TOWEL CARE TIPS

Guidelines to restore old towel to new towels again.

1. First, load your washer with towels (clean or dirty, does not matter) and set your washer's
temperature to hot water or the sanitize cycle.
2. Then add a cup of white distilled vinegar by pouring it in the area where you normally
pour the laundry soap. If your washer does not have a special place to pour the laundry
soap, just add it to the drum before adding the towels.
3. Do not add fabric softener or laundry soap, but continue to run the wash, rinse, and spin
cycle like you normally would.
4. When the towels are done, run the load again, but this time add a cup of baking soda to
the load the same way you added the vinegar. Once again, do not add fabric softener or
laundry soap, then run the wash, rinse, and spin cycle as you normally would, this time
with hot water or on the sanitize mode. Dry the towels using the sanitize or high heat
option.

The baking soda and vinegar will strip the residue from the towels, leaving them fluffy and
absorbent again. My towels were getting so bad I was going to buy new ones, but this trick saved
them from the rag pile.

If your towels are really coated with residue you may need to repeat these steps one more time.
To keep your towels fresh, give your towels this treatment once a month or whenever they start
to feel crunchy.