KitchenAid Kitchen Towel Set, Cotton, Black, 16"x26"

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Make sure you’ve got lots of tea towels at home, so you can continuously swap and wash your tea towels. We’d love to give you a hard and fast rule, but it really does depend on how much you use them. In a very busy family kitchen where all meals are prepared at home and the tea towel is in constant use, it’s best to throw that well-used tea towel into the wash every day. Yes, you can wash tea towels in a washing machine. In fact, unless you’re told not to do so by the care label, cleaning tea towels in this manner is the easiest way to keep them clean and sanitary. Further to this, tea towels are used to wipe dishes in a lot of homes. So, it’s imperative that the tea towels are clean, otherwise when you wipe your plates, glasses and cutlery you’ll splatter them with microorganisms. If you were to consume these germs you could be seriously ill. You can add a laundry sanitiser as well, like Persil Antibacterial Laundry Sanitiser. However, this isn’t essential.

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Store clean tea towels folded in the kitchen. The best place is near the sink, so you can easily grab a fresh one in a hurry. When a tea towel is in use, always hang it to allow it to dry; never leave it crumpled on the worktop. And while it’s tempting to hide tea towels away by hanging them on a hidden hook inside a cupboard – this is also a no-no. With little air circulation, damp tea towels won’t dry and will become a potential breeding ground for bacteria. How do you know when a tea towel is too old to use? Washing your tea towels is the only way of keeping your tea towels clean, free from germs, and hygienic.Simply pre-treat stains first, then fill a tub/sink with warm water, pop the tea towels in (make sure you keep similar colours together), add a biological detergent to the water and wait an hour or so. You can then start agitating the tea towels in the water to clean them.

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Just remember that bleach may discolour your tea towels, and you need to wear rubber gloves when handling bleach. Disinfecting tea towelsIdeally you should wash your tea towels on their own, and then wash your bath towels on their own. This will prevent any cross-contamination from occurring. Wring your tea towels out if they become water-logged. Moisture filled tea towels are a haven for bacteria and can encourage mould growth. However, it’s better to try and air dry them as much as you can. The natural sunlight will help to bleach any stains and will act as a disinfectant. And the fresh air will help to release any trapped smells from the tea towels’ fibres. Whether used to dry the dishes, remove hot trays from the oven, wipe up spills, or cover food, a tea towel is an essential item in your kitchen. And while the more germ-phobic amongst us are strict about washing tea towels as part of the daily kitchen clean, others might wait until it’s a bit smelly or looks grubby. Wash used tea towels every day. And clean tea towels immediately if you’ve used them to clean up a spillage.

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The simplest way to clean tea towels is to throw them into a washing machine and to run a washing cycle. You can, however, wash them by hand. Find out what you need to do below. Don’t be afraid to clean your tea towels with a disinfectant cleaner/laundry sanitiser, like Dettol Antibacterial Laundry Cleanser. A product like this will be able to remove germs from the material. Hang your tea towel up when you’re done using it. Plenty of air will reach the material and will also begin to dry it.Generally, you should wash tea towels on their own, so you can prevent the cross-contamination of germs.