Cloth Wipes - Tell me about them & suggestions on ways to reduce costs on wipes

[BrightSparkles]

Do you use them?
Do you use them when you are out? How do you keep them moist? Do you find they work well?

Also, do you have any other suggestions for reducing costs on wipes eg making your own etc.

[Pip82]

I was thinking of starting a similar thread myself! Can I add to it... Where do you even get them from? Or which materials needed to make them?

[maz]

Yes...have used them all along, I use then out and about, EVERYWERE.
I take them with me out dry and use a pump on foaming wash.

I have 'tried' disposable ones and I find I am so unco with them. I can use one cloth wipe to clean a number 2....I need 10 disposable wipes to do the same thing ROFL

I like cloth ones because they grip the poo and take it away were I find disposable ones wipe over it unless your pressing hard.

Ive actually heard of girls making their own disposable wipes and I cant for the life of my remember how they did it.

[BrightSparkles]

Yes...have used them all along, I use then out and about, EVERYWERE.
I take them with me out dry and use a pump on foaming wash.

I have 'tried' disposable ones and I find I am so unco with them. I can use one cloth wipe to clean a number 2....I need 10 disposable wipes to do the same thing ROFL

I like cloth ones because they grip the poo and take it away were I find disposable ones wipe over it unless your pressing hard.

Ive actually heard of girls making their own disposable wipes and I cant for the life of my remember how they did it.

Any particular foaming washes Maz??? Do you have it in you bag?? Sorry for all the questions just trying to get my head around it.

[maz]

I have them in my nappy bag all the time hon and the foam wash I bought from Bubbly bliss on WAHMnaps. so easy to use really, its not as hard as people think

[*Beema*]

Yep I use them home and out and about. For faces, bums and hands

Dry and the foaming bum wipe stuff, or water at home

I find they work brilliantly, they just go into the wetbag when I have finished using them and I don't notice the extra in the wash.

I make mine mix of minkee oneside and flanelette the other, or microfleece/flanelette, I have some bamboo velour/flanelette but I find them grippier but a bit more coarse than the minkee, especially on the face. And I just overlock the edges together I am curious to try cotton velour and flanelette I also make them when folded in half they actually fit on one of the old disposible wipes containers!

Soooo much prettier than a disposible wipe too and they last forever!!!!!!

You can use cheap facewashers if you like or buy them from WAHM's, Nappy Sellers or make your own But most of the materials you can buy from Spotlight at a good price, just don't get microfibre, it will dry out the skin

HTH's

[Nelle]

For my little guys, I found the normal sized ones a bit awkward for all their bits and pieces, so I chopped them into quarters and overlocked them around the edges and I found that easier. I'm not good at folding the wipes to use the clean bits, and if I didn't fold it I'd just get mess everywhere...obviously I missed 'Bum wiping 101' and so the smaller wipes were good.

I agree that a bit of texture is good, all smooth cloth wipes are not always so grippy for the serious end of bottom cleaning.

I wet mine with a spray bottle of water.

[maz]

Nelle....OMG you used your overlocker woman

[*Infinity*]

...obviously I missed 'Bum wiping 101'

Me too Nelle, me too

Sorry folks, nothing helpful to contribute but I am taking all the info in as I feel like such a twit using disposable wipes with DS in cloth.

[Nelle]

Oh ages ago, don't worry, the dust is in a lovely thick layer again.

[Pandora]

I take a water bottle with me and use that, as i take the wipes dry as well.

[maz]

PMSL Nelle.....mine (like yourse) has just about gone to overlocker heaven I abused it way to much

I find them easy to use if it fan them out over my whole hand and use the whole thing to wipe the effected area then fold the wipe in half and use one side to wipe again, fold it in half again and you should be right.

Did that make sence???

[*TripleJ*]

i was thinking of using one of DS's towels that got wrecked by the washing machine would that be ok? and maybe chop them a bit smaller as nelle suggested lol i didnt think of that one and good idea whoever it was to make them the size of the wipes container

[AliB]

Subscribing for these good ideas

[Kazbah]

When taking them out I dampen them and put them in a ziplock bag - dirty ones get wrapped with the nappy ...

[maz]

i was thinking of using one of DS's towels that got wrecked by the washing machine would that be ok? and maybe chop them a bit smaller as nelle suggested lol i didnt think of that one and good idea whoever it was to make them the size of the wipes container

towel would be perfect. Ive seen wipes made 20cm x 10cm so they lay in your hand better.
towelling is great to get the hard stuff off with

[*TripleJ*]

awesome xoxox

coz i swear his rashes are from the wipes and they take ages to get rid of and it would be easier putting everything in the bucket instead of having to put wipes in the bin and then the nappy in the bucket

[Peach*]

I had way too many face washers, so I use them and have a little tub of water on the change table(you know the tub huggies sell thir wipes in?) which I dip the washer in before I use it. If they have poo chunks Ill take it to the laundry with the poo nappy and give it a rinse before chucking in the bucket, then it just goes in the wash with the nappies. No hassle as it is no extra washing.
For out and about I have sposie wipes, but after all the ideas in this thread Im going to start using cloth as Ive been wondering about this for ages!