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BillHoughton
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Apr 13, 2015

Toilet paper - household vs. RV

New to the RV world; filled with dumb questions. We're getting ready for our first trip in our new-to-us Itasca Navion, and need toilet, aka "terlet," paper. LOML read something online that said to test your regular household toilet paper in a bowl of water: if it dissolves, you can use it instead of special RV toilet paper.

We're planning to use some of the additive for the black water tank; the RV even came with an eight-pack of it.

We use single-ply Scott at home. I put a square of it in a bowl of water today, and four hours later, I couldn't even see it. I fished around and found a glop of paper fibers. Is this sufficient dissolving to qualify for RV use, or should the special RV paper be on the list when I go out shopping?

23 Replies

  • The Scotts is fine as are a number of other brands. But not Charmin.
  • It will be fine!
    Remember to empty tank when nearly full in order to flush the CR-- out (literally)
  • As long as it is septic safe your good to go. Lots of us use Kirkland brand from Costco with good results.