Question 1

What is a Skoy Cloth?

Accepted Answer

Skoy Cloth is an eco-friendly, biodegradable, compostable and reusable cleaning cloth designed to replace sponges and paper towels. Skoy Cloths are made from 70% cellulose and 30% cotton. Cloth designs are printed with water-based nontoxic inks.
One Skoy Cloth can outlast 15 rolls of paper towels. Each Skoy Cloth can absorb more than 15 times its weight – making them ideal for wiping up spills, doing dishes or dusting.
From the kitchen or bath to general housekeeping tasks, you can use a Skoy Cloth anywhere you would use a sponge or a rag. Count on streak-free performance on granite, stainless steel, glass and wood countertops.

Question 2

How do you use a Skoy Cloth?

Accepted Answer

Always use a Skoy Cloth wet or moistened. You can use with popular household cleaners – but they work just as well with only water. After use, rinse under water and hang in a good place to dry. Skoy Cloths dry quickly without a wet rag or sponge smell. Skoy Cloths are a healthier option, simply clean them in the washing machine, dishwasher, or pop into a microwave (moisten first).

Question 3

How long does a Skoy Cloth last?

Accepted Answer

Reusable and washable, Skoy Cloths are designed for lasting performance. A normal life cycle of a Skoy Cloths starts in the kitchen to wipe countertops and tabletops. After using the Skoy Cloth for a week or two in the kitchen, it can be renewed in the washer and put back into the kitchen or “downgraded” for indoor cleaning service such as floors, bathrooms, etc. After a few months in this stage and multiple washings, a Skoy Cloth can then be used for outdoor messes, such as wiping patio furniture – as well as for garage use.

Count on Skoy Cloths for repeated use – that will outlast rolls and rolls of paper towels.

Question 4

How do you clean a Skoy Cloth?

Accepted Answer

Clean in the washing machine or the top rack of the dishwasher. Or, you can boil the cloth for a few minutes on the stove. You can also microwave the Skoy Cloth – wet – for 90 seconds to sterilize it (take care in removing the cloth from the microwave). Hang to dry.

Question 5

Will my Skoy cloth shrink if I wash it or dry it in a dryer?

Accepted Answer

A Skoy Cloth consists of cotton and cellulose. Just as washing clothes made from cotton can shrink if washed in hot water, or from a dryer at high temperatures, a SKOY cloth may shrink when washed, or more commonly when dried in a dryer.

Question 6

What if it gets stained?

Accepted Answer

The best way to keep the Skoy Cloth clean is to make sure you rinse it out after each use. If it starts to look stained, you can soak it in a very light bleach water solution. A Skoy Cloth is a natural product so do not soak for too long.

Question 7

What is the size of the Skoy Cloth?

Accepted Answer

Our standard size Skoy Cloth is 7 x 8 inches. Our larger Skoy Cloth is 10 x 12 inches.

Question 8

Where are Skoy Cloths made?

Accepted Answer

Skoy Cloths are manufactured in Germany. Our factory is aware of the responsibility for handling its resources carefully. We use renewable raw materials such as cellulose (derived from wood), and cotton to produce our Skoy cloths.

Our factory has invested heavily in developing and implementing an integrated environmental recycling and disposal facility in which the economical use of energy and water is first and foremost. Production by-products are purified and recycled as far as possible within the process. Regeneration baths are returned to production by an evaporation process. Wastewater is treated at the site's biological wastewater purification plants. This environmental concept is at the vanguard of operations-related environmental policy and has resulted in our factory becoming a reference company throughout the industry.

Question 9

Can I use Skoy Cloths in other places besides the kitchen?

Accepted Answer

Our customers use Skoy Cloths in almost any place imaginable – from the home kitchen and bath to office, garage, boat, automobile, patio and camping. Skoy Cloths are ready for just about anything.

Question 10

What is the difference between Skoy Cloths and microfiber cloths?

Accepted Answer

The biggest difference is that Skoy Cloths are made from natural materials and are 100% biodegradable, while microfiber cloths are made from synthetic materials. Skoy Cloths are more earth friendly.

Experience shows that Skoy Cloths absorb liquids better than microfiber cloths. They’re simply more efficient for kitchen use. Additionally, customers think Skoy Cloths feel better in your hand during use.

Question 11

How are Skoy Cloths a greener cleaning solution than paper towels?

Accepted Answer

Skoy Cloths and paper towels are both biodegradable and can each end up in landfills (or as compost). However, paper towels can be used once or twice at most, while a Skoy Cloth can be used over and over again. One Skoy Cloth can outlast more than 15 rolls of paper towels.

Question 12

Why is reducing the use of paper towels a big deal?

Accepted Answer

According to the EPA, The United States generate 250 million tons of trash per year, 28.5% of which was paper. That is more than 70 million tons of paper waste per year.

Less paper waste reduces greenhouse gases in multiple ways. Reducing paper-towel waste has many important benefits:
 • Reduces transportation required to haul goods/packages 
 • Reduces energy needed to make goods/packages 
 • Reduces fuel consumed in hauling waste to landfill 
 • Reduces methane in landfill from decomposing paper

Using less paper towels means cutting down less trees, which reduces the risk of deforestation. Of course, some paper towels use more recycled material than others, but in the end, paper is made from trees.

“Preventing 1 ton of paper waste saves between 15 and 17 mature trees” (US Environmental Protection Agency)

Using less paper towels means we can use less chemicals and waste less water needed to produce paper towels. “Even before the paper towels are used, each ton has claimed 20,000 gallons of water in chemical cleansing.” (Wikipedia)

Using less paper towels means using up less landfill resources. “A decrease in U.S. household consumption of just three rolls per year would save 120,000 tons of waste and $4.1 million landfill dumping fees.” Arizona State University

Imagine every household saving 15 rolls of paper towels for each Skoy Cloth used . . .

Question 13

Why Skoy vs competitors?

Accepted Answer

Our Skoy Cloths are manufactured in Germany and packaged in the USA with recycled cardboard with nontoxic inks and dyes. Copycat products or generic “Swedish Dishcloths” are typically inferior and made using just cellulose.

Question 14

How do I dispose of my Skoy Cloth?

Accepted Answer

A Skoy Cloth is 100% biodegradable and compostable. You can compost it in your backyard or if your city has a composting program. If you do not have a composting option, you can bury it in your backyard. An independent composting test showed that Skoy Cloths broke down completely within five weeks (16 weeks in a city landfill).

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