liberatordeluxe
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What detergent does one use for washing towels? Towels are not the easiest things to rinse are they!
Washing Towels
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Coloured or white?
Ariel for whites
Persil colour liquid for colours
Always a 60d at least and 4 rinses I never use fabric softener and always tumble dry.
Austin
Ariel for whites
Persil colour liquid for colours
Always a 60d at least and 4 rinses I never use fabric softener and always tumble dry.
Austin
Persil universal powder for white and megaperl for colors. I use a warm rinse in winter I have a whirpool duet,towels are softer,cold rinse in the summer into late fall.
And yes towels were hard to rinse until I started doing what I'm doing now,that's what works for me.
Good Luck
And yes towels were hard to rinse until I started doing what I'm doing now,that's what works for me.
Good Luck
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Wash our towels in 40, since they say to (I don't like it more than anyone else) with Surf detergent, which seems great at being low suds and very easy rinsing. Use Water Plus on the Miele, 3 rinses and spin at 1400rpm. Do use softener, a sensitive one as that really helps stop scratchy towels after line drying. Shaking them to kingdom come also helps, but softener really gets things nice: though for some towels, the label says not to. They can do what they want, but I'd like soft towels. Scratchy isn't my style (even if I am that little bit evil).
Wash our towels in 40, since they say to (I don't like it more than anyone else) with Surf detergent, which seems great at being low suds and very easy rinsing. Use Water Plus on the Miele, 3 rinses and spin at 1400rpm. Do use softener, a sensitive one as that really helps stop scratchy towels after line drying. Shaking them to kingdom come also helps, but softener really gets things nice: though for some towels, the label says not to. They can do what they want, but I'd like soft towels. Scratchy isn't my style (even if I am that little bit evil).
For Softness Pefer Liquid Detergents
That or any of my vintage stuff without Zeolites, but loaded with phosphates as all our bath linen are white.
Whatever one chooses yes, it must be low foaming. Indeed the thicker and more thirsty the toweling the greater the need for non-froth producing detergent. While much depends upon the washing machine design, many front loaders can be overwhelmed by excess froth coming out of the first few after rinse spins.
One of the things that is starting to bug me about Big Bertha (Miele w1070) is how there aren't any spins until after the third rinse. By that time heavy items such as thick toweling or blankets have absorbed so much water that the first "pulse" spin simply cannot cope.
That or any of my vintage stuff without Zeolites, but loaded with phosphates as all our bath linen are white.
Whatever one chooses yes, it must be low foaming. Indeed the thicker and more thirsty the toweling the greater the need for non-froth producing detergent. While much depends upon the washing machine design, many front loaders can be overwhelmed by excess froth coming out of the first few after rinse spins.
One of the things that is starting to bug me about Big Bertha (Miele w1070) is how there aren't any spins until after the third rinse. By that time heavy items such as thick toweling or blankets have absorbed so much water that the first "pulse" spin simply cannot cope.
electron1100
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Suds
If it is a high sudsing powder like Persil Ariel etc I put half a cap of fabric conditioner in on the first rinse, that way the suds are damped down and by the time the machine has reached the last rinse the fabric condition is rinsed out.
In my instruction book it recommends 3kg maximum instead of 4.5 kg for washing towels
If it is a high sudsing powder like Persil Ariel etc I put half a cap of fabric conditioner in on the first rinse, that way the suds are damped down and by the time the machine has reached the last rinse the fabric condition is rinsed out.
In my instruction book it recommends 3kg maximum instead of 4.5 kg for washing towels
Washing towels - but how often?
I use my regular detergent (I only buy one kind for everything), but I use half as much as I do for washing clothes.
But, just curious, I use a FRESH towel everyday - both a full bath towel and a hand/face towel. So each week, I have 14 towels to wash. I've been told I'm wasteful and extravagant, but I grew up in a house where towels were only used once. (God bless my mom - she did lots of laundry!)
