Bath Towels

monster · 09-30-2012, 07:45 PM

How often do you wash 'em? Pick the nearest answer, couldn't be arsed to put a whole shitload of options. I have a friend who can't keep up with her laundry. Discovered she has a bajillion huge bathsheets and they go in the laundry after every single use. Most of the family work out, so that's at least two towels a day each. There's not a lot grimmer than smelly towels after a nice shower, but every use?

Also, what type of towels do you like? Huge fluffy ones or efficient quick-drying ones? Colors to match the bathroom or white that you can bleach?

Feel free to flannel....

ZenGum · 09-30-2012, 07:47 PM

Hear about the snake charmer who married an undertaker? I gave them towels marked Hiss and Hearse.

Thanks folks, here all week, try the veal.

monster · 09-30-2012, 07:48 PM

I miscounted and didn't have room for the "I'm Special, I dry by magic/au naturel and have no use for these things you call towels" option.

monster · 09-30-2012, 07:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ZenGum

Thanks folks, here all week, try the veal.

it's a little spongey

glatt · 09-30-2012, 07:52 PM

I like a fast drying thin towel. They have less of a chance to start smelling because they aren't damp for long. We have some fluffy ones that have picked up smells. They smell fresh when washed but get wet and start to stink. They look good and match the decor, but I use the ugly thin ones that clash.

If it starts to smell or gets a little stiff, I throw it in the hamper. Maybe every two weeks. But with the fluffy ones, it's only a few days, because they stink.

monster · 09-30-2012, 08:09 PM

Yeah with good ventilation, theoretically you shouldn't ever need to wash them, right? After all, it's just water, you're clean when you get out of the shower/bath....

Ours are big and somewhat fluffy and hang on hooks so they get washed every few days. We need a good towel rail, but the bathroom barely has room to fart in.

xoxoxoBruce · 09-30-2012, 08:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by monster

Yeah with good ventilation, theoretically you shouldn't ever need to wash them, right? After all, it's just water, you're clean when you get out of the shower/bath....

That's only true if you scrub every square inch with a brush or one of those pot scrubber looking things, otherwise the towel is rubbing off dead skin and stuff.

I use the smell test to decide.

BigV · 10-01-2012, 08:24 AM

I also use the smell test and toss it in the dirty clothes chute if it's smelly. Fortunately, the fresh towels are in the same closet, so I don't have to stand there dripping in the hall for long.

I have a motley crew of towels. The last towel I bought was a beach-y towel I got on a camping trip because the weather at our destination (where I got the towel) was very hot, hot enough to make a dip in the lake inviting. Before that, another camping trip the year before. None of them really match in color, texture, or teh fluffeh-ness. As far as preference goes, I like the thinner ones for efficiency. I hang them on the rack or on the shower curtain rod to dry.

monster · 10-01-2012, 09:25 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

That's only true if you scrub every square inch with a brush or one of those pot scrubber looking things, otherwise the towel is rubbing off dead skin and stuff.

hence the use of the word theoretically and the ellipses...

BrianR · 10-01-2012, 09:49 AM

I notice that little attention is paid to drying the towel.

Sure, wash your towels. Well. I have white towels so I bleach then a bit. But then I hang them on a clothesline. Something about hanging in the sun for a few hours sterilises them and makes them smell really good. Saves on electricity too. I line-dry certain large items like blankets an thick items like towels on the line.

Also, hang up your towels without folding them so they dry after each use. Folding it to look nice on the rod or whatever or, worse yet, throwing it in a lump on the floor will cause odors and mildew quickly.

Perry Winkle · 10-01-2012, 09:51 AM

We live in a very, very dry climate so everything dries quickly. We use big plush towels and wash them once every 2-3 weeks. They have never smelled (unless they were used to dry the dog).

Spexxvet · 10-01-2012, 09:53 AM

Weekly, unless smelly sooner. Large terry bath sheets. Monster's right, it's clean water you're wiping off.

monster · 10-01-2012, 10:58 AM

line-dried towels are teh crispy. plus bad for people with pollen/dust allergies.

Big Sarge · 10-01-2012, 07:08 PM

Ya'll are some nasty folks!

wolf · 10-02-2012, 10:28 AM

Living alone I get to make my own rules about towels. momwolf was originally a wash after every use, and then morphed into once a week. After all, the bath towels only ever get rubbed against a clean body. Handtowels and washcloths go more often.

I, on the other hand, don't typically use a bath towel. I have a big fluffy bathrobe that I put on after I shower, and the towel is really for show, and emergencies. The bathrobe gets washed every other week.

