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| Suzie-Q 2005-12-22, 1:21 pm |
| My toilet overflowed and my first reaction was to grab a towel
and throw it on the floor to soak up the water. Would it be safe
to wash and bleach this towel (maybe several times) and then use
it as an actual towel again, or should I just give up on it and
throw it away?
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| On Thu, 22 Dec 2005 16:42:12 GMT, Suzie-Q <sme617x@earthlink.net>
wrote:
>My toilet overflowed and my first reaction was to grab a towel
>and throw it on the floor to soak up the water. Would it be safe
>to wash and bleach this towel (maybe several times) and then use
>it as an actual towel again, or should I just give up on it and
>throw it away?
Yes, it would be safe to use it again, but if you bleach it, it is
likely to get discolored.
Honestly, I'd just keep it as a rag, handy the next time the toilet
might overflow.
Nan
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| John Hines 2005-12-22, 2:21 pm |
| Suzie-Q <sme617x@earthlink.net> wrote:
>My toilet overflowed and my first reaction was to grab a towel
>and throw it on the floor to soak up the water. Would it be safe
>to wash and bleach this towel (maybe several times) and then use
>it as an actual towel again, or should I just give up on it and
>throw it away?
AFAIK, mothers had been washing and reusing cloth diapers for decades
before disposables were invented.
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| Vox Humana 2005-12-22, 2:21 pm |
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"Suzie-Q" <sme617x@earthlink.net> wrote in message
news:sme617x-93FC47.10421322122005@news1.west.earthlink.net...
> My toilet overflowed and my first reaction was to grab a towel
> and throw it on the floor to soak up the water. Would it be safe
> to wash and bleach this towel (maybe several times) and then use
> it as an actual towel again, or should I just give up on it and
> throw it away?
Yes, it is perfectly safe to use one it is laundered. I hate to bring this
up, but don't you think that towels get "poopie" on them sometimes,
especially in places like hotels where people do unmentionable things?
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| noname 2005-12-22, 3:21 pm |
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"Suzie-Q" <sme617x@earthlink.net> wrote in message
news:sme617x-93FC47.10421322122005@news1.west.earthlink.net...
> My toilet overflowed and my first reaction was to grab a towel
> and throw it on the floor to soak up the water. Would it be safe
> to wash and bleach this towel (maybe several times) and then use
> it as an actual towel again, or should I just give up on it and
> throw it away?
I have 4 kids (3 boys and a girl), 4 cats and a dog. I can honestly say that
'poopie' does wash out. One of my boys wanted to see if Superman could swim
as good as he could fly. His little Superman figure was just small enough to
go down the big hole but big enough to warrent buying one of those snake
things to retrieve him from where ever it was that he got 'stuck'. Used
quite a few towels trying to clean that one up.
noname
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| peggo 2005-12-22, 10:21 pm |
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"Nan" <nobodys@home.com> wrote in message
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> On Thu, 22 Dec 2005 16:42:12 GMT, Suzie-Q <sme617x@earthlink.net>
> wrote:
>
>
> Yes, it would be safe to use it again, but if you bleach it, it is
> likely to get discolored.
> Honestly, I'd just keep it as a rag, handy the next time the toilet
> might overflow.
>
> Nan
You know I'm with you on this one, Nan.
I could never wipe my face without thinking about a turd hanging on the
towel.
I vote rag.
peggo
(but I'd probably throw it away)
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| Piper 2005-12-22, 10:21 pm |
| On Thu, 22 Dec 2005 16:42:12 GMT, Suzie-Q <sme617x@earthlink.net>
wrote:
>My toilet overflowed and my first reaction was to grab a towel
>and throw it on the floor to soak up the water. Would it be safe
>to wash and bleach this towel (maybe several times) and then use
>it as an actual towel again, or should I just give up on it and
>throw it away?
I keep old raggedy towels just for these kinds of things.
--
Piper
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| On Thu, 22 Dec 2005 19:29:11 -0600, "peggo" <peggo666@hotmail.com>
wrote:
>You know I'm with you on this one, Nan.
>I could never wipe my face without thinking about a turd hanging on the
>towel.
>I vote rag.
>
>peggo
>(but I'd probably throw it away)
LOL
Nan
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| Suzie-Q 2005-12-23, 9:21 am |
| In article <3rmlq1pq3lj93hjhu1fgi8coo32khjrtqa@4ax.com>,
John Hines <jbhines@newsguy.com> wrote:
-> Suzie-Q <sme617x@earthlink.net> wrote:
->
-> >My toilet overflowed and my first reaction was to grab a towel
-> >and throw it on the floor to soak up the water. Would it be safe
-> >to wash and bleach this towel (maybe several times) and then use
-> >it as an actual towel again, or should I just give up on it and
-> >throw it away?
->
-> AFAIK, mothers had been washing and reusing cloth diapers for decades
-> before disposables were invented.
->
Good point.
