Cloth Towel Dispenser

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Wow that brings back memories. I made a lot of my fortune in the commercial laundry business a hundred years ago.

He is pretty spot on with his descriptions and comparisons of cloth to paper. Surprised to hear him say that these things are extinct, as far as I know companies like Cintas rent roll towels (pickup soiled ones and drop off clean ones) on a weekly or biweekly basis. They would be tough to launder yourself, if they aren't layed out and strapped together properly for washing/ drying they will wind up in a giant knot. If they aren't ironed well they might not travel through the roller mechanism properly.

FYI - That white guard hanging at the back with the slot in it came about quite a few years ago when kids got in the habit of sticking their heads through the loop of towel and spinning around until the towel tightened up around their neck and they passed out. Good times.
 
Cintas switched to a roll paper towel. They work the same way but you throw them
Out at the end. They said cost to launder the cloth was too expensive
 
I still have one of the towel rollers for my use at the home shop. When it gets dirty, I take it off & to the local coin op laundry, wash & dry it, then rewind it for another 2-3 months usage. For my personal use, it's less expensive than paper towels.
 
Demonracer said:
I still have one of the towel rollers for my use at the home shop. When it gets dirty, I take it off & to the local coin op laundry, wash & dry it, then rewind it for another 2-3 months usage. For my personal use, it's less expensive than paper towels.
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i worked at a manufacturing place
all sorts of heavy machinery, welders, roll formers, brake presses, the works

at some point the owner had calculated the cost of paper towels, or shop rags, compare to clothing from the local goodwill store

so every two weeks or so he had 2 big totes of clothes from goodwill brought in, and we used those as shop rags
 
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