Thanks cella jane. :) You know, I was thinking seriously about the industrial size zip-ties...my husband uses them in his service tech work and they are monsterously strong. Plus he can get them in bulk and I could use them quickly and by myself. My only question is, how will they hold up in our southern California sun... I was also thinking of a whip-stitch-type thing using wire, but you are right, it would take two people and if possible I'd like to be working on the splicing while my husband finishes the rest of the run (we are planning a trip and the ol' clock is tickin'). I also considered using hog rings, but I think they might have too much 'give' to them. Being in the city, fencing supply places are practically non-existent, so knowledge like this isn't common. And asking the folk at Home Depot just earns me a panicked stare. *L* But one way or another this run will get there. :) Velvet ~:>

YES! I know of one from Norwex that I use that you just use water and you reuse it over and over and over. It has two separate heads one is made with microfiber to mop the floor and the other one washes the floor with just water, it's so easy to use and SAVES TIME AND MONEY. This product does clean because of the way that the microfiber is made. Hope you have good luck as I also can't stand smells, etc. USE OF A TRADITIONAL MOP: Âæ The traditional way to use a mop is with a bucket and sometimes a dirty mop. Âæ Bacteria start to spread in a pool of warm water. Âæ A bacterium eats protein in chemicals and it then multiplies. Âæ You are using very harsh chemicals that have been linked to a vast array of illness. Âæ Chemicals usually dry in 3 ¡V 5 minutes but are only effective unless they stay wet for at least 10 minutes. Âæ Bacteria spread on the floor will take free rides on dust particles and will continuously be in the air. Âæ Handles are often too short and may cause back problems. Âæ Buckets of heavy water can also lead to back problems. USE OF A NORWEX MOP: Âæ No buckets. Âæ Tap water and/or spray bottle, wet the mop pad and go. Âæ Mop lifts 99% of bacteria. Âæ Floors dry within 20 seconds. Âæ Telescopic handles that adjust to any height, comfortable for all heights. Âæ No toxic chemicals. Âæ 2 different sizes. Âæ Saves time.

This is a really old thread...however, I am recuperating from some medical stuff, and now I am on page 42 of this thread. I am getting re-educated on cleaning....enough of listening to the impeachment stuff. We purchased the SHMOP in 1995, when we bought our old house. Hubby loves it!! And, if you need replacements, the company ( Clean Team) sends them right out, and they last forever. Hubby has a sewing machine that is an antique...he loves pulling that thing out, and sews his own replacement bonnets with elastic and micro fabric covers. He loves sewing with the antique machine...if I’m not careful, I find him sewing all sorts of things. Get the SHMOP...IT WILL NOT BREAK!

I was reading this thread last night & it is really amusing! Here are my 2 cents-- First, if someone is only getting the holes in the same area of one kind of garment (eg, front of shirt near the bottom), it is not from the washer or dryer, it is from something you do while you are wearing the shirt. I noticed no one complained about "mysterious" holes in the knees of jeans! Why wouldn't holes in the same spot of some other garment also be from something you are doing when wearing that garment? Some people found they were rubbing the edge of their kitchen counter with their shirts. Others might be snagging the shirt on jean zippers. Maybe there is something on your desk in your office that is rubbing the shirts. Maybe your laptop is rubbing your shirts in the same spot. If you only get holes in the elbows of long sleeve shirts, you are leaning on something that is snagging the shirt---etc etc. Moths & bugs do not care whether what they are eating is in the front or back or elbow. My husband's slacks he wears to work are suffering back-belt loop failure. It only happens on the back belt loop--they get frayed & faded. He was blaming the manufacturer's choice of materials but if the fabric is only wearing & fading in that one spot, it is not the fabric. It turned out, after some investigation, to be caused by the new chairs the company has placed in the offices---a stiff mesh that is rubbing only that part of his pants. I suggested getting a fleece throw or any other fabric thing, and throwing it over the back of the chair. Of course, this is not "manly" and is meeting resistance, so he might have ragged belt loops for some time to come. Second, wool mothes only eat wool. People who leave their cashmere & other woolen sweaters in the closet for a long time before wearing them again, and find holes, are suffering from wool moths' larvae and the cure is to store the clothes in a bug proof box & probably with cedar or mothballs (which are very toxic). Another cure is to wear the clothes more often! Enjoy them. Moths can't lay eggs on sweaters that are walking around outside the closet. Third, I noticed a lot of posters have hampers, which sit on the floor, and the hampers turned out to be harboring some kind of bugs. If you keep cycling your laundry using something else and do not leave it in a hamper, the bugs will not have a place to hide. We put ours in plastic laundry baskets and take them to the basement almost every day. So they are emptied and then bugs can't hide in them. There is the cosmetic issue of baskets in the bedroom or bathroom but everyone's house is different & we all can figure out some way to deal with that. Hiding the basket near the washing machine when company comes is pretty good. Fourth, try hanging delicate clothes to dry instead of throwing them in a dryer which cooks the fibers and abrades them against each other. We hang dry everything except towels & cotton knit undies, and we almost never get holes. When we do, they are in jeans where you would expect them (knees, butts) and shoulders of shirts that the cats' claws caught. We have shoulder-riding kitties. I have some delicate silk blouses and I handwash them, period. I would never put them in a washing machine any more than I would put the fine crystal glasses in the dishwasher. Hope it helps & hope you get fewer holes!