Comments on: Triangle hotel toilet paper fold

Question: Triangle hotel toilet paper fold

Astro Zombie — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 09:15:48 -0800

How do you fold toilet paper into a little triangle like they do in hotels?

By: cosmicbandito

cosmicbandito — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 09:17:41 -0800

fold it like the nose of a paper airplane. Fold one side down to to get the 45 degree angle, and then do the opposite on the other side.

By: pocams

pocams — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 09:18:37 -0800

In my experience, they fold each corner of the last sheet under, to the middle, so they meet. Nothing special about it in my experience, unless your hotels are much classier than the ones I've stayed in and have a special technique.

By: anaelith

anaelith — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 09:44:45 -0800

Sometimes they also fold the tip of the triangle under, too, for a total of three folds and a blunt nose triangle.

By: Ookseer

Ookseer — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 10:13:47 -0800

Note that this works better with the cheapy hotel TP because it holds a crease well. If you buy the good fluffy stuff you're going to have a difficult time creasing it well enough for it to hold.

By: contraption

contraption — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 10:36:36 -0800

Actually, the method I've seen is to fold one corner diagonally not to the middle, but until it touches the opposite corner of the strip, so you have the first square of the paper folded in half. Then you fold the resulting point under to the opposite corner of the same square. This will hold better than the "paper airplane" style, and is the technique I've seen used in the hotels I've worked and stayed in, from classy to fleabag.

By: slowfasthazel

slowfasthazel — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 11:16:53 -0800

You could use this?

By: Helga-woo

Helga-woo — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 11:21:45 -0800

I think the key is making sure the end of the roll is positioned such that the folded bits can't fall undone, i.e., it sits just off the top, towards the front.

Some places I've been, they've had toilet roll holders with a flap that hangs in front, resting on the roll, which will hold any triangle in place.

By: Lebannen

Lebannen — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 11:42:59 -0800

When I had to do it, I was told to fold the bottom centimetre or so underneath first, before folding the sides to the middle (the 'paper aeroplane' bit). That apparently helps it hold in place better. Then all you've got to do is make sure the roll is positioned right so that the weight of the paper hold the triangle in place; if it hangs down too far, it's going to come undone.

Since then I've worked in classier places that don't require that kind of thing.

By: LadyBonita

LadyBonita — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 12:16:28 -0800

Lebannen has it right.

And this is filed under "sports, hobbies, and recreation" because... ?

By: rob511

rob511 — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 16:05:50 -0800

Hint: if you fold the corners up, you'll have a better pooper-scooper.

By: Astro Zombie

Astro Zombie — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 19:57:04 -0800

Paper folding is no longer a hobby?