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MarinaVanessa 11:34 AM 04-03-2012
For those of you that use paper towels for home and daycare use (which I'm assuming is pretty much everybody except me ) how many rolls do you go through in a week for cleaning and everyday life?

Don't think that I'm wierd or anything but I havn't used them in a LONG time and I honestly can't remember how many I used way back when I did. I do use napkins for mealtimes and to dry hands and such but I need the info to get a general idea on how much money I'm actually saving. Thanks so much
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wdmmom 11:39 AM 04-03-2012
I buy a 12 pack (double rolls) at Sam's Club. A package lasts me about 6 weeks.
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DaycareMama 11:44 AM 04-03-2012
I buy the c fold ones from sams a case last me lately about 2 months maybe 3 and the case is $26.00
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momma2girls 01:01 PM 04-03-2012
I use baby wipes for snacks and mealtime. I alternate, one day from a daycare child's boc, the next one, the next day, etc. etc.... it works very well!!
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Sunchimes 01:09 PM 04-03-2012
I buy the cheapo ones from Walmart in a 3 pack. There are 70 sheets per roll. I usually have the 3rd roll on the dispenser when I go grocery shopping on Sundays, so 2 1/2 rolls a week. It's just my husband and me, 2 dc toddlers, and a dc infant.
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Sunchimes 01:15 PM 04-03-2012
Sorry. We are having horrible storms and I got distracted. I guess I accidently double posted, but I can't figure out how to delete this.
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sharlan 01:31 PM 04-03-2012
I go through at least 2 rolls a week in the kitchen and 1 roll a week in the bathroom.
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Countrygal 01:36 PM 04-03-2012
I do not use paper towels for DC. I use an idea someone else on here gave me of using individual washcloths for drying hands.

I only use paper towel in the kitchen and only very sparingly for wiping out pans or for a quick wipe in an emergency. I probably go through 3 rolls a month.
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MarinaVanessa 03:46 PM 04-03-2012
Thank you ladies. Really. You all helped a lot. I'm trying to figure out cost-wise and environmentally frendly-wise whether continuing to use rags to clean and wipe spills was better than using paper towels since rags = more laundry =.more energy used. Thanka bunch!
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MizzCheryl 05:21 PM 04-03-2012
Geez we use them every time we wash our hands. FCCRS I go thru 6 to 8 rolls or brawny a WEEK!
I am thinking of quiting. It is expensive!
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MarinaVanessa 05:55 PM 04-03-2012
Originally Posted by Clueless:
Geez we use them every time we wash our hands. FCCRS I go thru 6 to 8 rolls or brawny a WEEK!
I am thinking of quiting. It is expensive!
You don't have to quit completely, won't you just a lower rating on this one area?
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MizzCheryl 05:59 PM 04-03-2012
I meant quit the paper towels.
yep it would lower 1 maybe 2 areas. I would still have to use paper towels at the changing table though.
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Meeko 06:14 PM 04-03-2012
I try not to think about how many I use! But then it's a business expense, so I keep telling myself it's no biggie! If we don't have paper, we have to have an individual towel for each kid daily and I have 16 kids here every single day at least. And I just don't have the room to hang up all those towels (or even washcloths) so they don't touch (a rule)
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My4SunshineGirlsNY 06:37 PM 04-03-2012
I use the individual washcloths, my daycare registrar suggested this to me when I started up my business. I LOVE it, they don't take up much room in the wash machine and so much more environmentally friendly :-). I don't have a lot of kids here so it works for me.
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MissAnn 04:21 AM 04-04-2012
Originally Posted by My4SunshineGirlsNY:
I use the individual washcloths, my daycare registrar suggested this to me when I started up my business. I LOVE it, they don't take up much room in the wash machine and so much more environmentally friendly :-). I don't have a lot of kids here so it works for me.
I use handi-wipes cut into thirds. they dry very quickly and do not take up as much room as washcloths. The kids help me fold them in half and I keep them in a basket.
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melskids 04:23 AM 04-04-2012
Originally Posted by Clueless:
Geez we use them every time we wash our hands. FCCRS I go thru 6 to 8 rolls or brawny a WEEK!
I am thinking of quiting. It is expensive!
I thought I was the only one! I go through 8 rolls a week...easily.
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wahmof3 04:26 AM 04-04-2012
I'm not sure how many I go thru weekly, but I do use the bounty select a size. You are able to use a smaller size if needed
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Kim 05:01 AM 04-04-2012
I go through about 6 rolls of the select a size kind per week. I buy the generic store brand but it still adds up. I have 6 dckids plus the four people in my family. I have to use a new disposable paper towel each time for each child, it's part of my licensing regulations.

My DH suggested I buy one of those wall mount c fold/multifold towel dispensers for the bathroom and maybe it will save some money. Does anyone have one? Do you like it?
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dEHmom 07:07 AM 04-04-2012

I opted for the paper towel dispensers with the white or brown paper towel sheets (like in restrooms, etc).

They were cheap enough to buy, and the refills if you shop around can be cheap for 6000 sheets, I haven't even put a dent in the towel supply, i've refilled 2 of 3 dispensers 1 time so far since january. The cost of each sheet works out to be .001 for the price I paid. And I paid about 20 for each dispenser. I bought 3 (bathroom, entryway/kitchen, and outside shed).
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jessrlee 07:35 AM 04-04-2012
Deh- where do you get your towels and dispensers?

