thread: Ok I give up - how do you get your towels so soft?

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  1. #1
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    Nov 2010
    QLD
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    Ok I give up - how do you get your towels so soft?

    this is doing my head in my MIL has the SOFEST towels ever and my pride is too big to ask lol so without using the dryer how on earth do you get soft towels? She doesnt have one so I know its not that.

    Do you put something in other then softner? cause I do put just about everyone of them on the market in but mine are always so harsh. I spent a mini fortune on my towels and would love for them to feel good again.

    TIA

  2. #2
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    Jun 2010
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    I think its vinegar?

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    Sep 2009
    watsonia north victoria
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    i dry mine inside on the clothes airer until they are just dry and then i shake them and fold them...

    if i leave them for to long they go crunchy...

  4. #4
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    Oct 2004
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    Don't dry them too quickly. Hang them over the line in half, don't just peg them by the end. That way they take longer to dry, really good on windy days which tend to make towels really stiff.

    Vinegar in the rinse as well.

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    Jul 2006
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    In the dryer - they come out really fluffy

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    unless i put my towels through the dryer they are crunch/hard/stiff, it doesn't matter where i hang them (inside or outside) and it doesn't matter how i hang them in half or full. btw i have a front loader.

  7. #7
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    Sep 2005
    In the middle of nowhere
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    use a slower spin cycle
    'snap' them (give a really hard shake) both before you hang them and when you get them off
    give them a hot wash in some (like half a teaspoon) of dishwashing liquid and rinse until clear - to get rid of washing powder and softener buildup
    I hang them like Astrid said. Usually in the shade too, though where I live towels only take half an hour to dry lol.

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    how much detergent do you use? I use about half a scoop or half a cap full if using liquid.