Useful Information About Paper Towel

Paper towel is a kind of absorbent paper which is used mainly in kitchen and washroom to replace the conventional cloth towel.  It is more and more popular because of its convenience, sanitation and disposability.  However, on the market now have so many kinds of paper towel or even many kinds of tissue paper in general.  This article will make you clearer about paper towels.

1. What is paper towel made of?

Paper towels are made of paper pulp which is extracted from wood or fiber crops.  They can be virgin as well as recycled products.  During the production, they are usually bleached to make the color whiter.  The patterns on the paper which are usually circles or diamonds or simple flowers have the function of enhancing the moisture absorption.

Moreover, for even better absorption, they are often produced with two or three layers of thin paper.  Nowadays, paper towels are sometimes imprinted with sophisticate colored images to make them more attractive.  Generally, paper towels are manufactured to maximize its main properties which is water absorbency and disposability.

2. What is the difference between paper towel and facial tissue?

We can easily notice that facial tissue is softer, smoother and lighter than the paper towel.  The reason is facial tissues are made from the lowest weight tissue paper and usually treated with softeners, lotions or added perfume to make users more comfortable. 

Facial tissues are manufactured more complicated than paper towels because human face needs to be treated carefully and gently.  In other hand, paper towels are often usually in the kitchen or washroom for drying hands, dusting and cleaning up stains and spills, wiping windows, etc.

3. How to choose the suitable paper towel?

There are a wide variety of kinds of paper towel available on the market.  You may sometimes hesitate in deciding which one is suitable for your needs when passing by the tissue shelf in the super market.  You had better choose a high quality one if you can afford.  Although it is more expensive but “you get what you pay for”, as the old said.  You can easily and quickly clean up your kitchen or wash your hand because of the better absorbency of the good quality tissue.  Using the low quality usually lead to over use to make up for the poor quality. 

There are not much different in the property of absorbing between the paper towel with intricate colored patterns and one with simple patterns.  Therefore, if you wish to save cost, the one with uncomplicated images will be your choice.

4. Some tips when using paper towel

Paper towels are less friendly-environmental than the conventional cloth towels, because they are only intended to use once.  Therefore, first tip is trying to avoid over using the paper towel.  Saving the paper is saving the nature as well as your money.  If you are accidentally draw too much paper from the dispenser, leaving the remains for future use instead of throwing them together with the used one.  The second tip is you should not misuse the paper towel as toilet paper or facial paper.  Each type has its own properties of softness, absorption and cleanness.  You are recommended to use them properly according to their functions.