How many times do you use a towel before it goes in the hamper? I say "once and done!"
I use my regular detergent (I only buy one kind for everything), but I use half as much as I do for washing clothes.
But, just curious, I use a FRESH towel everyday - both a full bath towel and a hand/face towel. So each week, I have 14 towels to wash. I've been told I'm wasteful and extravagant, but I grew up in a house where towels were only used once. (God bless my mom - she did lots of laundry!)
How many times do you use a towel before it goes in the hamper? I say "once and done!"
iheartmaytag
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Detergent: Tide HE
How many times used: Once
Same with washcloths.
As my Dad always said, "I don't want to wash my face today with the same cloth I wiped my butt with yesterday." Though it might still be the same one, it is at least clean.
I also use a different wash cloth to shower and then to shave.
How many times used: Once
Same with washcloths.
As my Dad always said, "I don't want to wash my face today with the same cloth I wiped my butt with yesterday." Though it might still be the same one, it is at least clean.
I also use a different wash cloth to shower and then to shave.
Low Frothing Liquid Detergents
So far I've found the following fit that bill:
Tide "Free & Gentle" HE
Ariel Excell "Alpine Frachie" Gel
Persil "Petit et Puissant" Liquid
OMO "Petit et Puissant" Liquid.
Mind you *any* liquid or gel detergent will cause frothing problems if over dosed. Also since we bath with real soap there is quiet allot of that substance in our wash cloths. To counter this residue one adds STPP to the wash but decreases the amount of detergent.
If a load is small then all bath linen and whatever else go in the same wash. While one does prefer to use liquids on terry cloth items as it leaves them softer (IMHO), find things are just as well with Persil, Persil "59", or many of the vintage powdered detergents in my stash. All except the offerings from P&G. Vintage Tide "ultra" and Cheer "Colourguard" are very diffcult to rinse and tend to leave all laundry harsh. Even with bit of vinegar in the final rinse.
So far I've found the following fit that bill:
Tide "Free & Gentle" HE
Ariel Excell "Alpine Frachie" Gel
Persil "Petit et Puissant" Liquid
OMO "Petit et Puissant" Liquid.
Mind you *any* liquid or gel detergent will cause frothing problems if over dosed. Also since we bath with real soap there is quiet allot of that substance in our wash cloths. To counter this residue one adds STPP to the wash but decreases the amount of detergent.
If a load is small then all bath linen and whatever else go in the same wash. While one does prefer to use liquids on terry cloth items as it leaves them softer (IMHO), find things are just as well with Persil, Persil "59", or many of the vintage powdered detergents in my stash. All except the offerings from P&G. Vintage Tide "ultra" and Cheer "Colourguard" are very diffcult to rinse and tend to leave all laundry harsh. Even with bit of vinegar in the final rinse.
I use a bath towel once, too, Kevin. Like you, it was the way in my family. Same with sheets being changed every three days. I do love sliding into a bed with crisp, clean sheets.
Towel Usage
Personally, I have one of those loofah/exfoliator things for everything but my face. I use a flannel/face cloth for my face when I need to.
Towels are usually washed weekly. I had to do them earlier this week since mine decided to start smelling funky. I'm not sure why, it dries completely on the line and between usage.
If we had more towels, then I'm sure I would wash them more frequently and have more rotation (every 3-4 days instead every 7). Same with Bed-Sheets, which I'm doing every 3 weeks, but may switch to every fortnight (2 weeks)
Personally, I have one of those loofah/exfoliator things for everything but my face. I use a flannel/face cloth for my face when I need to.
Towels are usually washed weekly. I had to do them earlier this week since mine decided to start smelling funky. I'm not sure why, it dries completely on the line and between usage.
If we had more towels, then I'm sure I would wash them more frequently and have more rotation (every 3-4 days instead every 7). Same with Bed-Sheets, which I'm doing every 3 weeks, but may switch to every fortnight (2 weeks)
Loofah & Assorted Sponges For The Bath
When one was a teen got into using loofahs and such for bathtime, then entered nursing school and began to read up on various items for bacteriology class.
