No more refills for your swifter?
Tip: Tired of buying refills for your swifter?
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Try this quick and easy (not to mentioned free!) hack.
Cut a rag the length of your cleaner and about have twice the width.
No sewing needed. Easy on and easy off. Change as often as you want without the quilt of waste or adding to landfill, Recycle those old rags!
Another way is to simply allow the the extra width and length of a microfiber cloth to hang loose.
This method is super for getting pet hairs around legs of furniture. Again they can be changed out as often as you want.
Old t-shirts work well too! Store the washed rags in the laundry room, or be a little more creative, by putting a small container in the laundry room.
I been doing that for years too it works great then put in laundry
Good idea!!!
i bought a yard of fleece and cut them to size works wonderful and can easily machine wash
Great idea, not to mention a good common sense option I never thought of. Thanks
Now that is why I like this site. Thank You So Much! I just cancelled my Amazon order. Never even thought of it.
I use paper towels.
Swifter clothes wash up beautifully. I shake the hair and debry off of mine then collect a few more then wash them by themselves and they are like new.
Try using on wet to clean something you'll be amazed ( I was) a thing how well they work on everything. One with a little dawn on it and i can get anything clean.
I use old men's socks, they stretch over and easy to wash too.
I also put a microfiber rag on my swifter and use it to wash my walls and ceilings. Just take it off and rinse in between. I am done in no time at all And a lot easier than standing on a ladder to do it.
And I use face cloths. They are the perfect size and are easily washable. So when mine get raggedy, they become swiffer wipes. Sometimes I also get bulk packages of 12 for 4 bucks at walmart. I buy them in white and use them in the kitchen and when they also get raggedy or too stained, they become swiffer wipes also!
Those old Holie socks especially the fuzzy ones work great too
This also works great for cleaning ceilings. I do house cleaning and am short so reaching those spots on the ceiling that need those cob webs wiped off works great.
I take the used dryer fabric softener sheets and smooth them out with my hands. I put them in a plastic container with a lid. I then reuse them on the swiffer. When it's dirty, snap it off and toss in the trash.
Dang! SOO many great hints here ... thanks!!
Have to try some of these great ideas
I even use the washcloth method with them well wrug out with some wood floorc soap to clean hardwoods. I like it a lot more than what was available commercially, and $ saving too.
yea, any old wash cloths or car rags will work just as well. ther is no need & it's a huge waste of $ and material to use.
Allow the the extra width and length of a microfiber cloth to hang loose. This is good for getting pet hairs around legs of furniture.
fellow Buckeye! Great idea.. pesky pet hairs
ha washrags sure date us!!! LOL
If you sew, those leftover flannel scraps work well also,as do the fleece ones,no sewing involved..