Towels can be said to be a must-have for every family. After a while, you will find that the soft and fluffy towels have become hard and even sticky. What should we do when our home towel becomes like this? Let's tell you ;)
How to clean the towel?
1. High-temperature disinfection is the most effective
When cleaning the towel, the towel can be boiled for 10 minutes, then cleaned with normal detergent. After washing, take it to a well-ventilated place to dry.
2. Add salt or alkaline cleaner cleaning
An alkaline cleaner can be added to the water and washed with salt. After washing, rinse with water to improve the yellowing and odor of the towel.
3. Remove odor with vinegar and baking soda
If you want to remove the smell of the towel, you can add two tablespoons of white vinegar and the right amount of hot water in the washing machine. At this time, do not add detergents such as laundry detergent or softener, and start the washing machine directly. After the cleaning process is finished, add a little detergent or soda powder and wash it again to remove most of the odor and stickiness.
It is important to note that before removing the odor from the towel, remember to check the washing machine for any odor. If the washing machine has a taste, you can first add hot water and 2 cups of bleach to clean the washing machine. Otherwise, you can be busy. The field!
After the washing machine is closed, the inside environment is moist and sealed, which is the best condition for mold growth. Therefore, once the washing machine stops running, it is necessary to take out the towel immediately, so that the microorganisms attached to the towel fiber will not continue to grow. Before drying the towel, it is best to force the towel around 20 times and then take it to the sun!
Note on the use of towels:
1. After the towel is finished, dry the towel to avoid moldy towels, especially bath towels!
2. If the bathroom has a window, in the morning it is best to open and open the curtains so that the sun can be sun-dried, ventilation, can avoid the towel is still dry but still moldy. Again, the towels should not be dried as much as possible, so that the sun is exposed to the sterilizing effect, so there is no taste.
How often do you change a towel?
Many people will use the towel to break the yellow and yellow, but this is not true! Towels are made of fiber fabrics. After a long time of use, bacteria that penetrate deep into the fiber gap will be difficult to remove! General cleaning, sun exposure, high-temperature cooking, etc. can only control the number of bacteria in a short period, and can not permanently remove bacteria. Therefore, if the old towel is used for a long time, it will give the bacteria a chance to invade.
It is recommended that it is best to prepare 2 to 3 towels at the same time and use them alternately. It is best to change a new towel in about three months, and it is best to use a hot towel once a week to sterilize and ensure the towel. clean.
The methods for curing towels are:
- The retort method is to boil the towel with boiled water for about 10 minutes, then wash it with soapy water and dry it before use.
- The microwave disinfection method, the towel is cleaned, folded and placed in a microwave oven, and it can be disinfected for 5 minutes.
- Steam disinfection method, put the towel into the pressure cooker, heat for about 30 minutes, you can kill most microorganisms.
- Disinfectant disinfection method, disinfectant can choose to dilute 200 times of cleaning disinfectant or 0.1% chlorhexidine. Soak the towel in the above solution for more than 15 minutes, then take out the towel and rinse it with water. Remove the residual disinfectant and dry it before using it again.
- How to make the towel soft, after the towel is used for some time, due to the combination of free calcium and magnesium ions in the water and soap, the calcium-magnesium soap is adhered to the surface of the towel to make the towel hard. At this time, add 30 grams of soda ash or an appropriate softener in water of about 3 kg for 10 minutes.
- How to remove the greasy on the towel, some people who love oil, the towel is often greasy, slippery, and the effect is not very good after washing many times, it is very troublesome. It is recommended to soak it in concentrated brine and rinse it with water to make the towel fresh.
Bad use
1. A towel and more people. A family uses a pair of towels. Because there is a difference in the health status and living habits of each person, cross-infection can easily occur.
2. A multi-purpose towel. Some families have special towels, but they wash their faces, wash their hair, bathe, wash their feet, wipe their sweat, and wipe their hands.
3. Do not break or replace, reuse. Towels that have passed the service life will become hard and dirty and become a new source of pollution.
4. Do not pay attention to the hygiene of towels. Many consumers do not wash the towels, do not cook, do not diligently. And long-term wet towels hanging in the airless bathroom, do not know that bacteria and viruses live longer in wet towels and the number of geometric rapid propagation.
5. Ignore the hazards of counterfeit products. Many low-cost towels are produced from waste, old, fake raw materials and inferior dyes. These counterfeit towel products are marked with 100% cotton and are doped with a considerable proportion of chemical fibers. This kind of low-quality ordinary chemical fiber is cheaper than cotton yarn, but it is not breathable, it has poor water absorption and moisture-wicking, it is easy to pilling the ball. It can be used to wash the face and it will irritate the skin. It is also used to wipe the home and other items, and it will not be cleaned. There will be water on the surface of the object. Residual stains. More seriously, some manufacturers also use some banned dyes, which contain phenylamine carcinogens.
Lucky ;)