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    Default Cleaning Wipes or Spray and Paper Towel?

    What do you use to clean up certain areas of your house, ie: kitchen, bathroom, etc.?

    Do you use wipes, like Clorox wipes, Orange Glo wipes, Windex wipes, etc., or do you use a spray cleaner (whether bought or homemade) and paper towels?
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    I decided to try the wipes this time. I usually use a spray and rag or paper towel.
    I like the ease of the wipes but the ones I have (lysol scrubber ones) seem to dry out too fast.
    I love the scrubber stuff though, I do a lot of baking and it isn't always easy to stop that minute and wipe up brown sugar or sticky stuff when it drips. After just a few minutes that stuff sets hard as cement, the scrubber wipes have no trouble getting it off like arag or papter towel does.

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    Spray cleaner and an old dishrag I keep exclusively for that purpose.
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    I use both. Depends on what I have when I go to clean. I do like the CLorox wipes though. I try to keep some in the bathrooms for a quick clean-up.
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    I love the Clorox wipes for cleaning the bathroom. I keep some in the guest bath for quick clean-ups if someone stops by.

    I use the Palmolive dish wipes sometimes, too. I hate having a stinky dish cloth draped in my sink all day.

    Otherwise, for furniture polish and such, I use spray.

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    I use Lysol wipes in the bathroom. I got 20+ conainers free (well, .07 tax each). I usually use spray cleaner with an old wash rag on the stove top, microwave, and sometimes on the counter. I got a bunch of those free too, and another bunch for .25!

    *One of our grocery stores has a coupon in their ad every 3-4 months or so for selected Lysol cleaners $2/2. Those $2/2 coupons sure came in handy a while back. Even a .75/1 coupon makes it a great deal.

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    I've never bought or used the wipes so my answer is the spray bottle and rag

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    Spray Cleaner & towels!

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    If I can get the wipes cheaper with coupons, I use them, but if not, just use paper towels and spray.

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    I use a spray cleaner and an old rag

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    Spray cleaner and paper towels.

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    I make hm 409 wipes and love using them!

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    I usually use my lysol kitchen spray but I do like to try and keep some clorox wipes around if I can get a good deal on them.
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    I make my own cleaning wipes using rubbermaid #9 tubs (I think that's the number), bounty paper towels cut in half, and whatever cleaner I need. I usually have one going on each floor with simple green, and with window/glass cleaner. With a glass top kitchen table the glass cleaner one is very handy.

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