Do you wash your towels in vinegar??

I've read that you should wash your towels in vinegar every so often to strip the softener and detergent reside from the fibers of the towel and get them as absorbent as possible.

Basically the run them through a hot cycle with 1 cup of vinegar (no detergent) and then another hot cycle with half a cup of baking soda.

Do you do this? Have you ever even heard of it?

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Asked by texasgurl33 at 3:51 PM on Jun. 15, 2012 in Home & Garden

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I've never hear of it. I've never done it. I would bet it does exactly as you describe. Thanks for the info.

Answer by meooma at 3:54 PM on Jun. 15, 2012
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I've never heard of it either Meooma, but I'm giving it a try right now. :)

Comment by texasgurl33 (original poster) at 3:56 PM on Jun. 15, 2012
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I use white vinegar as a fabric softener. It works well.

Answer by balagan_imma at 4:04 PM on Jun. 15, 2012
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I don't use softener. But I put Vinegar in ALL my wash loads! 1cup in the "downey ball" in every load.

Answer by SabrinaMBowen at 4:05 PM on Jun. 15, 2012
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I do the vinegar Downy ball thing too

Answer by butterflyblue19 at 4:09 PM on Jun. 15, 2012
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Why Sabrina? I'm curious about this vinegar thing now. lol

Comment by texasgurl33 (original poster) at 4:09 PM on Jun. 15, 2012
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I haven't ever used it in the wash, but when I was working at a school cafe the mgr would have us rinse with vinegar water after we mopped. We didn't like the fact of having to mop 3X and then rinse 3X, but it always smelled so clean...lol you could eat off of our floors.

Answer by goofygalno1 at 4:22 PM on Jun. 15, 2012
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I've always mopped with vinegar. Everyone thinks I'm making pickles when they come in my house!

Comment by texasgurl33 (original poster) at 4:28 PM on Jun. 15, 2012
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to me it was like a hospital or tatoo parlor smell... we had to use bleach in our mop water and then afterward use the vinegar. I think I need to go back to doing that. lol

Answer by goofygalno1 at 4:49 PM on Jun. 15, 2012
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I use it as a fabric softener as well. Also in my home made dishrags.

Answer by Melbornj at 5:13 PM on Jun. 15, 2012
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