Poll: What detergent do you use for towels?

[powerfin64]

Since the question was asked if fabric softener was used on towels, I thought a good question would be, what detergent do you use to wash your towels with?

I use either Gain Spring lavender powder, Cheer(original) powder with color guard or Tide powder, and always with a extra rinse(3 total).

 

[pulsator]

I generally use either Tide Coldwater HE liquid or Fresh Start powder with some Calgon mixed in!

 

[sudsmaster]

Currently using Kirkland liquid Free and Clear HE detergent, at least for bath towels done in the Neptune.

No fabric softener if mechanically dried. A little if the towels are going to be line-dried.

The kitchen towels go through the Miele at 160F, with the rest of the whites, usually with Sears Ultra Plus HE powder boosted with STPP. A little "env friendly" Kirkland fabric softener added to final rinse. These are always mechanically dried.

 

[jerrod6]

all of my towels are colored so I use Miele for colors Pwdr or liquid because it does not contain oba's and rinses well

 

[xraytech]

I use the Sears UltraPlus unscented powder detergent

 

[peterh770]

Whatever the detergent du jour is what is used. Currently Wisk 2x HE.

 

[appnut]

sears UltraPlus Stainfighter has been my main bubbles squeeze for the last 3 years at least.  I bought some of the new concentrated Tide HEo Pwder on sales  at the store and used that on towels and sheets the last two go rounds. 

 

[maytagbear]

Sears Ultra Plus

in the orange box. I never want to be without it.

Lawrence/Maytagbear

 

[labboy]

Most our good towels are very light in color so I use Persil Universal Megaperls. For the dark towels (mostly ratty old towels for the gym or to dry the dog) I use Tide Liquid HE.

Before I got Persil, I found the towels had an odor when using Tide. I love Persil and am looking forward to my aunt bringing me a resupply when she comes to visit from Ireland.

 

[frigilux]

All my bath towels/hand towels/wash cloths are white. I use bath towels only once, so they are lightly soiled. I wash my bath linens using powdered SA8 or UK Persil Bio Powder, both of which are low-sudsing.

I generally add 1/4 cup of liquid chlorine bleach and select the extra rinse option.

I use the Heavy Cycle (18-minute wash) and the maximum (1300 rpm) spin speed.

 

[polkanut]

I'm with Peter on this one, whatever the detergent du jour is.  Currently using Ariel w/ Oxianillos, and phosphated Viva.

 

[westie2]

Sears Ultra Plus in the orange box as we have for the past 30+ years.

 

[mrwash]

Only towles?

Sorry for the question but why does everyone wash the towles as a seperate load? I always hate it to have too many towles in one and the same load, as they absorb so many water and detergent that I get sudslock after sudslock in the intermit spins and then I would have to use any softener to kill all that foam, coming out of the towles. Thats why I mix towles with other clothes that match the color and the type of cycle and temperature, so the problem with the foam wouldn't occur. It may be different with American toploaders that use lots of water, but in my frontloader I just have to wash mixed loads or dose only little detergent. By the way, I don't see any need to wash towles seperately.

 

[franksdad]

I switch between Sears Ultra Plus in the orange box and All Free and Clear. I also use Clorox bleach.

 

[franksdad]

Also... I always wash towels as a separate load. Never do I throw a towel into another load or any other type of clothing/laundry into a load of towels. Underwear is washed as a separate load, sheets are a separate load, dress clothes are a separate load, and "play clothes" are a separate load. No. I'm NOT anal!

 

[gmmcnair]

Soap Flakes...

I use soap flakes and a liquid hydrogen peroxide bleach in my white towels. I follow up with a vinegar rinse and a line dry if I have nice weather and/or the space on my drying rack.

I always do my towels separately from other stuff. My washer has essentially no lint filtering action, so I don't risk it.

 

[pulsator]

I wash towels separately for several reasons:

1) My towels are very brightly colored and it's very pretty to watch.

2) I have too many to wash them all with other loads.

3) I wash them in hot water and I wouldn't mix them with my whites nor would I wash colored clothes in hot water.

4) I give them a lot of rinses to help aid in softening.

 

I've never had a sudsing issue with towels... Maybe you're using too much soap for the soil level?

 

[roscoe62]

I use Persils and I can't for the life of me get an HE Liquid to work on towels without a suds lock,my experience from Tide, so if anyone who uses an HE liquid other than Tide with any amount of success what is your secret? I may be willing to try it since I have read from some of you in earlier threads that a liquid keeps them softer.
Thanks

 

[whirlcool]

American towels are different than German towels. American towels are made from a more fluffier fabric. They also let out a lot of lint. Anything you wash with a towel will pretty much have lint all over it.
So this is the reason most Americans wash their towels as separate loads.

We use either Persil UK Bio or FOCA on our towels. I like to make sure they are very well rinsed.