How to make towels soft after washing in a washing machine?

When buying a bath towel, I would like to be sure that the textiles retain their pristine tenderness and softness for a long time. But alas, in reality everything is different - going through a lot of machine washings, the terry cloth wrinkles over time, becomes coarser, and after a month or two a new thing is no different from the same washed towels lying in the dresser. Why do towels get stiff and how do you make towels soft after washing in a washing machine?

It is not only a matter of quality of fabric - such embarrassment can happen even with expensive products; proper care for them is necessary here. However, the simple secrets of home economics regarding the care of textile items will help correct the situation and give your favorite towels the proper look.

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The reasons why towels become stiff

The material may become coarse and unpleasant to the touch with both hand and machine wash. True, ruining a terry product when washing in an automatic machine is much easier - after all, manual processing gently cleans the material, and even your hands will not allow you to use too hot water and low-quality powders.

The deterioration in the quality of terry towels can occur for the following reasons:

• Water is too hard. Unfortunately, our tap water in its composition has a significant amount of lime salts. Thus, settling in the fibers of the fabric, they make the quality of any material worse. Hard water should be softened. How to do it right - we will tell a little below.
• The quality of the detergent. In this regard, mahr is a capricious material that does not respond well to powders. Therefore, liquid products will be the best option for washing terry products.
• Wrong washing mode - very hot water, poor rinse, spin at too high speeds.
• Improper handling - some of the housewives manage to boil terry things or iron with an iron without a steamer. It is absolutely impossible to do this.

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Proper washing of towels

To make towels soft and fluffy, you need to treat them carefully. Here are some tips for handling terry things. Using them in practice, your bathrobes and towels will not become rude and harsh:

• For washing, use exclusively expensive, high-quality products. Terry things do not tolerate washing with powders, so use only liquid detergents. Better - if the package says "environmentally friendly", that is, without chlorine and phosphates.
• If you still use the powder, then use the “extra rinse” function. Rinse things after the powder should be three to four times. This will help to rinse the chemicals that have settled in them from the villi of the material.
• Use bleaches only for bright things and only when necessary. Contaminated items are best bleached separately, before washing.
• Water quality also plays an important role. If your water supply is too hard, you can soften it with ordinary table vinegar. For each wash, add 100-200 ml of vinegar to 10 liters of water. When machine washable, 0.5 cups of vinegar can be poured into an air conditioner cuvette - this way you soften the water at the last rinse.
• Choose a gentle machine wash. Terry towels should be washed in a washing machine at a temperature not exceeding 40 degrees. Set the minimum washing time, because, as a rule, towels are not so dirty as outerwear, so just wash them in quick mode.

Important! Terry products cannot be boiled. To clean them of persistent and old pollution, soak them at night with a double amount of liquid powder, and wash in the morning.

• Load the drum of the machine to a maximum of ⅔ volume.
• Do not use the “water saving” mode.
• For terry products, it is undesirable to use a conventional air conditioner. Use silicone-based conditioners or fabric softeners. If you bought a silicone rinse, do not overdo it with its amount - it reduces the absorption of moisture in a towel.

Important! To make towels soft and fluffy, special plastic balls will help. They put the machine together with the laundry into the drum, and during washing they break the terry fibers, making the product again soft and soft to the touch.

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Spin mode

Using a gentle washing mode, one should not forget about the spin cycle:

• Terry things are undesirable to wring out at high speeds of the drum. The maximum that can be set is 500 rpm.
• If you have no problems with drying, and you are absolutely sure that the towels will not be blocked due to slow drying, then you can use the 300-350 rpm mode.
• Towels can not be wrung out at all. Use wool programs or spin-free modes. After washing, pull things out of the appliance, slightly squeeze and hang to drain. Thus, the washed fabric will be more fluffy and soft.

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Proper drying

Another important point is the proper drying of terry products:

• Towels can be dried both vertically and horizontally. Before you hang the thing on the dryer, shake it well so that all the fibers are straightened.
• Terry things are very fond of being outdoors. If possible, dry them in the open air - so they will not only maintain their softness, but will also smell great.
• Mahra can be dried using an electric dryer. Such drying will not make them stiff; on the contrary, it will give things softness. Do not dry the towels - this also contributes to the roughening of the villi.

Important! As mentioned above, ironing towels with an iron is undesirable. But if nevertheless such a need arose, do it in steaming mode at a temperature not exceeding 150 degrees.

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How to make a towel soft?

The following recipes will help make towels soft and fluffy:

• If the terry product is coarsened due to washing powder, then it can be soaked overnight in cold water, then rinsed and hung to dry. Water can wash the remnants of detergent from the villi and make the item softer.
• After washing, old towels can be soaked in a solution of sodium chloride for half an hour. Also, salt can be added during washing to a powder cuvette at the rate of 1-2 tablespoons per 4-5 kg ​​of laundry.

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Care Tips:

• It is undesirable to throw used towels into a common basket with dirty linen. They will absorb unpleasant odors from the rest of the clothes.
• Wet towels should be washed immediately or hung to dry before being sent to the laundry tub.
• Do not wash clothes with terry products with metal fasteners, hooks and zippers. For these purposes, you can use a bag for washing clothes - so you can protect things from puffs.

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So, towels made of terry are rather unpretentious products, however, they still require compliance with certain rules regarding washing and drying. Observing the above rules, washing terry towels in the washing machine will not lead to coarsening of things, and they will please you with their softness for a long time to come.