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

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Hand-washing tea towels is also an option. All you need to do is apply the steps above, but instead of using a machine, you clean the tea towels in a tub or sink. In addition to the above, you can also neutralise poor odours by adding some vinegar, or bicarbonate of soda, to the rinse cycle as the tea towels are being cleaned. Tea towels get wet, are used to mop up food waste, become riddled with liquids and grease, and because they’re usually damp, they can encourage mould growth. In turn, the tea towels turn into a circus for bacteria and become super unsanitary. Washing tea towels is a necessary household chore to prevent harmful bacteria spreading, plus it’s easy and effort-free! Simply putting your dish towels in the washing machine on a hot cycle with a stain-removing detergent like Persil will kill germs and ensure your tea towels are spotless! Washing Tea Towels: Detergents, Settings, and Cycles 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.

Just remember that bleach may discolour your tea towels, and you need to wear rubber gloves when handling bleach. Disinfecting tea towels If your tea towel smells, swap it for a fresh one immediately. Likewise, if it’s soaking wet, it’s time to get a clean, dry one out. If you’ve used it to mop up spills or there’s visible food on it, throw it in the washing machine and get a replacement. Should you wash tea towels separately? Line drying is the preferred method of drying dish towels, as there is the risk that a dryer could break down the fibres, or melt any stitching or glues holding patterns together. Quite often drying towels naturally isn’t recommended because it takes so long, and leaving a towel damp for a period of time will encourage mildew, but tea towels are so small and lightweight that they dry in no time, so there’s really no reason not to hang them on the line. How Often Should I Wash Tea Towels?Hands up if you rarely wash your dishcloths! That’s most of us, because, after all, dishcloths are typically only used to dry dishes that have already been cleaned, so they don’t get dirty, right? Wrong. There are two issues when it comes to tea towels. First, when you’re wiping clean dishes, you’re not only removing excess water, but also any soapy remnants that can eventually cause bacteria to grow within the fibres. Second, a standard tea towel can absorb roughly 20 times its weight without feeling wet, which means that even if we think a kitchen towel is dry, it could actually be harbouring damp, which leads to mildew, mould, and so on. Want to know how to wash tea towels? Then read on.

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. Wash used tea towels every day. And clean tea towels immediately if you’ve used them to clean up a spillage. You can boil tea towels on a normal cycle in the washing machine without worry – linen is remarkably strong and it’s not necessary to hand wash (unless you really, really want to). If you’ve used your kitchen towels to wipe up spillages on work surfaces, always opt for a detergent that is focused on removing stains and will remove any small marks or discolouration, leaving your tea towels looking like new. For heavier stains, don’t be afraid to pre-treat with a stain remover first. Drying Dish Towels To disinfect your tea towels either clean them according to the steps above, use a bleach-based cleaning agent to clean them (may discolour coloured tea towels, so buy a colour-safe bleach), add an antibacterial laundry sanitiser to your washes, or clean the tea towels on a hot cycle. Drying tea towels

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Ideally 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. You can add a laundry sanitiser as well, like Persil Antibacterial Laundry Sanitiser. However, this isn’t essential.

Make sure you’ve got lots of tea towels at home, so you can continuously swap and wash your tea towels. 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. 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. Generally, you should wash tea towels on their own, so you can prevent the cross-contamination of germs. 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.Now that you know how to wash kitchen towels, and how to dry them, you’re probably wondering how often they should be washed. To ensure good hygiene throughout your kitchen, you should really wash tea towels after every use or, at the very least, at the end of each day. Of course, if you use your kitchen towels to wipe up stains and spillages, particularly if raw meat or fish is involved, then you should wash immediately to prevent the spread of potentially harmful bacteria.

And although you might think that washing tea towels and bath towels is okay, this is usually not a good idea. You really don’t want to start mixing up the germs found on your bath towels and kitchen tea towels, and vice versa. It’s not sanitary to do this. Think about it like this, if you were to clean grease-stained tea towels with generally clean bath towels, the greasiness would transfer onto the bath towels. Pre-treat stains with a stain remover or rub detergent into the marked area. In some cases, the stains will be too bad and will require bleaching.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. Or you could soak some smelly tea towels in some white vinegar or bicarbonate of soda overnight and then wash them.

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