This is the Right Way to Wash White Towels

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Keeping your white towels clean and bright doesn’t have to be a chore. Follow our guide to learn how to wash white towels.

How to Wash White Towels

Step 1: Wash with Other White Towels
This might sound obvious but the first step to keeping your towels white is to wash them with only other white towels and laundry. Don't put them in the wash with coloured towels or clothes, ever.

Step 2: Use Hot Water
Towels should be washed in hot water. Avoid using a fabric softener and simply opt for half a capful of detergent. Fabric softener adds a waxy buildup that prevents towels from absorbing water. It may even deteriorate the towel fibres over time.

Step 3: Shake Them Out
Before putting your white towels in the dyer, shake them out. This will fluff the fabric – making them more absorbent and soft.

Step 4: Place Them in the Dryer
Place the towels in the dyer. Don't use dryer sheets as they reduce the towels’ ability to absorb water. To puff up the towels, throw a few tennis balls into the dryer with them.

Step 4: Wash Every Few Days
To keep your towels fresh, wash your towels every few days.

How to Whiten Towels

If you notice that your white towels are getting discoloured, add in an ounce of non-chlorine bleach to the wash. Pour the bleach in the bleach dispenser. Don't bleach your towels every wash. Bleach should only be used every few washes.

If your towels’ cleaning instructions indicate that you cannot use bleach, use baking soda or white vinegar instead. Add ½ cup of baking soda or ½ cup of white distilled vinegar to your washing machine, along with the laundry detergent. Make sure to add the white vinegar to the fabric softener dispenser. This will allow it to slowly dispense throughout the final wash cycle. The baking soda can be sprinkled over the towels once it is in the wash.

How to Remove Stains From White Towels

It’s inevitable that your white towels will stain. Learn how to remove different types of stains below.

Makeup

If you get makeup on your white towels, spray a pretreating cleaner on the stain before it goes into the wash. Putting it through the wash without this pretreatment may cause the stain to set.

Perspiration

Have post-workout sweat on your white towels? Cover the stains in a prewash stain remover, then launder it with a fabric-safe bleach in hot water.

Blood

Whether you nick yourself shaving or cut your finger while cooking, you may occasionally get blood on your white towels. If this happens, soak the towel in cold water (not hot, as that will set the stain), then launder it in the washing machine. If the blood stain is dried, soak it with an enzyme-based stain remover, then launder it like normal.

Drinks (Wine, Coffee, Tea, Soda)

Soak the stain in cold water then pretreat it with a stain remover. Launder it with fabric-safe bleach.

How to Remove Odours

If your towels smell like mildew, pour a ½ cup of baking soda or ½ cup of white distilled vinegar in with your towels and detergent. Make sure to add the white vinegar to the fabric softener dispenser. The baking soda can be sprinkled over the towels once it is in the wash.

How to Soften Towels

If you want to make your towels softer, add ½ cup of white distilled vinegar to the final rinse cycle.

Tip: White distilled vinegar is hypoallergenic, environmentally friendly and won’t hurt your septic tank.

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