Old towels

thriftmonster

I agree with the dying. We had our bathroom redone in white and grey with touches of blue and my pale green bathsheets looked a bit odd. Three packets of Dylon in Antique Grey - job done. Plus it's quite difficult to find grey towels.

Otherwise I would try a 90 degree wash with bio powder and Biotex, no conditioner and then TD them.

Barneysmom

I'd keep them going as long as possible. challenge yourself to keep them another year or even 6 months.
Failing that, cut them up for dusters and shoe polishing cloths.

carlislelass

our local PDSA is always wanting old towels and blankets, imagine any animal place would take them, better than going in the bin.

Gingham_Ribbon

I use old terry nappies and towels with my steam cleaner. Or just as general household rags/cloths.

Pink.

Hi Debtkiller,

These earlier threads may help:

White Towels?

Making towels soft

Tips for whitening towels

uses for old towels

Pink

lynzpower

or even if they have "had it" what about shredding them and putting them in an old pari of tights for an new draught excluder

TheDoolallyDilly

I would dye them (I have done this very successfully) or donate them to a local vet (which is where all my old raggedy towels went) or animal charity - they use them for bedding. To get them soft, tumble drying tends to soften, but sometimes if they are worn out they won't get soft.

sunflower76

How old are your towels out of interest? I ask because we've had ours for easily ten years and they still 'work' fine. I'm just wondering how much longer it'll be before I need new.

beautiful_ravens

My old towels get used for standing on once theve got past the 'drying people' stage.
Then, they get used for drying the dog.
Some of them are cut up & hemmed to make
a) small hand towels
b) flannels
c)cleaning cloths
d) squares the right size to go on my vileda mop thing that youre supposed to put wipes on the end of it.

You could try sewing them up to make one of those 'turbie' hair towel things. http://www.asseenontvguys.com/ProductImages/turbie_twist_towel_collage.jpg

You could use them as wadding for a nice padded 'thing' like an oven glove, or something.
you could give them to all sorts of charity causes, especially as mentioned kennels, pdsa, rspca, CPL etc.
Maybe even offer them on freecycle.

steerpike

Try doing them on a boil wash with half usual amount of detergent and a cup full of washing soda to remove soap residue - this can make towels a bit scratchy and grey looking.
Use white vinegar instead of fabric condition to help soften.
If you can peg outside for a good blow in the sun even better;)

I prefer them on the rough side - very invigourating! gets the circulation going on cold mornings :rotfl: