Making towels soft and fluffy

[High Voltage]

Load of white washing going in now . . . not towels I hasten to add . . . but a 1/4 cup of white vinegar is going in as well.

Will report back in a couple of hours.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Are you sensitive to all fabric conditioners Minnie? Have you tried the Ecover type ones?

Not sure, unfortunately I don't really take much notice what I'm chucking in re: brandwise so not sure which ones don't make me sneeze

Haven't tried Ecover though. Might be worth a try, although I think I'm going to go down the vinegar route first - it's cheaper!

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Load of white washing going in now . . . not towels I hasten to add . . . but a 1/4 cup of white vinegar is going in as well.

Will report back in a couple of hours.

Does vinegar make your whites whiter?

 

[skunkboy69]

I heard she puts cider in

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

I heard she puts cider in

I hate cider

Get back to discussing how you make your football shorts soft and fluffy on the footie forum

 

[skunkboy69]

If theres any justice in this world your towels will come out like barbed wire

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

If theres any justice in this world my shorts will come out like barbed wire

Why would you want to inflict that on yourself?

 

[High Voltage]

Does vinegar make your whites whiter?

Don't know but as Mrs Voltage puts it "Ummmmm!!! . . . YOU didn't put that white load in"

 

[High Voltage]

Whites have just come out of the tumble dryer.

Now, as Mrs HV said when quizzed about how white they were. "Well, it's got a lot of other stuff in there as well, like laundry fluid (Ecover) and Bleach"

But the shirt in question:-

a) Didn't smell of a fish and chip shop

and

b) Did, sorta feel soft ish, but then it's a shirt and not a fluffy towel

So, Urban try for yourself.

White vinegar . . . the new conditioner

 

[Mogden]

Vinegar FTW!

 

[Stobart Stopper]

Try Lenor Summer Breeze, makes them nice and soft and gives them a great smell as well.

 

[cesare]

*puts white vinegar on shopping list*

I actually do prefer them a bit rough rather than fluffy though, it's like having a bit of a built in exfoliate as you get dry.

I also like those waffle/seersucker towels

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Whites have just come out of the tumble dryer.

Now, as Mrs HV said when quizzed about how white they were. "Well, it's got a lot of other stuff in there as well, like laundry fluid (Ecover) and Bleach"

But the shirt in question:-

a) Didn't smell of a fish and chip shop

and

b) Did, sorta feel soft ish, but then it's a shirt and not a fluffy towel

So, Urban try for yourself.

White vinegar . . . the new conditioner

Cheaper than conditioner probably


*waits to see if there's a sudden shortage of white vinegar due to explosion in people using it in laundry*

 

[izz]

pssssst gotta coupla bottles

 

[Vintage Paw]

If you use fabric conditioner you reduce the absorbency of the towels. Or so I hear.


(has anyone already said this? I'm too lazy to read the thread )

 

[kyser_soze]

Fabric conditioners are shite on towels - like Pantene, they leave a little layer of goo on the towel, making them less effective at drying you off.

AAAAANND VP is there...great minds and all that...

 

[Looby]

We don't use fabric conditioner, we hang the towels on the line then finish them off in the tumble dryer with a sheet thing to soften them.

 

[longdog]

If you use fabric conditioner you reduce the absorbency of the towels. Or so I hear.

Yep. Fluffy towels don't soak up water anywhere near as well as a rough towel.