How To Wash Dish Towels? Tips To Clean Them

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By Amrisha Sharma

Wednesday, March 28, 2012, 17:10

You use dish towels regularly and these towels start stinking of oil and water very shortly. Even after washing and drying them daily or weekly, the smell remains. To prevent buying new dish towels every month, check out these easy tips to wash and clean dish towels at home!

Tips to wash and clean dish towels:

1. Soak the kitchen towels in to detergent solution for 20-30 minutes before washing. His makes it easy to remove stains and stinky smell from towels.

2. If your dish towel is colour-safe, use chlorine bleach to wash them. Chlorine removes stains and grease from kitchen towels.

3. Add a tsp of baking soda in water. Soak the dish towel in it and leave for 15-20 minutes. Add detergent and wash in machine.

4. White vinegar helps remove greasy stains from the kitchen towels. Just add few drops of white vinegar in the detergent solution. Rinse well. The smell of vinegar will go after drying the towel.

5. Add few drops of lemon juice in detergent and then soak the colour-safe dish towel. Lemon cuts down grease and also reduces smell form dish towels. Wash the towels in fresh water to clean them.

6. Always dry your dish towels under the sun. Sun reduces smell from the fabric and also kills bacteria.

Try these tips to wash and clean dish towels. Maintain hygiene in your kitchen by using clean and bacteria-free!