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Monday, December 7, 2009

SKOY Cloth Review & Giveaway

Cleaning Green: Giveaway #1

SKOY Cloth is...

  • 100% biodegradable (testing has shown it will break down in 5 months from beginning composting)
  • Absorbent (15x its own weight!)
  • Re-usable (one will last for the equivalent of 15 ROLLS of paper towels)
  • Clean (can microwave to sterilize or throw in the dishwasher or clothes washer!)
  • and Fun… (comes in a variety of colors and prints--including for Christmas)

Made from 100% biodegradable natural cotton and wood-based cellulose pulp, SKOY cloth is a chlorine-free product using water-based colors and inks. They were first designed almost ten years ago by two stay at home moms who were sick of the 2.5 million tons of paper towels that fill up our landfills every year. Since their beginning, SKOY cloths have been featured on O, The Oprah Magazine, Reader's Digest, and numerous other publications and radio/TV shows!

The Basics: SKOY Cloth sent me a free sample pack of 4 cloths. When dry, they're stiff. When wet, they act like a chamois to clean up spills and scrub down messes. I haven't had any tears yet, and even though I've been using them for months, they are showing no signs of decay.

The Good: They save a ton of money and are easy to clean (I throw them in the washer and dryer)! Very absorbent, and I also love the fact that they're manufactured with humane and green practices and also made of fully biodegradable materials.

The Not-so-Good: SKOY Cloth suggests throwing a wet cloth into the microwave to kill bacteria. Frankly, the steaming and temperature of the cloth concern me because 1) I don't want to start a fire, 2) I don't really like using microwaves, and 3) I don't want it to be too hot to touch. So I recommend the dishwasher or clothes washer for cleaning. I did let one sit next to my sink wet for a while, and sure enough, little spots started to form (mildew? mold?). Microwaving left them looking about the same. I threw it in the wash after that, and though the spots are still visable, I don't worry about anything growing on them. :-) Just make sure you wash them regularly!

Buy Them: You can buy a 4-pack for $5.99 directly from http://www.skoycloth.com/ . They even have a regular shipping service that will send you 8 cloths for $11.98 every 3, 4, 5, or 6 months!

Win Them: SKOY cloth also provided me with a 4-pack to give to one of my lucky readers. To enter, please first click on one of the SKOY links in this website to support them. Then, let me know something interesting that you learned from their website! Please include a valid email address in every entry. Contest ends December 23, 2009 at 12:00pm, EST.

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*Share your favorite cleaning tip
*Comment on another one of my posts (tell me which one)! (max of 5 entries)

Good luck and be blessed!

54 comments:

  1. I found it interesting that the idea for this actually originated in Europe!!
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  14. I love that skoj means "just for fun" in swedish and that's why they chose that name! I had no idea.

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  27. I found that they use renewable raw materials to produce their cloths to be very interesting and great!

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  33. I learned that they have been working and researching for almost a year on their product.

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  39. I learned that to keep your skoy germ free you can micro it for a few mins.

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  43. A favorite cleaning tip of mine is to save lightly used napkins (like when we go to restaurants) and storing them under the kitchen sink to use to clean spots on the wood floor. I love that I am using the napkin fully rather than letting it go to waste barely used at the restaurant...and not using a clean paper towel or other new resource to get the cleaning done. Thanks!

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