Hi 53kw. The brown paper you talk of at Home Depot is what I use at times and yes it works very well. All my cages are 38 1/2 inches from front to rear so when I get the roll of paper I cut it down to that with my chop saw. If you take it slow it leaves the cut edge very clean so all I need to do then is cut it to length. With the chucks they are very messy so I double it up. Where in MI are you? I am in the eastern part near Port Huron.

Tom Greb