Making towels soft

sandraroffey

just rubbing them together, hard, will make them soft again.

AussieLass

While we're on the subject of towels I bought some lovely pastel ones a few months back. I notice they have red soiling on them now. :rolleyes: Should have brought brown ones. (we have red soil if anybody is thinking the worst ). Tried soaking them in hot water with napisan, washing in hot water, but nothing is moving it. Hate drying myself with towels that look dirty but are actually clean. I can't imagine why they are getting grubby as you dry your clean body on towels. I always hang my washing out on the line, in sunlight.

OrkneyStar

I realised that it was a bad idea to use fabric conditioner on towels when all the real nappy manufacturers advised not to use it on real nappies (cotton or synthetic ones). I try to line dry towels but with the climate here it is not always possible!
I agree grubby looking towels are a turn off even if you know they are clean! I was just asking DH why the tea towels looks so grubby as we should only be using them to dry clean dishes!

cady

Hi,

i accidently washed my towels on 60 insetad of 40 and now there all hard and rough - they were lovely ones we got as a gift and i was wondering if there is anything i can do to fix it? ive tried expensive fabric sofnter and its done nothing - any ideas please??? oh i cant belive ive been so silly!!!


Thanks


Cady xx

Pink.

Hi Cady,

I always wash towels at 60 degrees and it doesn't make them hard but I find drying them on the line can make them rougher than if they're dried indoors. Also I never use fabric conditioner on towels as it can affect their absorbency.

This earlier thread has some ideas for softening towels that might help:

Making towels soft

I'll add your thread to that one later to keep the suggestions together.

Pink

cady

Thanks the tags say wash at 40 there egyption cotton if that helps and they get dried indoors as i live in a flat!!! ill look at that thread and see if they can be saved - hopefully they can!!!

Butterfly_Brain

Try using white vinegar as a softener I find it works better than a lot of expensive softeners

DianneB

I sometimes wash my towels at 90 degrees and it doesn't make them hard, I know it's not OS but do you have a tumble dryer? if so they should come up lovely and fluffy if you use fabric softner and then tumble them. I think it's probably how they were dried that's made them hard not how they were washed. Good luck!

missbargain

Another vote here for rough towels.

I hate those super soft towels that don't absob any water (just spread it around) and feel slimy and wet on skin. Impossible to dry with, especially hair! I always joke with my husband that we have free exfoliation with our rough towels which really is true and they absorb water in in a second.

I still think that one should buy the best quality one can afford, though, as a rough but good quality towel is way more comfortable to use than the sand paper rough cheap quality one.

DianneB

DianneB wrote: »

I sometimes wash my towels at 90 degrees and it doesn't make them hard, I know it's not OS but do you have a tumble dryer? if so they should come up lovely and fluffy if you use fabric softner and then tumble them. I think it's probably how they were dried that's made them hard not how they were washed. Good luck!

OOOOPPP'S just read through the previous threads and realised that fabric conditioner is the work of the devil!! I love it! don't use much of the stuff but have never noticed that it reduces the absorbency of towels. I also buy the cheapest and largest white towels I can from Tesco or Asda, they fluff up lovely and don't have to be treated with care, I wash them on hot, bleach if necessary and don't worry when my dil gets dye on them!!