Keeping Tea towels and Oven Gloves Clean

AlwaysHappy

I accidentally set fire to my oven gloves last week so took the opportunity to replace them - I do a lot of cooking. However, I'm now reluctant to use my new ones (sad I know), how do you keep yours looking nice in the kitchen whilst still having them as active roles. The other thing is my teatowels never stay 100% stain free - even after they have been in the washing machine - should I soak them. Its always a mystery in the first place how they get stains on them - thought that was the idea of washing up - I blame the family!!!

Butterfly_Brain

My DH bought me some silicone oven mitts and they stay clean all the time, they can even go in the dish washer.
As for Tea Towels try putting a little soda crystals in with your washing powder it might help

Fire_Fox

I always think how unhygienic oven gloves are, they always get mucky on first use! I buy pure white tea towels now and bleach them when required.

crawley_girl

I always buy tea-towels that are dark so that stains and dirt don't show!!!!!

tanith

My tea-towels stay stain free cos I wash them hot and hang them in the sun to dry... the sun does a brilliant job of keeping them bright ...

ifonlyitwaseasier

my mum likes to soak hers in vanish overnight then chuck in the WM with the soaking liquid, i prefer to use nappisan and then wash with half washing liquid ahlf soda crystal,
but i second the silicone oven gloves, save my fingers all the time!

[Deleted User]

I use the `incredible oven glove` which is a glove with fingers. It protects me from the hottest dishes and oven burn on my forearms. They can be washed at 40 and they take little space in a drawer

mouseymousey99

I am very sad, I launder them and starch them, then yes I iron everything.

Primrose

Mine always seem to have inbuilt grease and dirt stains too. I usually soak in Ariel overnight and wash & dry them in the fresh air as often as possible. A really hot machine wash would probably improve their condition but as I cool wash almost everything these days I'm certainly not going to do a 60 degree wash just for a few dirty teatowels. They do get the occasional dunk in diluted bleach water if they look too bad.

young_at_heart

Tea cloths carry a lot of germs so always need to be washed in the hottest machine wash. I do ordinary towels at the same time and also use part soda crystals.

rachbc

i have soem cheap pan grabs from ikea that look like they a knitted out of strips of fabric, I just chuck them through on a normal 30 degree wash and they come out looking fab - are cheap enough to have 2 pair so can be washed frequently. I've given up keeping teatowls nice - I buy 17p smart rpice once and have tons, use one a day and shove it in the normal wash, they have some marks but because they are washed freqently they never get too bad. I hate bleachign things as they go yellow and get holey...