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Making towels soft
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All I can picture is a bear rubbing up against a tree after reading this thread.
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Stevie_Palimo wrote: »All I can picture is a bear rubbing up against a tree after reading this thread.
Sounds about right
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My pet hate is 'soft' towels that don't absorb water!!
True story - rock'n'roll stage towels are usually specified as 'black, pre-washed' so make sure they're more absorbent (than new towels)!0 -
I prefer scratchy rough towels too! I really dislike soft, fluffy towels that just slide over the skin without drying properly.
So you are not odd at all, Lostinrates :-)
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I love a line dried rough scratchy towel too! Can't wait for the summer to do them on the line instead of the tumble dryer. While I'm loving that I can dry my towels easier in winter now I own one, the sacrifice is horrible soft towels. So the easiest remedy for the OP is a tumble dryer, or iron your towels as another poster said.0
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Doesn't ironing towels flatten all the loops and make them unabsorbent?Member #14 of SKI-ers club
Words, words, they're all we have to go by!.
(Pity they are mangled by this autocorrect!)0 -
Send them to me, I hate new towels till they've had at least 3 washes at 60!0
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OP, is there any way you can line-dry them? Ours go rough & scratchy if they're dried indoors, but I've managed to get almost all of them dry this winter outside, even if once or twice they've been out there for 4 or 5 days. We are right down South though which means we're not as cold as some areas, but it's wind that does the trick, drying-wise.Angie - GC Sept 26 £375.07/£450: 2026 Fashion on the Ration Challenge: 29/66: (Money's just a substitute for time & talent...)0
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Throw a few table spoons of sodium bicarbonate or bread soda in the machine with the towels, it will strip any residual detergent from the fibres of the towel. It will help a good deal if the water is soft. Hard water areas your efforts will be merely reversed upon the next wash or two.0
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Are you still using soapnuts, that could be the reason?
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No, towels have been washed in plain water only on hot setting.
Soapnuts have worked well for other general laundry though, must update the post.0
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