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Making towels soft
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Im a community midwife and attend a lot of home births. Lots of our mums have reserved soft fluffy towels to receive their babies after they are born. However I always tell them to wash their towels in avery hot wash, without softening of any sort then hang them on the line to dry so that they are nice and scratchy. What a mean midwife I am but the harder the towels are the more absorbant they are and really stimulate the baby once its born!!!I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer.
Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration.
I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over and through me. When it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path.
When the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain.0 -
How do you soften towels without the tumbler route?
I have some 100% Towels with Egyptian Combed pile, Biana Premier, so nice thick ones, not used a lot but they are hard.
They had become dingy so washed them with some oxy cleaner and 60 deg wash – no soap powder and used white vinegar for softener, they were hard before and hard after.
I know a windy day is supposed to help, but other than that does anyone have any clues
Thanks DGMember #8 of the SKI-ers Club
Why is it I have less time now I am retired then when I worked?0 -
My towels go like sand paper on the line or airer. The only way I know to have fluffy towels is to tumble dry.If winter comes, can spring be far behind?
Spring begins on 21st March.0 -
Me too, tumble drier makes mine fluffy and lovely!Ever wonder about those people who spend £2 apiece on those little bottles of Evian water? Try spelling Evian backward.0
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If you rub them together they go soft.
The other day I put a towel that was like sandpaper on the ironing board and brushed it with a clothes brush. Came up very soft!
Edit: You have to brush in several directions, not just one.0 -
i pop mine on a boil wash and use vinger instead of fab conditioner they come out lovely:xmastree:Is loving life right now,yes I am a soppy fool who believes in the simple things in life :xmastree:0
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We dry our towels over an airer then when they're dry we pop them into the tumble dryer for 5-10 mins to fluff them up.
Works for us.0 -
Fabric conditioner appears to make our towels rough and waterproof.
The last thing you want in towels, so it has been banned.I used to be indecisive but now I am not sure.0 -
Hard towels will dry you better than fluffy ones!Ermutigung wirkt immer besser als Verurteilung.
Encouragement always works better than judgement.0 -
Someone told me, but I have yet to try it, that if you give a towel one big shake until it makes a cracking sound before you dry it then it should dry nice and soft.
I don't mind hard towels too much, removes the need for exfoliator, lol!0
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