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Easy-Peasy! Get Rid of the Musty Smell of Bath Towels

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It is very annoying when, over time, the bath towels start to have that musty smell that is unpleasant. Sometimes it is such that it is better to buy a new set of them. However, there are ways to make them last much longer, to bring them to life and keep them almost intact, as if you just acquired them.

In this article, we will offer you a series of tips so that you can remove the smell of humidity and continue feeling that freshness when you dry with them, in addition to ensuring that their absorbency does not decrease.

The quality of the bath towel fabrics

It is clear that to maintain the good health of the oversize beach towels, and there may be remedies but, without a good quality in the fabrics of this household linen, miracles cannot be worked. After all, they are products that go directly to our skin, and we want the best for ourselves and for ours, especially for the delicate skin of the smallest of the family.

The most common are bath towels made with 100% cotton. This is due to its great absorption capacity by this natural fiber. But don't forget to keep betting on smoothness. If you do not wash or care for these garments well, they will end up losing that initial softness, and when you dry, they will continue to absorb but scratch your skin.

Alternatives to cotton exist thanks to advances—for example, linen bath towels, another natural and vegetal fiber with great benefits. In fact, it has up to 20% more absorption than cotton.

Artificial fiber towels are in fashion, as is the case with modal, they are not as well known, but you can find them on the market providing much more absorption.

Eliminate musty smell on towels

The bad smell comes from the appearance of bacteria in them, that is, from the retention of moisture. Follow these steps, and you will see how it disappears:

Dilute a cup of white vinegar in a glass of water. Put the bath towels in the washing machine on a hot water program. Put the glass of water that you have prepared with vinegar in the washing machine and wait for the washing cycle to finish.

Once this step is finished, put a wash cycle with hot water again but now add baking soda. This is done because mixing these two components is not recommended.

Once the second cycle of washing the bath towels with the bicarbonate is finished, make sure that the towels are dried correctly. You will see that the musty smell has completely disappeared, and you can continue washing them normally.

How to keep our towels in good condition

So that the annoying musty smell does not reappear, try to avoid the use of chemicals such as fabric softener. So try substituting fabric softener for white vinegar.

We tend to add more detergent than the garment actually needs. The excess of chemical products causes remains embedded in the fabrics of the bath towels, causing them to lose absorption, and the humidity increases their field and, therefore, causing those bad odors. And of course, never store the towel until it has completely dried and always in a cool, dry place where the air can flow.


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