Right now I use paper towels cut in half. I buy the 2 for a $1 rolls.
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MarinaVanessa 07:39 AM 04-04-2012
Originally Posted by dEHmom:

I opted for the paper towel dispensers with the white or brown paper towel sheets (like in restrooms, etc).

They were cheap enough to buy, and the refills if you shop around can be cheap for 6000 sheets, I haven't even put a dent in the towel supply, i've refilled 2 of 3 dispensers 1 time so far since january. The cost of each sheet works out to be .001 for the price I paid. And I paid about 20 for each dispenser. I bought 3 (bathroom, entryway/kitchen, and outside shed).
These are one of the things on my wishlist too. I think I would save a ton if I added one in our bathroom but I'm having a hard time convincing DH about installing one. We only have one bathroom downstairs and he likes that when we have people over on the weekends all of the DC stuff gets put away and it still looks like any normal home (except for the cubbbies). He's not sold on the idea of having guests go in the bathroom to see a bulky commercial paper towel dispencer . The key is to agree with him and keep bringing up the money saving aspect of it until "he decides" that it's a good idea. You gotta let the man think it was all his idea . I sold him on the idea of changing to LED light bulbs at $25 a pop. I spent a good $150 not including taxes to change the downstairs bulbs. Two months later and I've already paid for them in the savings alone, now he wants to change every bulb in the house . How much and where do you get your pack of 6,000 sheets? And where and how much for that dispencer?
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MrsB 07:46 AM 04-04-2012
Originally Posted by DaycareMama:
I buy the c fold ones from sams a case last me lately about 2 months maybe 3 and the case is $26.00
I do the same thing. Much more efficient than the rolls. I do use the rolls in the kitchen though. But then I can make sure I only get one of the select a size rather than the kids getting 10.
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CheekyChick 09:19 AM 04-04-2012
I use the mutifold paper towels and we have three dispensers (1 in kitchen and 1 in each of the two DC restrooms). I would say it costs about $30.00 per month.
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MissK 09:50 AM 04-04-2012
Thanks for this thread - I think i'm going to look into buying more wash cloths and having them out for the kids vs putting paper towels in the bathroom. I think this would work great for my daycare
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dEHmom 11:08 AM 04-04-2012
Originally Posted by jessrlee:
Deh- where do you get your towels and dispensers?

Right now I use paper towels cut in half. I buy the 2 for a $1 rolls.
I shopped around online and at local home improvement stores. Gotta find the good deal. Some places sell these for 30 and others for 15. factor in whether there is shipping or not too. Do you guys have Staples in the USA? If so, that's where I found mine cheapest. I ordered the case of paper towels from a hardware store because THEY were cheaper.


You can also get from most janitorial suppliers in the area FREE dispensers as long as you purchase their refills. I was considering doing this, they loan you the dispensers because you are ordering their refills. But their refills were more than $10.00 more than everywhere else. So in the end I could've bought those dispensers several times over.
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dEHmom 11:12 AM 04-04-2012
Originally Posted by CheekyChick:
I use the mutifold paper towels and we have three dispensers (1 in kitchen and 1 in each of the two DC restrooms). I would say it costs about $30.00 per month.
wow!!!!!

I paid $27 for 6000 cfold/multifold sheets, and we use them for everything, snacks, floor spills, handwashing (small kids 2 sheets per wash, and adults about 3 sheets per wash). I got these in January, and I've maybe used 3 bundles out of 16.




As for the individual facecloths for the kids, I considered this, but I've got a mountain of laundry everyday as it is, I can barely keep up with the facecloths for washing faces, I couldn't imagine for washing hands too.
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EntropyControlSpecialist 11:55 AM 04-04-2012
Washcloths. They aren't hung up to dry, they are used one time and then collected to be thrown into the washer to sit until I wash a load.
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3girls 04:50 PM 04-05-2012
In my state paper towels are required, some kind of sanitary deal.

I go through a case a month from Costco. This month I found a coupon for the choose a size kind and i'm going to get those.
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cheerfuldom 05:01 PM 04-05-2012
I dont use paper towels, but I am also (legally) unlicensed. I use rags.
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MarinaVanessa 09:55 AM 04-06-2012
Originally Posted by cheerfuldom:
I dont use paper towels, but I am also (legally) unlicensed. I use rags.
License-Exempt is the technical and much nicer sounding term . Around here (not sure about anywhere else) "unlicensed" is a term used by licensing when they refer to illegally operating daycare. Every time I see someone say they are unlicensed my thought automatically thinks it's illegal And then I have to remind myself that it's probably not what people mean. Sorry, went off topic on my own thread .
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MrsB 10:14 AM 04-06-2012
I buy the c-folds at Costco but I am pretty sure Sams club and hardware stores like Lowes and Home Depot have them. I had them on a little shelf next to the sink until I just recently got a dispenser. I paid under $40 on amazon for the dispenser I think.
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MrsB 10:17 AM 04-06-2012
Here's one for $22 similar to the one I have.

http://www.amazon.com/Georgia-Pacifi...d_sbs_indust_5
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WImom 01:21 PM 04-06-2012
I use washcloths (one time use) for daycare but for my family of 4 I use 1-2 rolls a week.
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momma2girls 02:35 PM 04-06-2012
I use every child's baby wipes for all clean ups.
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