A lovely, warm and fluffy towel is a treat to wrap in after a nice hot shower or warming up after swimming. So how do you keep towels soft and fluffy? When it comes to towels it it is important to wash any new towel in hot water with baking soda added. This will remove any residues remaining from the manufacturing process. Add vinegar to the rinse cycle to set dark colours, remove detergent build-up and any lingering odours. Do not use fabric softener as this will leave a residue on the towels that will affect absorption. Quite often amongst the frugal crowd there is the suggestion to toss a couple of new tennis balls into the dryer along with the towels. This is not a good idea as new tennis balls will off gas resulting in residues left on your towels. Tennis balls are not meant for use under higher heat conditions as found in dryer conditions so should not be used in a dryer. There are specially formulated dryer balls meant for this purpose so use one of those instead. Towels that have been air dried can be harsh, stiff or scratchy. The work around for this is to use vinegar in the rinse then hang to dry. When the towels are almost dry finish drying in the dryer.
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