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    Default keep or toss: shower curtain liners

    When your shower curtain liner gets dirty, do you replace it or clean it?
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    I just throw it in the washer with a bit of bleach and detergent and wash it. Then just hang it back up to dry

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    Mine get pretty funky; toss it!

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    Clean it.

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    I throw it out because the holes are usually all ripped. I cut out the magnets and save them though.

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    My liner is fabric, so I wash it. It's lasted for many years and still has many years left to give.
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    We toss them when they get yucky. I use to clean them years ago, but not anymore.
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    Once the holes rip, we toss 'em...
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    We clean them -- if they get really bad, we buy new ones at the Dollar Store. I keep the old ones for paint drop cloths. . . to put under the tents, when we go camping. . . . to protect my plants from frost in the fall /spring. . .

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    I wash it. I buy a good quality curtain and I just keep washing it...which reminds me, I need to wash it!

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    Some I've kept, and some I've tossed. I had an expensive one I bought from The Clean Team. I washed that one multiple times, but after a few years, it became very rigid and weird, so I finally tossed it. We've kept some as drop cloths for painting projects, although I think I've even trashed all of those now because they became so grungy.

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    We save them and use them as drop cloths. I try to buy ugly ones on a major clearance so I can get better quality.

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    Mine is fabric so it gets washed.

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    I don't toss them but save the lines as paint drop cloths.

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