Do you wach your bath towels after using it once?
By Bebs08
@Bebs08 (10681)
United States
March 24, 2009 1:41pm CST
I don't do it. If I am using it just once, I will not wash it. I will just hang it to dry anyway, it is not dirty. I can use it one or two more times before I washed it. It comes to my mind that if I keep on washing it every time I used it, it will ruin my towel specially that my washing machine is a heavy duty. Lol.. I don't want my towel to look old in just a few days. What about you? do you wash it every after using?
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35 responses
@HelloMickey (1655)
• Hong Kong
25 Mar 09
I wash it by hand after I used it. And I will wash it by washing machine every 2 weeks.
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@kenchiprincess (5296)
• Philippines
8 Apr 09
usually we don't wash our towel after one using usually it is being wash in a weekly basis. After using the towel i just hand it dry and use it again the next time i take a bath. it would be too tasking washing the towel everyday since I take a bath everyday and there are that i take a bath twice a day and that would too much job if i wash it every after use.
@kenchiprincess (5296)
• Philippines
11 Apr 09
O totally agree with you, why wash a clean towel when you can reuse it. Bwahahahhaha.
@lkbooi (16070)
• Malaysia
10 Apr 09
Hi Behs, before, I usually used the same bath towel after using it once. I air dried the tower putting on the hanging rail. My hubby disliked to use the same bath towel again. After some time I found some darker color on certain parts of my bath tower. After a close watch I found that they were get mildewed. But there was nothing happened to my hubby’s towels totally.
Yeah, we live in the heavy humidity area. It rains quite often. Things easily get mildewed in the rainy season. I cut the mildewed big bath towels into certain pieces. I use them as duster cloths. Since then I don’t reused the same bath towel again. I would use it again occasionally during hot sunny day.
Happy posting
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@3SnuggleBunnies (16374)
• United States
18 Apr 09
I do because of my skin. And my Dr said that's what was giving me irritation and occasional boils and as soon as we washed them after every use, it's rare now that I have any kind of irritation. Despite you being clean the towel does habor some bacteria after every time you use it.
We used to though, until my skin started having problems. Saved on extra loads of wash during the week. Oh well.
@Pkshields (46)
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25 Mar 09
I don't, usually it gets used a few times before it gets washed. You can always tell when it needs washed.
@cheenlly (3476)
• Philippines
25 Mar 09
I don't wash my bath towels after using it at once. I just hang it outside under the sun and let it dry and fold it later. I don't think its necessary to wash bath towels every after using unless it was really dirty like having stain or mud. Usually i use my bath towels for like a week then i change new one every Sunday. That's when i wash the use one.Happy mylotting!
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@gitfiddleplayer (10362)
• United States
7 Apr 09
No, I'm like you. Are you clean or dirty when you get out of the shower? Nuff said.
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@blanne (173)
• Philippines
8 Apr 09
I don't wash our bath towels after using it only once. I mean, I don't think it is necessary. The towel may get wet and possible get the "dirt" we are supposed to remove through bathing but I don't think that's reason enough to wash the towel. The dirt may not even be enough to make us waste water and detergent. In that case, we better yet let ourselves dry so that we'll be able to save water, detergent and money.
Not unless if you only have one bath towel at home and all of the people in your home share that single towel, I think it is a must. Better yet, buy more bath towels so you won't have to have the burden of washing your bath towel(s) everyday.
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@arthamandiri (197)
• Indonesia
1 Apr 09
I don't do it either. after i use my towel, i will not wash it. i am just to dry it. everyday i got 2 or 3 times to shower. if my towel not dirty, i use that, after that i washing it.
@ank_47 (1959)
• India
29 Mar 09
i will hang it dry after i use daily . i will wash it weekly once only . i will use colour towels only and for it no need to wash it daily.
but my husband towel will become dirty within 2 days only, so i will wash his towel within 2,3 days. as he works in cement factory, he will come home in very dusty clothes and body. so after bath also ,his dust will not go i think,so his towel will become dirty within 2 days. so i will wash his towel and for my towel i will wash it weekly once or for 10 days. i will bath once in a day and so my towel don;t need to wash upto more than one week.
and i also think that washing more times,will damage the towels quickly .
@Bebs08 (10681)
• United States
10 Apr 09
Well, that depends.. Now, if the one who use the towel works in a dusty place, of course his towel is also dirty,, hehehe obviously, so then it needs to be washed but for those who are just at home and no dust nor sweat in their bodies, just wait a little longer to wash that towel to save soap and water and also electricity.
@mymytri (2030)
• India
25 Mar 09
Yes.I do wash bath towels once i use them .I care about hygiene friend.If it becomes old you can buy another one.After my bath i soak all clothes along with bath towel in a tub for some time.In the evening and night i use one more towel after washing face and hands.I wash it alternative days.
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@athinapie (1150)
• Philippines
25 Mar 09
Hello there! Just like you, I don't wash my bath towel after my first use. I just hang it to let it dry and use it around two times after then I wash it.
@silverjam (969)
• United States
25 Mar 09
I do the same; washing my bath towels 2-3x after using. It's not dirty anyway because am just using it for drying myself after bathing and just hang it dry. And yes I don't want mine to be worn-out immediately because of frequent washing.
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@deejean06 (1952)
• United States
25 Mar 09
Hi bebs...I don't - I wash all the towels once a week. I think that everyone can use their towel in the house for one week except for my son. I do wash his towels after each use because he has his own detergent and I handle his wash separately.
@julier05 (26)
• United States
25 Mar 09
As many others have stated I also wash my husband's and my towel about 1 time a week. Now my best friend's daughter used to be one that wanted a new towel everyday because of just using it once she would say it was dirty. But I found it quite funny that once she grew up and had to start doing her own laundry that thinking of hers changed REALLY quick. She saw how much laundry she would have piled up, and only her's was in the pile, all of a sudden she had a change of mind on some of her thinking!
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