All Things Supercinski

One of my favorite household cleaning and disinfecting products is the Clorox Wipe. It is pure genius. You wipe the vilest of messes and then throw the wipe away. No need to touch it and rinse it, just trash it. They are wonderful for toilets, the kitchen, the Diaper Champ, you name it. However, those folks over at Clorox know they can charge a pretty penny for such a wonder, and charge it they do. This morning, I held up the aisle at Walmart while debating whether or not they were worth the $4.88 for the jumbo container. I decided that they were not and that I could make them myself. And that is just what I did. Below are the instructions if you are interested, with pictures for the visual learner. I figure that I am saving over $4 since all it uses is half a roll of paper towels, water, and cleaning solution.

Ingredients:
Paper towel (I recommend Kleenex Viva)
about 2 cups water
Cleaning solution of choice (White Vinegar, Lysol Antibacterial Kitchen Cleaner, Mr. Clean Antibacterial, PineSol, Simple Green…)

First, cut the roll of paper towels in half using a sharp kitchen knife. You will only need one roll for this, so you can put away the other one for later.

Mix your solution of water and cleaning products. You could use anywhere from 1/2 cup to 1 cup of cleaning solution or equal parts water and white vinegar. Pour your solution into a container about the size of your half roll of wipes with a lid (a old 5 gallon ice cream tub would work too).

Add your paper towel roll and place the lid on tightly. Flip it over and let it soak through anywhere from 10 minutes to overnight. Open it up and pull the cardboard roll out.

You can start pulling wipes from the middle, using that container, or you can stuff them into the large size Clorox Wipe container (I saved my last one).

Sadly, I wasn’t the genius who thought up making them at home. There are a lot of great resources on the web, I just decided to combine some of them and share it with you, with pictures. Enjoy!

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