What if the towels stink after washing?

It's nice to wrap yourself in a nice, soft, fresh-smelling towel after a shower. Fresh textiles charge with cheerfulness and good mood, which spoils if it smells of dampness or something else. And it's not that this thing has not been washed for a long time. There are cases when after washing the textile gets an unpleasant odor. The reason for this lies in the bacteria that, for whatever reason, have chosen your bath or kitchen item as their haven and do not want to be evicted. Why do towels after washing stink and how to remove the smell from kitchen or any other towels?

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Reasons for the appearance of odor

The smell on such products is often a real problem, besides, not always clearly understood. Why do the towels stink after washing? What are the reasons for this problem?

The main sources of trouble are:

• incorrect washing;
• incorrect drying;
• dampness in the room where the textile is dried;
• problems with the washing machine;
• low quality of the material from which textiles are made.

If you have identified the source of the problems, then try to solve them, so that each time do not interfere with the smell of towels after washing:

• Wash textiles as often as possible.
• Clean only clean objects with towels, especially for kitchen products.
• If you dry the textiles in the bathroom, leave the door open, as in this room the humidity is very high. Or change the place of drying.
• Before you hang the product, hang it well. Crumpled or folded several times the product does not dry well, and after a while it fills.
• If the machine does not function properly, for example, the filter is clogged in it, then correct this problem.
• Try to buy good quality textiles.
• Add an air conditioner when washing.

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How to get rid of the smell?

But if the smell has already appeared, then you need to think about how to remove it from towels, whether terry or kitchen. There are several ways to get rid of this problem.

Vinegar or citric acid

Before washing towels, soak them in a solution of vinegar:

1. Dilute a glass of vinegar in 8-10 liters of water.
2. Put your foul-smelling textiles in the solution for 30-60 minutes.
3. Wash the items in the machine.

Important! You can do without soaking, just after the cycle, add additional rinse and pour vinegar, diluted in water in a ratio of 1 to 1.

If you do not like the vinegar flavor, then you can use citric acid. It will be needed for the same volume of water about 1-2 st.l.

Important! If you have a problem covered in the car itself, then you need to run any cycle of the machine without linen with the addition of two glasses of vinegar. It will kill all the bacteria that are wound up in the machine.

Vinegar plus soda

You can use the interaction of soda and vinegar to remove the unpleasant ambre of textiles:

1. Put textiles to wear off, instead of powder, dropping a quarter of a glass of soda.
2. Make a vinegar solution in water in a ratio of 1 to 1.
3. Pour a glass of this solution into the rinse.

Unpleasant odor will be defeated, and soda will neutralize the vinegar scent.

Microwave

How to remove the smell from kitchen towels? The easiest way is to put the textile "skunk" in the microwave for 30 seconds. This option of course, suitable only for small textiles. After that, the product must be washed. This method works without washing, but not as efficiently.

Important! Remove the product from the microwave oven carefully, so as not to burn, it will be hot.

High temperature wash

Sometimes it is enough to wash the textile with a double portion of washing powder at the highest possible temperature. Air conditioning in this case it is better not to use. From the heat all bacteria will die.

Important! If towels can survive boiling, for example, kitchen, then it is worth boiling them.

Chlorine

Another way to get rid of the unpleasant odor and refresh the fabric is to soak the textiles in the water with bleach:

• Dilute any chlorine-containing substance in the water, for example, "Whiteness", and soak the towels there, and then wash.
• You can add the product to the washing machine.
• There are tablets with chlorine, they can be put directly into the drum.

Start the machine for a long wash: the longer the cycle and the higher the temperature, the better. Only consider the features of the materials from which your textiles are made.

Important! Before adding the product with bleach, always dilute it in water.

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Bath towel care

All towels need constant and thorough care, especially for bath towels. In order to avoid problems with an unpleasant odor, you must correctly wash and dry them.

Soaking

If you prefer to soak textiles before washing, then do this in hot water. The duration of soaking should not exceed half an hour. Do not wait until it cools completely, otherwise - the smell of dampness and mustiness will not be avoided.

Important! Add a glass of vinegar or a bag of citric acid to the water, and your textile friends will be much fresher and cleaner.

Wash:

• When washing it is recommended to use as little detergent as possible. When used excessively, they destroy the fibers of the tissue.
• It is better to wash with smaller amounts of factory detergents, but at higher temperatures.
• The same applies to bleach.
• If you have very hard water, it is good to add softeners, this will make your textiles more fluffy.and soft.

Important! It is better to use folk remedies, for example, when washing, add soda. She perfectly copes with many contaminants and fights bacteria. In addition, it will work as a hard water softener.

Dry

Dry textiles in a well-ventilated area or in fresh air. After drying, they should be shaken to make the fabric fibers softer. Do not dry the products in the bathroom. There the raised humidity and products do not dry up as follows, as a result - there is an unpleasant smell.

Regular regular washing and drying of towels will prevent the formation of microbes, bacteria and provide them a pleasant smell of cleanliness and freshness.