Apparently all sponges are breeding grounds for all sorts of germs and such. The residue of soaps plus whatever the things are used to clean (foods, skin, etc...) become a diner for germs and moulds. Problems can start when surfaces and or one's skin comes into contact with said sponges as it can lead to infections. There are recorded cases of persons contracting mild to severe cases of folliculitis from using contaminated sponges.
Main problem is persons never wash loofah or other sponges so the bacteria and muck load simply continues to build establishing a permanent colony of germs living on biofilm. For the kitchen housewives often either wash their sponges in water containing chlorine bleach, and or pop them into the microwave to "nuke".
Personally after reading all that went back to using wash cloths (once then tossed into the hamper for washing) in the bath. For the kitchen have a huge stash of vintage dish cloths that are used for a day or perhaps two then they also tossed into the wash. The latter are always laundered alone, then boiled and rinsed.
When one was a teen got into using loofahs and such for bathtime, then entered nursing school and began to read up on various items for bacteriology class.
Apparently all sponges are breeding grounds for all sorts of germs and such. The residue of soaps plus whatever the things are used to clean (foods, skin, etc...) become a diner for germs and moulds. Problems can start when surfaces and or one's skin comes into contact with said sponges as it can lead to infections. There are recorded cases of persons contracting mild to severe cases of folliculitis from using contaminated sponges.
Main problem is persons never wash loofah or other sponges so the bacteria and muck load simply continues to build establishing a permanent colony of germs living on biofilm. For the kitchen housewives often either wash their sponges in water containing chlorine bleach, and or pop them into the microwave to "nuke".
Personally after reading all that went back to using wash cloths (once then tossed into the hamper for washing) in the bath. For the kitchen have a huge stash of vintage dish cloths that are used for a day or perhaps two then they also tossed into the wash. The latter are always laundered alone, then boiled and rinsed.
Actually, I hated using a sponge, as it was always wet and got very grimy very quick. I use one of those plastic things - I'm told they are an exfoliator, but I don't know. I generally remove mine from the shower after each use to ensure it dries out (and prevents others "borrowing it"). After what you've said, I might go wash mine in some bleach or boiling water and detergent
My bath sheets are very thick so until they get a few years' wear on them, I have found that instead of one a day like with the older ones, I use one side one day, then the other side the next, then it goes down for the laundry. Washcloths, I use one to dry my face after shaving and then for washing all over my body in the shower then it goes in the laundry. They are all white so they are washed in 145-150F water with Persil universal powder and STPP. They are rinsed in 75-80F water. This formula does not foam up too much in the initial spin. I use less than for other loads. The TIDE HE powder foamed too much with the towels. The only other product that came close to not being too sudsy was some DIXAN blue powder that Louis brought to us in 2002, I think, but I stopped using it when Louis said that it is NLA and I wanted to save what I had as a sample of what great detergents used to be.
franksdad
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I use a towel and wash cloth once and they go into the laundry. Between my wife and I we wash 3 or 4 loads of towels per week. I wash them in the Temp-Boost cycle on my BOSCH washer (155 degrees) with Sears Ultra Plus and Clorox bleach. They are given an extra rinse.
DazLover98
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Persil S&M Bio
About 35ml (1 Cap) of that added to the ball with a tablespoon of Napisan on either a 30c or 40c wash. Towels come out great & smelling fresh everytime. Napisan kills the germs & Persil leaves them fresh smelling.
Also use 1/3 cap of Comfort or Lenor Concentrate.
About 35ml (1 Cap) of that added to the ball with a tablespoon of Napisan on either a 30c or 40c wash. Towels come out great & smelling fresh everytime. Napisan kills the germs & Persil leaves them fresh smelling.
Also use 1/3 cap of Comfort or Lenor Concentrate.