--
8^)~~~ Sue (remove the x to e-mail)
~~~~~~
"I reserve the absolute right to be smarter
today than I was yesterday." -Adlai Stevenson
http://www.suzanne-eckhardt.com/
http://www.intergnat.com/malebashing/
http://www.intergnat.com/pussygames/
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| Suzie-Q 2005-12-23, 9:21 am |
| In article <pnmlq19qbi0to2cqr3carqvoqq83r6hs12@4ax.com>, Nan <nobodys@home.com>
wrote:
-> On Thu, 22 Dec 2005 16:42:12 GMT, Suzie-Q <sme617x@earthlink.net>
-> wrote:
->
-> >My toilet overflowed and my first reaction was to grab a towel
-> >and throw it on the floor to soak up the water. Would it be safe
-> >to wash and bleach this towel (maybe several times) and then use
-> >it as an actual towel again, or should I just give up on it and
-> >throw it away?
->
-> Yes, it would be safe to use it again, but if you bleach it, it is
-> likely to get discolored.
-> Honestly, I'd just keep it as a rag, handy the next time the toilet
-> might overflow.
It's a big, thick towel. I think I'll make it a pet towel --
one I use for the dogs and cats. They won't mind!
--
8^)~~~ Sue (remove the x to e-mail)
~~~~~~
"I reserve the absolute right to be smarter
today than I was yesterday." -Adlai Stevenson
http://www.suzanne-eckhardt.com/
http://www.intergnat.com/malebashing/
http://www.intergnat.com/pussygames/
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| Vox Humana 2005-12-23, 11:21 am |
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"peggo" <peggo666@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> "Nan" <nobodys@home.com> wrote in message
> news:pnmlq19qbi0to2cqr3carqvoqq83r6hs12@4ax.com...
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> You know I'm with you on this one, Nan.
> I could never wipe my face without thinking about a turd hanging on the
> towel.
> I vote rag.
Better take your own linens next time you stay in a hotel!
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| Mrs Bonk 2005-12-23, 1:21 pm |
| Vox Humana wrote:
> "peggo" <peggo666@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:43ab4f9f$1_2@newspeer2.tds.net...
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> Better take your own linens next time you stay in a hotel!
This really is a case of " What the eye doesn't see". When I stay at hotels
I check my sheets and towels and if they look clean then I will use them
regardless. I am quite confident the type of hotel I stay in doesn't have
the sort of clientele that would do anything untoward in a towel. I do
however always take my own face flannel and never wipe near my mouth just in
case. Hospitals are another area where one uses shared linen and possibly
towels. I know the hospital laundry is done to a high standard but sometimes
the sheets can remain stained and if I see this it is offputting to lie in
one's nightie in bed knowing someone has previously messed the sheet albeit
accidently. Only today my relation walked dog mess into my home. I used
disinfectant and soap and spot cleaned my carpets. The cloth was then used
to clean the offending shoe and finally disposed of as it was a rather old
rag but my bucket has been bleached three times and I still feel it's not
'clean'.
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| Mrs Bonk 2005-12-23, 1:21 pm |
| John Hines wrote:
> Suzie-Q <sme617x@earthlink.net> wrote:
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> AFAIK, mothers had been washing and reusing cloth diapers for decades
> before disposables were invented.
There was a discussion here recently on this very subject. I reused my
children's nappies but only for rags not for dishes or for wiping faces.
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| Sawney Beane 2005-12-23, 4:21 pm |
| Suzie-Q wrote:
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> My toilet overflowed and my first reaction was to grab a towel
> and throw it on the floor to soak up the water. Would it be safe
> to wash and bleach this towel (maybe several times) and then use
> it as an actual towel again, or should I just give up on it and
> throw it away?
Throw it away. If you want to reuse towels, you're better off
investing in cloth ones. Most salesmen won't tell you that. They
just want to sell as many washing machines as they can.
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| On Fri, 23 Dec 2005 12:45:54 GMT, Suzie-Q <sme617x@earthlink.net>
wrote:
>In article <pnmlq19qbi0to2cqr3carqvoqq83r6hs12@4ax.com>, Nan <nobodys@home.com>
>wrote:
>
>-> On Thu, 22 Dec 2005 16:42:12 GMT, Suzie-Q <sme617x@earthlink.net>
>-> wrote:
>->
>-> >My toilet overflowed and my first reaction was to grab a towel
>-> >and throw it on the floor to soak up the water. Would it be safe
>-> >to wash and bleach this towel (maybe several times) and then use
>-> >it as an actual towel again, or should I just give up on it and
>-> >throw it away?
>->
>-> Yes, it would be safe to use it again, but if you bleach it, it is
>-> likely to get discolored.
>-> Honestly, I'd just keep it as a rag, handy the next time the toilet
>-> might overflow.
>
>It's a big, thick towel. I think I'll make it a pet towel --
>one I use for the dogs and cats. They won't mind!
Good idea. And if you don't want to do that, your local Humane
Shelter would probably be thrilled to receive it.
Nan
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