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BBQ cover
Slip and Slid if you have a lawn
Scooter cover

-cut into heavy duty litter box liners
-plant repotting drop cloth to place on floor or in sink (so that the soil won't go down the drain)

Great ideas! I washed mine and threw it in the closet because I knew I could use it for something! Now i have multiple options:-)

~Lorrie @ MyDesignSecrets.com.

Just rewatched Psycho this past weekend...
...that Norman Bates sure was a trend-setter reusing his shower curtain way back then!

=:-O

This might be a dumb question, but ... if you can wash and disinfect it, why not just hang it back up as a shower curtain liner??

Or, you can skip buying nasty vinyl shower curtains/liners altogether and buy a fabric liner instead. Read about how I keep mine mildew-free (I mean, no mildew AT ALL) here: http://scmtngirl.blogspot.com/2008/10/i-am-so-smart.html

I'm not kidding. It totally works. I invented this myself, thankyouverymuch. ;)

i have an eternal struggle with the shower curtain--not wanting to buy a new one because of the toxic "new curtain" fumes, along with the waste of throwing it away, vs. mildew growing on the mildew-resistant curtain after a few months.

does a curtain exist out there that is actually mildew resistant? that lasts for more than a few months and without being sprayed with nasty chemicals every day?

I like that half 'n half curtain scmtngirl.
And you can see who's in the shower (no surprises ala Norman Bates)

Jane, perhaps there's a tear, or it's starting to rust around the ring holes. Or you move to a new place and you don't need a shower liner anymore (glass doors). Or it's too short or too tall in the new shower.

laura123, there are nylon fabric shower curtains that are machine wash, tumble dry. we probably wash ours once every 6-8 weeks -- comes out clean.

just don't procrastinate too long on washing it, because once the scum turns from orange to green, there's no getting it out. ;)

You are BRAZILLIANT, scmtngirl! Thanks for the tip. I'm SO doing it!

This is a great post...I've been wondering what to do with those things! heather leaf, I think you have the best ideas yet!!

I just washed mine last night and was so pleased at how my bathroom smelled like a pool. Strange, but I take my comfort where I can find it, and it reminded me of good times spent at past pools. I had to use a lot of bleach to get it cleaned, but I consider that less wasteful and damaging to the environment than just tossing an undamaged liner and getting a new one.

laura123

we have 2 mildew "resistant" shower curtains, same kind each, from Meijer, around 10 bucks each. They don't get cleaned everyday, i can say that for sure. maybe a slight wipe down every 4-5 months, and that's it. What shows up on it isn't really mildew anyway, it's this crap that our water leaves behind, we get a little ring of in our toilets and everything else. Before we moved here, it was mildew and free of everything for a year solid from when i put it up until i took it down. Plus i had a little shower at that time, with the opening to the inside only around 2 feet wide, so i had the curtain doubled over on itself. Seems like a prime time to grow a science experiment, but nothing...

They're a little thick, and white. I just looked at one today pretty closely since i was putting a new outer curtain up on the guest bathroom, and that one is clean as a whistle (i don't really get that term...)

OMG, Karate Kid?
And isn't it Daniel LaRusso?

back on subject...there's no other uses for used shower curtains other than to use them for rain cover or floor tarp...for progressively dirty jobs then throw them away finally...

really, who's gonna cut and re-sew a dirty shower curtain?

Sarahh loves Ralph

I use my old shower curtain liners to wrap up the bodies of my dismembered victims....



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