What many people don t know is that stinky towels may also come about from washing your towels the wrong way.
Stinky towels he washer.
Our old washer was he but did not have a sanitize cycle and our towels had that stink to them that just never totally went away.
This trick works with front and top loaders and will remove any gunk and stink that can be associated with washers.
Side note it also removes that mildewy smell from your towels.
Weirdly enough one of your laundry ingredients could actually be making your towels stink.
Start a wash cycle on the hottest water setting your machine offers.
Sprinkle 1 2 cup of baking soda over the towels and start a second hot water wash cycle.
Line dry towels in the sun if possible or dry completely on in a hot dryer.
Put your towels into your washer machine.
Then wash again with your regular laundry detergent.
Add 1 2 cup baking soda right over the towels.
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It is also important to remember to switch towels quickly from the washing machine to the dryer and clean your lint filter regularly to make sure that your dryer is running as efficiently as possible.
That s right your towel cleaning efforts might actually be making the problem worse.
To make sure you re cleaning your towels the right way don t use too much laundry detergent or fabric softener.
Towels develop a sour and smelly odor when they re put away wet.
Place the towels in your washing machine along with 1 cup of white vinegar.
Same towels in the sanitize cycle of this newer washer samsung steam washer front load have never had a problem with the stink.
Another source of towel odor and also the reason towels lose softness and absorbency ironically comes from detergent fabric.
101 uses for vinegar laundry is one of them.
Step 2 baking soda wash.
Mine is a high efficiency he front loader washer machine but you can also do this with a standard washer machine too.
Fabric softener residue traps odors laundry expert mary marlowe leverette tells huffington post.
Once the the wash cycle is done leave the towels in the washing machine.
Don t worry about using the dispenser just pour it right over the towels.
If your clean towels have a lingering odor try washing them using the hottest water the towels can tolerate along with 1 to 2 cups of vinegar.
If you notice that it takes a long time to dry towels you may have a problem with your washing machine leaving too much water in them or with.
Don t let damp towels sit in the washing machine.