Are we ready for reusable toilet paper?

[simpleyme]

so monkeymama you getting rid of tp? are you doing to order or make your own?

[GREENBACK]

I can understand cloth baby diapers. baby poop,like puppy poop, just seems a little easier to deal with than the adult alternative. I'd have to be fairly well convinced that this was really beneficial to go that route.

[Angio333]

Wasteful or not, I'm not going to wash a rag covered with adult BM.

[MonkeyMama]

Originally Posted by simpleyme

so monkeymama you getting rid of tp? are you doing to order or make your own?

Considering the responses not sure I would publicize if I did, but I tell you I wouldn't buy or make reusable TP. I'd just go buy some cloth. I'd say the reusable TP industry is a rip.

[boosami]

Originally Posted by MonkeyMama

(It was even worse because we used a diaper service - so we didn't have to deal with any of the cleaning or anything. We literally set them out on the front porch to be picked up and replaced with clean diapers one a week - was easier than disposables if you ask me).

That's the point I was going to make... What if there was a service that picked up the soiled cloths and replaced them with fresh, clean ones? Would that change people's opinions of this? Additionally, non-disposables would prevent plumbing and septic system problems like backups/overflows, saving money there as well.

(Let it be known that I am NOT pro-cloth here... Just playing devil's advocate.)

[wincrasher]

That is beyond gross.

Baby poop doesn't stink much if they are breast feeding - if they are on formula - it gets pretty nasty. Thank god for the guy that invented the Diaper Genie!

Anywho, a better idea is for the waste treatment center to extract paper fibers from the "flow" and create a recycled type paper - sterilized of course and sell that.

Otherwise - I've always thought - take care of your butt-hole and it will take care of you. I spend big bucks on the very best TP!

[Cassandra]

Ok... so here is a question.

Obviously, many people here feel that cloth TP is too gross to use. But how about bidets? Anyone here use a bidet or would consider getting one? I believe they make bidet toilet seats that you can install on your regular toilet.

[Angio333]

Who would have ever imagined that a thread on TP would create this much interest......

Bidget, isn't that where it shoots water to help in the cleaning process? I'd consider it....maybe.

[cptacek]

Originally Posted by wincrasher

Otherwise - I've always thought - take care of your butt-hole and it will take care of you.

lol! sage advice!

[DebbieL]

No way am I dealing with poopy rags in my wash. I wouldn't even want to contemplate it in my nice new front loader (they use very minimal water in the wash). Yuck. Who wants to wash a load of nice clothes after that? What if stuff gets into your machine - who wants to make that service call, lol? I can barely keep up with laundry as it is (I work full time and take 3 night classes).