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09-30-2012, 07:45 PM	#1
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	Bath Towels How often do you wash 'em? Pick the nearest answer, couldn't be arsed to put a whole shitload of options. I have a friend who can't keep up with her laundry. Discovered she has a bajillion huge bathsheets and they go in the laundry after every single use. Most of the family work out, so that's at least two towels a day each. There's not a lot grimmer than smelly towels after a nice shower, but every use? Also, what type of towels do you like? Huge fluffy ones or efficient quick-drying ones? Colors to match the bathroom or white that you can bleach? Feel free to flannel.... __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

09-30-2012, 07:47 PM	#2
ZenGum Doctor Wtf Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Badelaide, Baustralia Posts: 12,861	Hear about the snake charmer who married an undertaker? I gave them towels marked Hiss and Hearse. Thanks folks, here all week, try the veal. __________________ Shut up and hug. MoreThanPretty, Nov 5, 2008. Just because I'm nominally polite, does not make me a pussy. Sundae Girl.

09-30-2012, 07:48 PM	#3
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	I miscounted and didn't have room for the "I'm Special, I dry by magic/au naturel and have no use for these things you call towels" option. __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

09-30-2012, 08:09 PM	#6
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	Yeah with good ventilation, theoretically you shouldn't ever need to wash them, right? After all, it's just water, you're clean when you get out of the shower/bath.... Ours are big and somewhat fluffy and hang on hooks so they get washed every few days. We need a good towel rail, but the bathroom barely has room to fart in. __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

09-30-2012, 07:52 PM	#5
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	I like a fast drying thin towel. They have less of a chance to start smelling because they aren't damp for long. We have some fluffy ones that have picked up smells. They smell fresh when washed but get wet and start to stink. They look good and match the decor, but I use the ugly thin ones that clash. If it starts to smell or gets a little stiff, I throw it in the hamper. Maybe every two weeks. But with the fluffy ones, it's only a few days, because they stink.

10-01-2012, 08:24 AM	#8
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	I also use the smell test and toss it in the dirty clothes chute if it's smelly. Fortunately, the fresh towels are in the same closet, so I don't have to stand there dripping in the hall for long. I have a motley crew of towels. The last towel I bought was a beach-y towel I got on a camping trip because the weather at our destination (where I got the towel) was very hot, hot enough to make a dip in the lake inviting. Before that, another camping trip the year before. None of them really match in color, texture, or teh fluffeh-ness. As far as preference goes, I like the thinner ones for efficiency. I hang them on the rack or on the shower curtain rod to dry. __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.

10-01-2012, 09:49 AM	#10
BrianR Cleverly disguised as a responsible adult Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Dallas, TX Posts: 3,338	I notice that little attention is paid to drying the towel. Sure, wash your towels. Well. I have white towels so I bleach then a bit. But then I hang them on a clothesline. Something about hanging in the sun for a few hours sterilises them and makes them smell really good. Saves on electricity too. I line-dry certain large items like blankets an thick items like towels on the line. Also, hang up your towels without folding them so they dry after each use. Folding it to look nice on the rod or whatever or, worse yet, throwing it in a lump on the floor will cause odors and mildew quickly. __________________ Never be afraid to tell the world who you are. -- Anonymous

10-01-2012, 09:51 AM	#11
Perry Winkle Esnohplad Semaj Ton Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: A little south of sanity Posts: 2,259	We live in a very, very dry climate so everything dries quickly. We use big plush towels and wash them once every 2-3 weeks. They have never smelled (unless they were used to dry the dog).

10-01-2012, 09:53 AM	#12
Spexxvet Makes some feel uncomfortable Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 10,346	Weekly, unless smelly sooner. Large terry bath sheets. Monster's right, it's clean water you're wiping off. __________________ "I'm certainly free, nay compelled, to spread the gospel of Spex. " - xoxoxoBruce

10-01-2012, 10:58 AM	#13
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	line-dried towels are teh crispy. plus bad for people with pollen/dust allergies. __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

10-01-2012, 07:08 PM	#14
Big Sarge Werepandas - lurking in your shadows Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: In the Deep South Posts: 3,408	Ya'll are some nasty folks! __________________ Give a man a match, & he'll be warm for 20 seconds. But toss that man a white phosphorus grenade and he'll be warm for the rest of his life.

10-02-2012, 10:28 AM	#15
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	Living alone I get to make my own rules about towels. momwolf was originally a wash after every use, and then morphed into once a week. After all, the bath towels only ever get rubbed against a clean body. Handtowels and washcloths go more often. I, on the other hand, don't typically use a bath towel. I have a big fluffy bathrobe that I put on after I shower, and the towel is really for show, and emergencies. The bathrobe gets washed every other week. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

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