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| Gaelic Gardener |
Posted - Feb 09 2009 : 06:15:31 AM
Does anyone know what they used (or if they used...) shower curtain liners in the good-'ol-days? I hate the smell of the new ones and I hate having to throw all of that vinyl into the landfill over and over. My outer shower curtain is cloth, but if I just use that then water might splash out of the shower. Maybe a canvas inner curtain cut short so it doesn't touch the tub but seals off the shower? Any thoughts or ideas would be greatly appreciated.
slainte!
--Kelly |
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| 1930sgirl |
Posted - Jun 23 2009 : 11:11:32 AM
I use our old shower curtains for drop cloths when painting and for a liner under a picnic blanket. No more grass and "stuff" on our picnic blanket.
Thanks everyone for sharing your great ideas!
Joyce |
| bsvgs |
Posted - Jun 16 2009 : 3:29:10 PM
Bought new, a hemp shower curtain runs about $80-$100. And that's the kind I'd really like to have. Just as I read here, it's supposedly mildew resistant, & I only have a 1-person household so it wouldn't be wet a lot of the time. One of my main reasons, though, is that my 6 indoor-only kitties like to play an "inside-outside" game with the tub, slicing easily through the curtain as they bat at one another thorough it! We've been through 3 plastic curtains in 1 year. On the other hand, hemp is apparently hard to cut through!
Thought about sewing myself one of these, but the fabric is expensive & I guess I'd need 5 or 6 yds, if it's even wide enough. Do any of you have any experience with hemp curtains &/or sewing with hemp?
Thanks,
Nica |
| SpiritedRose |
Posted - Jun 16 2009 : 09:05:52 AM
I wish there was a book written on what they did in the olden days for lots of things!
My mom uses a cotton liner and she just takes it off and washes it regularly, probably with a dab of bleach to sanitize. Comes back looking like new and it has lasted forever.
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| willowtreecreek |
Posted - Jun 11 2009 : 10:01:58 AM
Funny - I LOVE the smell! As a kid we always took vacations to the beach and we always got new inflatable beach toys. SAME SMELL! The moment I open a new curtain it brings back all those wondeful memories of new pool toys and floaties!
Farmgirl Sister #17
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| sharikrsna |
Posted - Jun 10 2009 : 3:28:33 PM
Why don't you just scotch guard the cloth curtain?
Shari
Farmgirl Sister #607 |
| AmethystRose |
Posted - Apr 09 2009 : 9:26:19 PM
I've just discovered the solution for our house. We have the shower curtain and liner on separate tension rods. I've always hated dealing with the rings, and repairing the eyelets. Last week, I found a cotton flat bedsheet with woven satin stripes for three dollars at Goodwill. I cut about eighteen inches from the bottom, made a deep rod pocket, and hung it up as a liner, with the deep hem at the bottom. After every shower, I just wring the bottom, and hang it outside the tub. Every time that I pass, I shake it a little, and it dries in a few hours. I keep the outer curtain open, because it coordinates so well. Since there are no more rings, it's easy to toss it in the laundry with the bedsheets. Showering is quieter, too, without the sound of water on the plastic. |
| Jana |
Posted - Feb 26 2009 : 04:28:10 AM
I hate the plastic ones, too. And when they get a bit of mold on them, forget it, even with bleach. The cloth ones are so easy to launder. I've seen them in most big box stores and also in mail order catalogs. Some are treated with some kind of anti-mold agent. I'm not really knowlegable about that.
Jana |
| Gaelic Gardener |
Posted - Feb 12 2009 : 6:27:14 PM
thanks all for your wonderful responses!
--Kelly |
| Lizabeth |
Posted - Feb 11 2009 : 2:13:05 PM
Would oil cloth work as a liner? |
| StarMeadow |
Posted - Feb 11 2009 : 2:05:59 PM
My next liner will be cloth. I don't know why I keep buying the cheap ones....they are so bad for everything...except I haven't been able to throw them out so I have a few for cover for the garden in spring and drop cloths. Still, if it's 4$ vs 20$...I've already done that over the long haul eh? It just seems like that "xtra" 16$ could be put to better use at that particular moment. |
| CalicoCat |
Posted - Feb 11 2009 : 08:53:58 AM
My liner is nylon as well. (I, preversely, sort of like that vinyl smell; it reminds of me of brand new dolls given to me as a child LOL! But I know about outgassing, so mentally recoil from it.) The liner is a champ, though. I've had it forever, and it starts to look grimy or harbor mildew, a spin in the washer has it looking like new again.
I saw the same note in the magazine about that hemp liner, and resolved to try this next. ;)
~April |
| wild daisy |
Posted - Feb 10 2009 : 5:06:13 PM
I hate the smell of a new plastic liner too. I have to watch out for any mold as my kids and I are really allergic to mold. I wash mine with vinegar and haven't needed to replace it for years. The only time I had to replace it was after 6 years and the holes were ripped. My husband then used it for a drop cloth in the garage for a while.
Madelynne
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| Suzan |
Posted - Feb 10 2009 : 2:28:22 PM
Check out Vermont Country Store, I got my liner from there and love it after years of struggling with vinyl liners...http://www.vermontcountrystore.com/browse/Home/For-The-Home/Bath/Shower-Curtains/D/30103/P/1:100:1030:10290/I/f03392?evar3=BROWSE
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| Jeanna |
Posted - Feb 10 2009 : 06:41:04 AM
I just went and checked online and saw that Target had cloth ones for $12.99. Not to bad.
Jeanna
Farmgirl Sister #41
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| Jeanna |
Posted - Feb 10 2009 : 06:38:36 AM
They make cloth liners. I just bought two new shower curtains and the lady in the shop was trying her best to sell me her new liners which were cloth. They ran about $20 each.
Jeanna
Farmgirl Sister #41
Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined.
Henry David Thoreau |
| Especially For You |
Posted - Feb 10 2009 : 05:42:58 AM
Kelly,
Last night I was looking through my Mary Janes Farm mags. and I found just what you were asking about. on page 17 of the oct-Nov 2008 issue she said to use a hemp curtain the web sight is www.healthgoods.com She said a hemp curtain will get wet but it won't leak through. it is quick-drying and naturally resistant to mold and bacteria and you can toss yoou curtain in the laundry to freshen it up. I hope this helps.
Tina~Farm Girl #455 |
| Amie C. |
Posted - Feb 09 2009 : 07:53:35 AM
I keep meaning to get a thicker cloth shower curtain and do away with my liner, too. But I just haven't gotten around to it yet.
You can definitely use a canvas or cotton shower curtain with no liner, but I think it has to be a thicker cloth than the usual shower curtain (meant to be used with a liner).
The only thing to worry about is that the curtain not get moldy, especially if you've got a thick one as liner and the old one for outside. I think as long as you remember to pull the shower curtain tight after your shower, so the curtain isn't hanging in folds to trap moisture, it should be fine.
Also, I remember staying overnight with some friends who used a single cloth shower curtain, and they always reminded us to wring out the curtain after our shower so it would dry faster. |
| obventions |
Posted - Feb 09 2009 : 07:51:50 AM
Didn't they use like doors? I remember in my uncle's old house they had like swinging doors on theirs. Hmm.
Anywho! How about a recycled polyester? Or something to that extent. Hemps, cottons, things like that which are kind of "popular" will absorb moisture (and turn to mold.) Want to go funky? How about a patch work shower curtain from old umbrellas? A lot of times you can pick them up from thrift shops for about 50 cents or so. You could sew something in to hold weight at the bottom... to hold it inside the tub without flowing out since they're relatively light weight... Magnet maybe? Or sew in a suction cup type thing. |
