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Keep Your Tablecloth and Placemats Clean

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Date: 08/08/2006 Topic: Cleaning > Advice  
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When decorating my kitchen table with place mats, I found out the hard way that if you use cloth mats they get dirt quickly and are almost impossible to clean, especially when you have little ones eating pasta and sauce. You might as well throw them out. I went over to my mother's house one day and saw that she had a clear plastic table cloth. I asked her where she had gotten it. She said the craft section at Walmart.

If you go into the material section, they sell it in large rolls. You can purchase it by the yard cheaply, whatever thickness you want. I bought enough for my kitchen table, cut it into the oval with extra 6 in for an over hang. Now I place all my mats under the plastic. The table is protected and the mats always stay clean. I just wipe down the plastic and for the diffrent holidays, either I put a cloth tablecloth or mats under the plastic and they never get ruined.

Tip: if you have difficulty getting the plastic to hang down around the edges, use a hair dryer and it will mold to whatever is under it when warmed a little. This stuff is also great as book covers.

By Lou-Ann Krause from Sturbridge MA
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Post By nuddybuddy (Guest Post) (09/28/2006)
I have pretty cloth placemats.I always take them off while eating. (Kids get used to it) We only use them for looks.Then occasionally I run then in the dryer with a dryer sheet to get dust off or spray febreeze on them to keep them smelling good. & only wash as needed. But then I have a friend that only eats with placemats. (So we fight back & forth when we visit)


Post by caraing (40) | (08/08/2006)
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You gotta be careful with the plastic on wood. If it gets one little cut in it and you don't see it, water will seep in there and ruin your table.

My Mom did this method for years in our house we had about 6 table clothes on the table and the plastic one on top. We replaced the plastic every couple of years.

I don't use this method as my hubby despises plastic on his legs and we live in Florida so it doesn't work for us. LOL..

Good luck and enjoy!


Post By ljk13. (Guest Post) (08/08/2006)
I have a wood table and the plastic work just fine just make sure that the table is completely dry before place the plastic down


Post By ljk13. (Guest Post) (08/08/2006)
my table is wood and this works well just make sure that the table is completly dry before putting down the plastic


Post by cookwie (540) | (08/08/2006)
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Am thinking you might be able to fashion an envelope out of the clear plastic (size of a small pillowcase) and slide the placemats into it (especially if you find the plastic hanging down and making your knees feel warm in the summer).
Then again, it might be a blessing in the winter time!


Post by Debbie52 (656) | (08/08/2006)
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I have a wood top table so don't think that would work too well for me. I think having to wipe down that plastic would be just as much trouble as shaking out cloth placemats or throwing in the wash when they get too dirty. I did away with plastic placemats for the same reason....seemed more trouble to me to have to wipe off the placemats. I use cloth placemats and throw in the wash when needed. I've been using this same set of placemats for 2 or 3 yrs and they aren't ruined yet!


Post By siris. (Guest Post) (08/08/2006)
I use one all the time, but remember, if your table is wood, the plastic should not lay on it.


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