Any ideas for cheesecloth recycling? Nothing to do with food though...it didn't wash up quite as wonderfully as I'd hoped....

-- Mumsie (shezdremn@aol.com), February 10, 2000

Answers

Most of what we see here in the States listed as cheese cloth is not!! Good cheese cloth has some substance to it and a much more closely woven knit. Good cheese cloth can be washed over and over. It sounds like what you have is what is sold at WalMart and Auto Supply stores. They are not for cheese. You should be able to find some decent cloth at a good health food store or you can get it from the New England Cheese company.

Taz

-- Taz (Tassi123@aol.com), February 10, 2000.

The cheap thin tee shirt material makes a good cheese cloth. But good heavy tee shirts won't work. Taz

-- Taz (Tassi123@aol.com), February 10, 2000.

You might make bags out of it to hang up walnuts, or onions. use it to wash a car. You can make shade cloth for a greenhouse out of it. Lay on the ground over young seeds till they sprout to keep the birds from eating your seeds. (be sure to remove when the seeds come up)

If not too heavy, cover strawberry plants or other fruit plants to keep birds from eating your fruit.

Lots of luck Beth

-- Beth (craig@icu2.net), February 10, 2000.

When I used to paint "faux finsishes" and do wall glazing for a living, we used washed cheesecloth all the time. It gives a good effect when ragging on translucent paint "glazes." So, if you feel artistic, use it for some redecorating. But please use low or no "VOC" paints (VOC stands for "volatile organic compounds" and you don't want 'em in your home!).

-- Amy (canaryclub@aol.com), February 10, 2000.