Washing Towels

[chestermikeuk]

Towels

Coloured Towels - Normal Wash, 60d Temp, 4 Spin Rinses, 1600rpm
White Towels - Normal Wash, 70d usual, 95d when required, 4 Spin Rinses, 1600rpm
All with Ariel of course, What Better IMMHO!!! & a splash of Ecover or Blue Comfort

Of course it helps when you have the Creme de la Creme of Laundry Appliances....
Mike, Ducking n Running Fast, Being Slapped silly, Appliancevillers chomping at the bit!!!

 

[2drumsallergy]

Ariel Washes Whiter

Hi Louis,
I totally agree with you Ariel definitely washes whiter. I have tried literally every detergent over the years and Ariel consistently performs best for me. I am regularly asked how I get my whites so white and the answer is Ariel. Amway SA8 Premium with Bioquest is also an exceptional quality detergent and my second favourite after Ariel.

As for towels; my towels are all white and get washed with Ariel Bio on Cottons 60ºC with extra rinse and a half measure of Spring Awakening Lenor. I occasionally use SA8 Premium with Bioquest and SA8 Alpine Floral Fabric Softener. I run them through a Cottons 95ºC cycle with extra rinse once a month for good measure. I line dry whenever possible to save energy but that's not always possible during the winter months so a trip through the dryer is often necessary.

David

 

[timon90]

I ALWAYS wash my towels on Normal cycle, 95*, and full spin speed(1600rpm)! And then in the tumbledryer!

Withes is washed on Normalcycle, 60* and 1300-1400rpm.

Coloured is washed on Normal or short cycle, 40*-50* and 1000-1300rpm.

 

[westtexman]

Ariel vs. Persil Debate . . . .

I find that the Henkel (German Version) of Persil works better in my water conditions than UK Ariel. Perhaps it's because the UK Ariel doesn't seem to rinse out as easy as the Henkel Persil.

I also use Unilever (UK) Persil, and I find that the tabs seem to whiten better than Ariel, but the Powder doesn't seem to whiten as well as Ariel.

I really think I need counseling or something as I seem to be OBSESSED with getting the whitest whites possible. Do they have a 12-step program for that?

 

[logixx]

At home, I wash towels on a 60°C quick wash cycle: wash, drain, deep rinse, spin, rinse, spin, rinse, final spin at 1400 rpm. Always use Lenor softener, always dry them in the dryer. Detergent is usually Ariel powder.

Here it's a *little* more complicated as I have to use a commercial Speed Queen FL. So what I do is I put one Ariel Liquitab in the drum, add the clothes and start the pre-wash using the 40°C cycle. In order not to set-in any stains by a super hot fill, I'm trying to wait as long as possible before switching over to the actual 60°C cycle (usually about 2:30 minutes before the first fill ends and the cycle is locked in). For the main wash I add powdered detergent and Calgon. For the first rinse I add some vinegar to the bleach dispenser to help the washer remove all that detergent. About one cap full of Lenor goes into the final rinse.

Drying: on high heat until completely dry.

 

[rapunzel]

We don't throw our towels in the wash after only one use - but after about three they go in. They get washed in a Speed Queen top loader on hot/regular. Our water temp is set at sixty degrees (140 Fahrenheit) and my favorite detergents are Cold Power with Cuddly regular scent, Cold Power Rainforest scent, Tide Mountain Spring, Tide with Downey April Fresh or Amway SA8 (with phosphates) and Cuddly Jasmine and Bergamot softener. Once in a while I chuck a Bounce sheet in the dryer. Yes, I do have a stash and like to indulge my whimsy. I add a couple of scoops of Clorox oxygen bleach as well, because we tend to wash our cotton bath mats, kitchen towels and microfibre wipe-up cloths in the same load. Then everything goes into the SQ dryer on regular heat for an hour.

Most of our towels are white and washing them in hot water keeps them looking bright and fresh. The hot water gets out the body oils and better cleans the kitchen towels and rags. Most of my frieds only wash their towels on cold water and they tend to take on a musty smell after a while.

 

[vivalalavatrice]

Whites! 60°C

I don't think my mother has never provided bathrooms with coloured towles...(but sometimes I see linenes-towels though).

Towels are washed with cotton cycles, with bedlines, pillowcases, and underwear...60°C and 1cup of DASH... then depending on soil level we add OminoBianco(is a perborated wash activator), and i case of extremely hard soil items I set the prewash(45°C)...

Very rarely I use fabric softner...I prefer to hang out towels drying in wind...better if they're in shadow and not under the direct sun light...

I think however I would wash them at that temperature even if they were coloured...it's an hygienic safe IMHO!

BYE
Diomede

 

[Unimatic1140]

I have 4 huge white bath sheet style towels, I love really big towels after long hot showers. I wash them in the Super Unimatic always. Every few washes I select a 1 hour warm water presoak where I use a full serving of Tide with Bleach, 1/3 of the detergent goes directly into the wash tub for the soak, the other 2/3rds goes into the detergent dispenser to be dispensed at the start of the wash. The presoak fills the tub with 11 gallons of warm water, agitates for 60 seconds, then soaks for 19 minutes, agitates 1, soaks 19, agitates 1 and soaks 19. Then the soak water is spun out over the top (with the required Let's Make a Deal harp sound effect) and for 30 seconds hot water is sprayed into the outer cabinet and pumped down the drain to flush out the hot water line so the new incoming hot water is at full temp. Then the machine does a catalyst style spin/spray/recirculation prewash and goes into a full heated wash cycle which gets the water up to 155F. They are rinsed and spun at 1140rpm for 12 minutes. My white towels are 9 years old and are still as white and bright as the day I bought them and almost as fluffy.

I never use Fabric softener on the towels because it reduces their absorbency, Oct-May I will dry the towels in the Frigidaire Filtrator dryer to make them really soft. In January and February when the temperature of the basement is in the low 60's the towels dry almost instantly in the Filtrator as it low basement temperature keeps the condenser tubes cold.

 

[rapunzel]

Reading all these great posts I surmise that we, here at AW, have the cleanest, sweetest smelling and softest towels this side of the galaxy. Our mothers and grandmothers should be so proud of us ;o)

 

[washerfanatic]

For my colored towels in the kitchen and for soaking my feet in epsom salt and sometimes hand towels, they get the run-through in the Colors-Warm/Cold-Heavy cycle with Extra Rinse, Stain Cycle and Max Extract. For those whites I use to wash, rinse and dry my Brother with, as well as my and Mom's shower, they always get the run through with the Whites-Hot/Cold/Heavy with the options listed above and chlorine bleach. Both of these always dry on the Regular Cycle on high heat withe the cool down and press care.

 

[washerfanatic]

Oh,BTW, it's from the Maytag Neptune MAH4000 series.

 

[paulc]

I wash my white towels, tea towels and dishcloths at 60 deg c, I use the synthetics wash as the cotton washes on my BOL Baumatic only use enough water to soak the load, theres very little water in the drum for things to splash about in. I wash my pale coloured towels and tea towels in the same way. I use "simply active" detergent by aquados, smells great, eco friendly and all that jazz......and a cap full of ecover fabric softener in the final rinse.

http://simplyactive.co.uk

 

[paulc]

sorry guys , thats totally the wrong link.....lol, am a bit of a blonde with computers. will try again!!

http://simplywashing.com