Ten Uses for Used Baby Wipes

Before anyone says yuck or puts on their perverse thinking cap, you need to throw the used baby wipe in thw washer and dryer to clean them first.  I have tried three or four generic brands and they alll came through perfectly.  I honestly didn’t start out to test this, but when you use cloth diapers for the baby inevitibly you will wash more than few of these.  My first indication that they would be good for anything was when I pulled a load out of the drier and needed something to wipe up the laundry detergent i spilled.  I grabbed a washed and dried baby wipe, cleaned up the mess and tossed it back into the washer.

I wash mine with standard Sun liquid laundry detergent and a scoop of Borax, and they always come out fine.  I can’t speak for any other brands but I don’t see why that would matter.  I have washed in all temperatures with no degradation.  Chlorine bleach may have an effect on the wipes, but I so rarely use it I haven’t noticed.  I also haven’t noticed any extra lint in the dryer trap either so we seem to be good there.

Here is my list of ten uses for used baby wipes”

10) Excellent for cleaning up liquid spills.  They are very absorbent.

9) The are tougher than paper towels when something disposable is desirable.  I clean the top of my stove and inside my microwave with them
Softer and stronger than Kleenex or other tissues.  When you really need to blog the last thing you want is to put a hole in it.  They would probably work well if you have been on the pot a lot and need something soft to wipe your own arse with too.

7)Shoe Polish Cloth.  I admit I don’t polish my shoes often ever, but i did use one of these to apply a little polish to my boots and buffed out a few big scuffs.

6) Polish cloth.  After the boots I used another few to rub in the mink oil and conditioner on my leather jacket.  Any sort of other cloth would have had to be tossed to with as bad as that stuff smells.

5) Glass cleaning.  I did my mirrors, TV, and computer monitor with a cleaned wipe and windex and it worked great.

4) disposable cloth.  I really scrubbed some spots in my bathroom that were just disgusting and these used wipes held up welll and were easily disposed and since I had already used them all once or twice before didn’t feel bad about using lots of them.

3)Though i haven’t tried it car detailing should be a breeze with used wipes.  Everything from polishing chrome to wiping up Armor All

2) Shop Cloth  I have a pile of these that I have already taken to the garage to use as lint free clothes for all sorts of finishing work.

1) The inevitable spit up and messes your baby will be the cause of.  Not everything requires a fresh baby wipe so long as it is clean.

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Originally posted 2008-12-12 23:08:55. Republished by Blog Post Promoter