Pour desired DIY non-toxic cleaning solution over until dampened. Place several rolled up or stacked into a container - a deep glass jar with lid, plastic storage container or baby wipes container works well to hold the wipes. The flannel provides a reasonable thickness for absorption and when layered and machine stitched around all edges and across the center allows for a good grip of the cloth as it is swiped along a surface. Double layered 6-inch squares of cut up previously washed flannel fabric make for easy to sew together wipes. Non-toxic reusable wet cleaning wipes - a modern and efficient convenience. Launder used cloths separately from regular clothing. Helpful to have several paper towel substitutes ready to use perhaps stacked into a plastic container or baby wipes container to place within ready reach on top of the kitchen counter or discretely under the kitchen sink. Flour sack towels (once in every kitchen in times past) are exquisite as paper towel stand-ins too.

Use those old wash cloths destined for the rag pile just as they are, cut up older thinning towels into desired paper towel size (6-inches by 10 or 12-inches should do), revive thread-bare kitchen tea towels as they are super useful even cut up since several can be had from one tea towel. Paper towel substitute - a kitchen staple for sure.

Adding some simple machine or hand stitching allows many stand-in DIY cleaning cloths to be washable and reusable time and again. Old T-shirts, really any terry cloth like or thirsty cotton fabric can be cut up and used as reusable stand-ins for expensive store-bought made-to-be-disposable cleaning cloths. To ease expected shortages of common household cleaning disposable cloth products, consider some very easy upcycle/recycle sewing or low-sew projects for substitutes.

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