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Washing Tips To Clean Towels

When you buy a new towel, you find it very difficult to use it for the first few days. The lint and soft fabric is difficult to absorb water from the skin. You need to wash the towel few a times to make them more absorbent. Well, you can wash a new towel in hot water to make it absorbent.

However, after using a towel a number times, it looks dirty and stained. Be it kitchen towels or bathing ones, cleaning them becomes very tricky. You try numerous ways to clean a towel and bring back its shine, but nothing works. It is said that soaking the towel in hot water with detergent solution in it will help remove stains.

Using some smart cleaning tips will help clean the towel and maintain its shine. Moreover, you need to make sure that the fabric is not harmed while washing. Sometimes the fabric and thread starts coming out of the towel if you scrub it or rinse in hot water. So, to help ease washing the towels, here are some tips for you to follow. These washing tips can be used on new as well as used towels. Moreover, you can also wash your kitchen towels that easily get stained and stink of oil. Take a look.

Tips For Washing Towels:

Hot Water

Hot Water

Used towels as well as new ones can be washed in hot water. Soak them in hot water for about 25 minutes and then rinse gently. Stained towels needs to be scrubbed a little.

Detergent

Detergent

You can use a detergent powder or a bar for cleaning the towel. Both new and old ones can be cleaned using this tip.

Baking Soda

Baking Soda

You can use baking soda as well for cleaning dirty towels and remove stains. Baking soda is ideal for white towels as it helps bring back the white shine.

Vinegar

Vinegar

You can even use vinegar in detergent solution to clean the dirty towel. Kitchen and hand towels can ideally be cleaned using vinegar.

Lemon

Lemon

Lemon not only acts as a bleaching agent, but also leaves a citrus smell on the fabric. You can clean hand, bathing and kitchen towels using lemon juice in the detergent solution.

Salt

Salt

Most of the people use white towels. Cleaning them becomes very difficult, so you can have salt to clean the stains and prevent it from becoming yellow.

Fabric Softener

Fabric Softener

To make the towel smell good and remain soft on the skin, you must use a fabric softener after washing.

Story first published: Wednesday, November 6, 2013, 15:57 [IST]
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