Toilet paper leaving paper particles floating in the air whenever I break it?

[rach2jlc]

I've said it once and I'll say it again... this place amazes me sometimes.

I think we've got some member here to cover just about every base in existence. I remember another amazing discussion with some of the engineers making quite impressive calculations and remarks about urinals and splashback...

 

[Dakota rube]

Originally Posted by rach2jlc

I remember another amazing discussion with some of the engineers making quite impressive calculations and remarks about urinals and splashback...

Wait.
Was that subject ever solved?
I need to search...

 

[Tck13]

From what i understand, one can go to the arctic and take a water sampling and find microscopic bits of toilet paper.

 

[kontai69]

Originally Posted by Henry Boogers

Well, as luck would have it I have a B.S. in Paper Science & Engineering. Yes, I'm being serious.
The particles that you see floating out of the T.P. will be very similar in composition to the TP itself: primarily paper fiber with some carbonate filler and a host of softening and sizing agents...

That is good info! Are there any brands of T.P. that are reasonably thick but are less prone to dust release or are they all pretty much the same?

 

[Transcendental]

Originally Posted by kontai69

I was about to say the exact same thing. I always notice a noticable amount of accumulated lint near the TP dispenser and wherever I have a tissue box. If you take a tissue and shake it around bright light and look closely at the air, you can see this.
It seems like the softer and thicker the TP, the more lint it releases.

From a Google search, someone recommeded TP with lotion and Angel Soft brand TP for minimal dust (lint) release. I actually might personally give them a try.

that actually does work, the ones with lotion give off less "puff", but lotion on toilet paper seems weird to me.. moisturizing your asshole doesn't seem pleasant

 

[Dakota rube]

Originally Posted by Transcendental

moisturizing your asshole doesn't seem pleasant

Clearly you're not doing it correctly.

 

[West24]

thats why you need to get a dog. no toilet paper and less dog food to buy.

 

[stylemeup]

Originally Posted by Henry Boogers

Well, as luck would have it I have a B.S. in Paper Science & Engineering. Yes, I'm being serious.

The particles that you see floating out of the T.P. will be very similar in composition to the TP itself: primarily paper fiber with some carbonate filler and a host of softening and sizing agents. The reason that the paper does this is a debonder is added to TP to enable the rapid degradation of the sheet in the sewage systems. Compare this to facial tissue ("Kleenex") which is similar in feel but designed to hold it's form when in contact with moisture. Couple weak hydrogen bonding with highly refined short fibers and you have lots of pieces ready to break free.

As for the particles settling on your clothes I suspect that the majority of this is household dust, rather than paper dust, which is actually comprised primarily of dead skin cells. On the other hand I have no feel for the freqency with which you utilize TP or your exfoliating habits so YMMV.

I appreciate this very insightful post, thanks. Its for learning solid info like this that I made this thread. Some of you may think its funny because it doesn't happen to you, but for me it does seriously happen to me so it is not funny to me.

How would you advise me to solve this problem? That is the one part of your post I'm unsure about. Are you advising to me use Kleenex as toilet paper? Not sure I'd wanna do that simply because of how expensive it would get. Some other posters, if I'm understanding things correctly, advised me to use paper towels as toilet paper. Would you advise that too?

How do I attack the problem with ventilation? What kind of machine do I need? I have a small bachelor apartment so I don't have a lot of space.

It may be other dust particles in the air along with the TP particles that stick to my clothes...if so, same question. I wanna know what I can do, specifically, to completely 100% eliminate this problem.

 

[NorCal]

Originally Posted by West24

thats why you need to get a dog. no toilet paper and less dog food to buy.

That is your best post to date.

 

[forsbergacct2000]

Would you have the same problem if you switched to corn cobs?

 

[dragon8]

No wipe and take a shower. Problem solved. where do you iron your clothes. I'd imagine the particles would have landed by then