How many time will you use a bath towel before washing it?
By isabella123
@isabella123 (688)
Canada
February 25, 2009 11:23am CST
I'm just curious to know how many of you change the towel in the bathroom after one use or if you use it a couple of time before it get washed?You see my husband will throw is towel back on the hock for weeks or until i grab it and wash it.I,on the other hand use mine twice and it get's wash.What do you do?
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9 responses
@lologirl2021 (5542)
• United States
25 Feb 09
Im not sure how many times i actually use the same towel before i wash it. I believe imight use the same towel for a week and then wash it but i believe i have gone longer than that. I have alot of towels i dont use because i dont like the thickness of them and im picky with towels. I only like certain ones so if i put them in the laundry to be washed i want them done that same day or withhin the 48 hours because i want to reuse that same towel.
@reckon21 (3479)
• Philippines
5 Mar 09
To be honest as long that it's not dirty yet and still smell
good, I don't wash it. My Bath towel can last long as one week
with out washing. Maybe I'm just lazy, hehehe.
@marciascott (25529)
• United States
5 Mar 09
Yes, you are right when it starts to smell I don't want to use it.
@marciascott (25529)
• United States
5 Mar 09
I usally leave it fr a week. then I put out fresh towels.
@goldeneagle (6745)
• United States
25 Feb 09
I usually only use them once before I wash them, unless I forget to do the laundry. I think it is nasty to use one more than once...
@pratyushtamhankar (859)
• India
25 Feb 09
Hey how do you remember the count ???
Well I change my bath towel whenever I find it showing signs of becoming dirty. Sometimes I go for playing football in the evenings. So when I have a bath and use that towel, it gets much dirtier than otherwise. So I have to change it soon. Most of the time, I change my bath towel after about 4-5 days...
@isabella123 (688)
• Canada
25 Feb 09
I don't know how i keep count..lol!I just assume i've use it once all ready,next time it's going in the wash!!lol.
@sona22 (1430)
• India
25 Feb 09
I wash my towels everyday just after washing myself. I wash it and dry it. But before using it in next day I first wash it then reuse it and again wast it. Not only I , but my husband also washes his towel everyday. But he uses it in dry condition.
@Amber4106 (540)
• United States
25 Feb 09
As a kid, I thought that I had to have a clean towel each and every time. I also showered twice a day then. Now that I have my own family, and am the one who does the housework, I get a few uses out of a towel before tossing it in the hamper. The same goes with wash cloths. I use the same wash cloth at least twice before throwing it into the wash.
@MissAmie (717)
• United States
25 Feb 09
Only once! I would hate to dry off with the same towel more than once. I find that kind of icky.
The only occasion in which I reuse towels is when I'm in a hotel or camping or something. In those instances I start with one hair towel and one body towel. The hair towel gets hung up to dry and reuse, the body towel is in the dirty laundry. The next day I use the hair towel from the day before on my body and use a fresh one for my hair...and the process repeats like that.
I don't know what it it. I realize my body is totally clean after showering, but I just couldn't bring myself to use the same towel more than once.