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01-15-2009, 11:12 AM | #1 |
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If you avoid plastic/vinyl . . .
What do you do for a shower curtain liner? I usually use mine til stuff starts growing on it, then throw it out and buy a new one -- yeah, I know not very environmentally friendly (or sanitary for that matter). I hate trying to wash it, it never gets clean and scrubbing a curtain -- an exercise in futility in my book. Anyway, do you just use a cloth liner and wash it every week or so?
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01-15-2009, 11:33 AM | #2 |
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Re: If you avoid plastic/vinyl . . .
I am not avoiding plastics (well, some) but I use a cloth liner and when it gets yucky I put it in the washer with some detergent and bleach and it comes out spiffy white. I just prefer the cloth to that yucky plastic liner that's all crunchy.... cloth is so much prettier and softer looking...
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01-15-2009, 11:36 AM | #3 |
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Re: If you avoid plastic/vinyl . . .
Where do you find a cloth liner that doesn't allow water to spray/soak through it?
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01-15-2009, 11:44 AM | #4 | |
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Re: If you avoid plastic/vinyl . . .
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01-15-2009, 11:50 AM | #5 |
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Re: If you avoid plastic/vinyl . . .
Hmmm...I've not seen them, but then I haven't bought a shower curtain in the last 3 years or so, either.
I am in the market for getting one for our upstairs bathroom that SIL redid!
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01-15-2009, 11:55 AM | #6 |
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Re: If you avoid plastic/vinyl . . .
We have a cloth one that's just regular -- i think I bought it at walmart. I used to use a liner but they'd get gross too quickly so last time I took the liner off I just kept it off and it hasn't been an issue. The cloth curtain gets wet, but holds all the water inside. And I just wash it occassionally.
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01-15-2009, 12:05 PM | #7 |
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Re: If you avoid plastic/vinyl . . .
I use a cloth liner too - I think they're made out of nylon? They're at all the regular stores and are usually white though come in different colors too. (Think the same liners as are in hotels - those are fabric too but also waterproof).
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01-15-2009, 12:24 PM | #8 |
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Re: If you avoid plastic/vinyl . . .
Looking at the fabric content of the cloth liners, it looks like they are nylon or polyester----not exactly as natural as I had imagined/hoped .....so that factor might have a lot to do with it still keeping the water inside the shower, huh?
I had tried making what I think was a 100% cotton shower curtain. It just wasn't heavy/tight enough weave to keep the water in the shower. It seemed like once it got wet it allowed the spray out. (This was tried in a stall-type shower, not a tub shower.) I ended up going back to the vinyl kind...but am again pondering the cloth kind...
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01-15-2009, 12:31 PM | #9 |
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Re: If you avoid plastic/vinyl . . .
Right - the liners aren't a natural material, BUT they don't off-gas harmful chemicals like pthalates the way PVC does.
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01-15-2009, 05:20 PM | #10 |
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Re: If you avoid plastic/vinyl . . .
If you aren't going for looks and/or practicality, maybe a wool liner would work?
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01-15-2009, 06:34 PM | #11 |
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Re: If you avoid plastic/vinyl . . .
My health food store had a 100% cotton one..it was a very heavy duck cloth canvas or maybe denim....I forget the weave, but very heavy and tight.
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01-15-2009, 07:03 PM | #12 |
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Re: If you avoid plastic/vinyl . . .
We have a cloth curtain, maybe I'll just try it by itself a time or two and see how that works. With a cloth liner, I think it would provide an extra layer of absorption so the water wouldn't spray out thru both of them. Nylon doesn't bother me, but the stench of that PVC is horrible enough when you open the pkg, that can't be good to breath. Before GCM, I never even thought about a cloth alternative, lol.
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01-16-2009, 12:08 PM | #13 |
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Re: If you avoid plastic/vinyl . . .
I finally got around to checking out my shower curtain and it is 100% cotton. And we use it alone and have never had water come out of the shower while using it. Mind you, the curtain itself does get wet obviously, but water doesn't get through it or anything and it dries between uses. And I just throw the whole thing in the wash occassionally and we've never had an issue.
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01-19-2009, 12:44 PM | #15 |
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Re: If you avoid plastic/vinyl . . .
My immediate thought too, was wool. I wonder how easy it would be to naturally waterproof...with lanolin/some kind of oil...or maybe a thin beeswax layer like they use for earthen floors? Maybe I'll experiment...
Edit: To say, "I wonder how easy it would be to naturally waterproof a COTTON liner."
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