stop fluff from towels?

man this is a real bugbear of mine. I bought navy thick cotton towels from Dunelm mill (pretty similar to the JL ones my mum has). I've had them for a year or so now, washing every 2 weeks or so (because I have 2 XL and 2 normal size bath towels), and I still get navy fuzz in the nice white bath. It is such a pain because it makes cleaning the bath much trickier, because the cloth just gets covered in wet navy fluff. Gr.


I found that for the first month or so they shed fluff onto me as well - which then can get seriously annoying when you put on any body lotion! However after a month or so that stopped. Now its just the bathroom... Just keep washing them fairly frequently - I found that they seem to shed less fluff when they are just washed and kind of 'stiff', IYSWIM. like you say, tumble drying helps get rid of the fluff too, but i think it doesn't work so well if the dryer is stuffed full of towels. (and make sure to clear the fluff trap, obv!) (oh you're not using fabric conditioner on them are you.. I'm sure you're not)

So I'm afraid I can't be that helpful - they may shed bits for a while. I think it is just what you get with these thicker, better quality towels. i love my towels all coarse and scratchy and it takes ages to get ther. sometimes i think i should just give my mum new towels and pinch all her old ones...

Hi,

I re-decorated my bathroon last month and chose black towels. They look great but have become the bain of my life!!

They seem to shed fluff (like dust) everywhere. On us when we get dry, all over the bathroom, even covered the kitchen when I took them down to the washing machine.

After getting dry the white bathroom suite looks grey, it's all over the floor and we usually have to re-shower and drip dry....not kidding :mad:

What can i do to stop this happening? I have washed all the towels several times on cool washes, boil washes and nothing has changed.

Please help. I'm desperate

We don't have a tumble dryer - but we could take them to the laundrette. I'll try that.

After this time, if there's no improvement they're going back to asda I think.

Thank you for your suggestion.

We have the same problem with Black ones which are really M&S seconds, we have had other colours but it they are the only problem ones, these are the ones with the type of towel on an embroidered panel. Washed and tumbled many times but still make a mess.
DG

ramk_ wrote: »

I have exactly the same problem with blue ones we got from Asda - good to know it's not just me!! Will try the tumble drier too, thanks very much!!

i have blue ones from asda too, and a shiny black ceramic tiled floor that after a few days looks really dusty as a result from towel fluff! i am hoping that the shedding will stop with time!