blue paper towels!

[Woody123]

ive been looking at getting some cheap paper towels when rubbing off the haze on grout. Had a look on screwfix and they are £20!! i know you get 6 rolls but does anyone know where to get them any cheaper or just in a single pack or is this the normal price?

[TilingLogistics]

ive been looking at getting some cheap paper towels when rubbing off the haze on grout. Had a look on screwfix and they are £20!! i know you get 6 rolls but does anyone know where to get them any cheaper or just in a single pack or is this the normal price?

I pay £2.61 + VAT for white rolls I buy them in packs of 6. I would not buy blue sometimes the cheaper stuff can run the colour. Most large janitorial suppliers stock them.

Kev

[guy1976]

jtf wholesale cash & carry on tyne tunnel industrial estate about £12 for 6 rolls you will have to join first though

[NickH]

Best thing i've found for buffing tiles is course cotton dustsheets, buy a dustsheet and cut it into smaller squares and bobs your uncle.

[grumpygrouter]

Old baby nappies are very good apparently.

[NickH]

Old baby nappies are very good apparently.

Presumably not disposables though.

[Dave]

Presumably not disposables though.

Or used.............

I use blue or white rolls what ever i can buy at the time........

[grumpygrouter]

I knew I should have said terry nappies........and washed!

Generally find though if the washboy is used properly there is very little bloom to have to polish off!

[devonmark]

be careful with some of the cheaper blue rolls, they can be like toilet paper and just break up when they get wet, if you can check them before buying...mark.

[Dave]

be careful with some of the cheaper blue rolls, they can be like toilet paper and just break up when they get wet, if you can check them before buying...mark.

but if you are just buffing grout dust off ..why would they get wet..?......................

[devonmark]

but if you are just buffing grout dust off ..why would they get wet..?......................

soz dave i meant break up...the last lot i bought where s*ite, the place i get them seem to do 2 different qualities and it's pot luck with what you get....oh, by the way, they get wet when i dry my hands...lol

[Droopy]

An old towel works a treat too.

[CJ]

Just raid ya towel cupboards for all the old stuff............also do the same with ALL the relations..........I have bin bags full of old towels/sheets etc etc in the garage

[Highlander]

I buy a box of terry towels out of Cosco think they aim them at car valeters about £15 i think for 50 and washable.

Highlander

[pjtiler]

i recycle old tee shirts
i,m going green in my old age

designer labels of course

[TilingLogistics]

Old net curtains work well

Kev

[doit4u]

A cheap source of towels and sheets are the charity shops. They get used clean towels and bedding which is not good enough to resell and let them go really cheap or for free - people buy them for pet towels.

[teebum]

white flannels from ASDA 20p each, last forever

[smartile]

Wots wrong with old tee shirts? Especially the kids ones as they grow out of them make ideal dusters and free!Failing that go asda. Twin pack 2white tee shirts 3quid wear them a while when grubby turn them inside out to dust with. I hav found blue towels can leave marks and fibres particullarly over white grout...With the trade being quite at the mo save pennies where you can more so on thow away items like dusters!...Happy days

[Tulsa]

Daughters old tee shirts work perfectly for myself,i did however use a set of towels and face cloths that i thought were past it only to find out that they had been a wedding gift from one of my wifes relatives.Oops,yeah that mistake did not go down well.

[doit4u]

I like the comments about using old clothes, I remember a mate who had a garage asking his wife if she had any old clothes he could have for rags and was toold Only the ones I'm wearing !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[rhyd4]

i use WD40 and a microfibre cloth, works a treat

[Highlander]

Daughters old tee shirts work perfectly for myself,i did however use a set of towels and face cloths that i thought were past it only to find out that they had been a wedding gift from one of my wifes relatives.Oops,yeah that mistake did not go down well.

Thought you might want to use that football shirt on your logo

[cmdceramics]

i use dishwashing cloths. cheap and cheerful

[Dave]

i use WD40 and a microfibre cloth, works a treat

I don't advise anybody to put oil onto there tiles.........

[teebum]

Used a dry sponge on a job yesterday and it worked better than any cloth i have used.