Anyone have a towel that doesn't wash up nice and fresh?
I've got a swimming towel that frankly smeels terrible now, even right after the wash. It smells stagnant, Mrs Stud won't even give it to the Dog LOL.
I thought perhaps the machine isn't rinsing thoroughly but nothing else smells, clothes are fine and smell great. I'm forced to believe that it is something to do with the water at the YMCA...perhaps even after showering I am sweating chlorine or other things into the towel.
Does anyone else have this issue or any thoughts.
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I hang up my towel immediately and only use once. When I had to go into an office I'd leave it over a car seat and crack the window a little bit. Things get funky quickly in a gym bag.
I feel so unsanitary compared with you all. I swim 6 days a week and use the same towel for probably 3weeks before washing:woot:I win!
Holy cow, now that's gross, you definitely win. When you break out into a case of full-on total-body athlete's foot, maybe you'll now know why.
Once you let mildew get started, it's all over but the smell.
I use two towels. One on day 1 - after using, it's hung out to dry for a full day. Day two use the other, hang out to dry while using towel number one on day three, repeat towel 1. You can go weeks on end without washing as long as they dry out thoroughly between uses (and you don't stand on 'em!).
I think you're making a mistake using it several time between washings. Just toss the thing into the washer after you use it. That way when it dries, it dries clean. If you don't have enough other towels to make a load, strip the beds and change the sheets. Mrs. Stud will be thrilled and you won't have any more stinky towels.
June Cleaver
I feel so unsanitary compared with you all. I swim 6 days a week and use the same towel for probably 3weeks before washing:woot:I win!
If thats how long us girls let our towels go--I can't imagine what the boy's towel look like and smell like.
There are times when our towels will be stiff as boards when we get into the locker room in the morning--that's when we give in and ship our towels off to the laundry service--but if we do that--we often don't have a towel for the next 3 days, because they tend to lose our stuff with the basketball teams stuff.
Well Maybe I'll continue with the 3 uses and wash routine....then toss the towel out after a few months...save on the laundry. Mrs Stud won't be happy if I start adding 3 towels a week to the laundry...
Now that is pretty gross. I take 3 towels with me to meets. 2 for on deck and 1 for after I swim. I swim 5-6 days a week and I use a different towel everyday. Just the thought of using the same one twice grosses me out.
Old towels are good for washing-drying/waxing vehicles.
Or for donating to your local animal shelter. They always need towels for doggie-bathing.
Anna Lea
