Hi. This is my first Instructable. This is very low-tech and very humble. Those of you (Instructabelers....Instructabilians...Instructabillys?).. ..that do these high-tech genius projects, man, you guys are so much cooler than I. I mostly like to find minute ways to make my life easier. I'm super cheap and lazy, and obsessive about arranging and automating my life as much as possible so I don't actually have to be present. So if I do any more of these, it'll probably be along those lines.
This particular project was for me just filling a need. I like my Wet-Jet but I hate buying the disposable pads all the time. At about a buck a piece, cleaning the floor starts looking expensive to me. (I have 2 young children) There doesn't seem to be a generic brand of the pads that I've seen, and some other mop brands do make reusable pads but they're stupid-expensive too, they don't really fit the Swiffer, and the ones I've tried don't even work that great in my opinion. So I set out to make my own. A few weeks of supply hunting and experimentation and we have a winner!
This particular project was for me just filling a need. I like my Wet-Jet but I hate buying the disposable pads all the time. At about a buck a piece, cleaning the floor starts looking expensive to me. (I have 2 young children) There doesn't seem to be a generic brand of the pads that I've seen, and some other mop brands do make reusable pads but they're stupid-expensive too, they don't really fit the Swiffer, and the ones I've tried don't even work that great in my opinion. So I set out to make my own. A few weeks of supply hunting and experimentation and we have a winner!
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1. A Swiffer Wet Jet
2. some washcloth-sized rags
3. dish-washing cloths with scrubbing mesh on at least one side.
4. two "binder clips" (I had to look up what those things were called)
5. scissors
cost: a few dollars at most. I found a 3 pack of the mesh dish towels at a discount store for $2 and teh rest of the stuff I had around the house already.
2. some washcloth-sized rags
3. dish-washing cloths with scrubbing mesh on at least one side.
4. two "binder clips" (I had to look up what those things were called)
5. scissors
cost: a few dollars at most. I found a 3 pack of the mesh dish towels at a discount store for $2 and teh rest of the stuff I had around the house already.
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A great ibble does not require, genius or high tech.
Just finding a way to do something new, or better, or more green, or cheaper, and share that discovery, that is what this site is really about.
Keep it Up.
Mr.
thanx for this great idea.... I happen to have some of these cloths
already... so I only have to put it together.... yayyy no money spent....
Also, I have never heard the term instructabilly before, but I love it. :D