperature to effectively kill germs (about 100 degrees - enough to hurt!!). The key is to be thorough, so wet hands, soap all around very well, even under the nails, and rinse.