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Washing towels.

Pooky1 — Wed, 29 Jan 2025 14:10:55 GMT

I was a load of colored bath towels, hand towels and face clothes together with hot water and all free and clear laundry detergent but they never have a clean smell.I have tried white vinegar and my wife hated it. But I tried downy rinse and refresh and that didn't work either. But I tried arm and hammer washing soda and load of towels come out clean and fresh. Glad I tried it. Any white towels hand towels and face clothes go with white clothes and I use bleach with them.I know people that say washing white clothes separately is obsolete. They wash there whites with colored clothes. I so disagree.

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nyc1 — Wed, 29 Jan 2025 14:15:37 GMT

@Pooky1 LYSOL LAUNDRY SANITIZER is also a wonderful product. I use it in EVERY wash. It has a very light fresh scent.

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haddon9 — Wed, 29 Jan 2025 14:21:16 GMT

Colored towels are washed together. I have quite a few white only towels that I wash just by themselves and my lighter clothes are also washed separately.

I don't like getting lint from towels on my clothes. Yes I do a lot of loads.

I have been using Nellie's laundry detergent and her whitener for years. My laundry comes of smelling nice and fresh. I rarely use bleach. I have it on hand if I think that I need it.

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jlkz — Wed, 29 Jan 2025 14:21:32 GMT

After renovating the shore house, I took all the towels and linens home to wash since the washer there had a larger capacity.

The towels had that musty shore smell....when I took them out of the dryer, they smelled wonderful. I used Tide free and gentle and white vinegar. There was no off-putting vinegar smell at all. Bonus: the vinegar actually softened the towels.

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Sunshine Kate — Wed, 29 Jan 2025 14:25:33 GMT

I use All Free & Clear when washing everything. I find my loads come out nice and clean always. This detergent has no perfume smell, just fresh and clean. I've never had a problem.

I like Percil and Gain (original) laundry detergent as it cleans very well too. My towels and clothing come out with a nice scent.

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wagirl — Wed, 29 Jan 2025 14:31:14 GMT

I only buy white towels--so I bleach them when I wash them. I use Nellies too and I don't put any fabric soft sheets in with them either. I also wash my white cotten undies with a splash of bleach. and will wash them with my bath towels--- wash my kitchen towels that way too.-- I wash the kitchen ones separately. I separate out light colors from dark ones and wash them separately----jeans are separate too. My DD throws everything altogether---she washes a few pretty big loads. Drives me crazy as I separate everything--

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brandiwine — Wed, 29 Jan 2025 14:40:26 GMT

Asways use the Lysol Sanatizer with towels. Everything comes out fresh and clean. I use laundry detergent from Dirty Labs. It takes about a tablespoon to do a full load. No soap residue.

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Group 5 minus 1 — Wed, 29 Jan 2025 14:58:59 GMT

I always use white vinegar as a rinse. I like my towels absorbent and fab softener doesn't do that. That don't smell of vinegar,either.

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JYWilliams — Wed, 29 Jan 2025 14:59:49 GMT

I also use Lysol Sanitizer.

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deeva — Wed, 29 Jan 2025 15:09:11 GMT

I use ammonia, towels never smell sour.

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CelticCrafter — Wed, 29 Jan 2025 15:11:32 GMT

I have two little throws I keep over the backs of the couches I'm getting ready to throw out because I think they smell even after letting them sit overnight, dry in an empty machine with a cup of baking soda before washing them and adding vinegar during the rinse cycle.

They get washed at least once a month if not more so I don't know why this happened.

I use All Free & Clear because I can't stand the overwhelming smell of scented detergents. I think some of them are so strong that you can taste them.

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goldensrbest — Wed, 29 Jan 2025 15:13:58 GMT

@CelticCrafter wrote:
I have two little throws I keep over the backs of the couches I'm getting ready to throw out because I think they smell even after letting them sit overnight, dry in an empty machine with a cup of baking soda before washing them and adding vinegar during the rinse cycle.

They get washed at least once a month if not more so I don't know why this happened.

I use All Free & Clear because I can't stand the overwhelming smell of scented detergents. I think some of them are so strong that you can taste them.

Donate to animal shelter.

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Imaoldhippie — Wed, 29 Jan 2025 15:15:32 GMT

This is the very reason I got rid of all colored towels, washcloth's, and all kitchen towels and only have white now. I can bleach them when necessary with no problems. Having all white also eliminated an extra load of laundry.

When I use a vinegar rinse I always give them a 2nd plain rinse to get rid of any vinegar odor.

@Pooky1

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bargainsgirl — Wed, 29 Jan 2025 15:21:58 GMT

I have white towels but I NEVER use bleach. I use Nellie's and white vinegar and NO fabric softener.

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CelticCrafter — Wed, 29 Jan 2025 16:07:53 GMT

@goldensrbest wrote:
@CelticCrafter wrote:
I have two little throws I keep over the backs of the couches I'm getting ready to throw out because I think they smell even after letting them sit overnight, dry in an empty machine with a cup of baking soda before washing them and adding vinegar during the rinse cycle.

They get washed at least once a month if not more so I don't know why this happened.

I use All Free & Clear because I can't stand the overwhelming smell of scented detergents. I think some of them are so strong that you can taste them.

Donate to animal shelter.

They don't want them, hence throw them away because I'm not going to donate something I can't get the smell out of to Goodwill or the church thrift shop.

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wagirl — Wed, 29 Jan 2025 16:59:22 GMT

Was just going to mention that the animal shelters around me don't want blankets and such altho they will take towels-----

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River Song — Wed, 29 Jan 2025 17:00:18 GMT

I have white bath towels and use Kirkland UltraClean in the orange bottle, from Costco. It has a light, clean scent. The Kirkland unscented version has a really unpleasant odor, imho, as do other unscented laundry detergents. I also use OxyClean powder with my white towels and sheets, never bleach or fabric softener.

Musty odors can also come from front-load washing machines which is why I switched to a top-load washing machine.

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KBEANS — Wed, 29 Jan 2025 18:03:50 GMT

@CelticCrafter Since you plan on throwing them out, try ammonia before you do.

I know it's not a popular choice these days but see if it can remove the stank.
I use it when the towels seem to smell unfresh. It softens them up as well.

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lynnie61 — Wed, 29 Jan 2025 19:11:38 GMT

@nyc1 I just purchased this about two months ago. I love the smell and now use it in every load. Love this product.

@nyc1 wrote:
@Pooky1 LYSOL LAUNDRY SANITIZER is also a wonderful product. I use it in EVERY wash. It has a very light fresh scent.