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| Thread ID: 86490 | 2008-01-18 19:19:00 | Something nice. | Cicero (40) | PC World Chat |
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| 631556 | 2008-01-18 19:19:00 | I went to buy some towels the other day,I complained on here that the other towels I had bought didn't dry one.So whilst I was there I mentioned how they didn't dry ones delightful body,it would seem one needs to soak new towels in half a cup of white vinegar,tried this and by jove it works. Now that is interesting,wouldn't you say? |
Cicero (40) | ||
| 631557 | 2008-01-18 19:42:00 | The person telling you this didn't have filed teeth and a bone through the nose did they? Beware lest you find you are marinading yourself. |
R2x1 (4628) | ||
| 631558 | 2008-01-18 19:44:00 | I went to buy some towels the other day,I complained on here that the other towels I had bought didn't dry one.So whilst I was there I mentioned how they didn't dry ones delightful body,it would seem one needs to soak new towels in half a cup of white vinegar,tried this and by jove it works. Now that is interesting,wouldn't you say? Nice tip but 1/2 cup of white vinegar would hardly be a soak - I assume added to a bucket of water? Got some towels as presents that I thought were just cheap (maybe they are) but will give this a try. |
sam m (517) | ||
| 631559 | 2008-01-18 20:07:00 | My mother used to do that. I guess some of the old and simple solutions do work. Any chemists on board can probably tell us why. Or maybe that's why she told me to add a dash of vinegar to the water silverside is cooked in, it helps to soften the fibres (or something :confused: Cheers, Marnie |
Marnie (4574) | ||
| 631560 | 2008-01-18 20:51:00 | The person telling you this didn't have filed teeth and a bone through the nose did they? Beware lest you find you are marinading yourself. Is clairvoyance permitted on this forum? When they make the towels,they add resins etc to make cotton easier to weave,when they remove as part of preparing towels for market,some remains,hence the need to remove with white vinegar in water,best done in washing machine,then after a nights soak wash in same solution. |
Cicero (40) | ||
| 631561 | 2008-01-19 00:47:00 | You have to have a wet one to dry one. Ken |
kenj (9738) | ||
| 631562 | 2008-01-19 04:23:00 | Is clairvoyance permitted on this forum?Yes, now let me meditate for a few minutes . . . :waughh: Ah ha! I see now . You bought some towels about 17 months ago now and these were the ones that you were complaining about not being that absorbent . If I read this right, you didn't try vinegar last time but for some reason salt comes to mind . . . . ;) |
Jen (38) | ||
| 631563 | 2008-01-19 04:39:00 | Yes, now let me meditate for a few minutes . . . :waughh: Ah ha! I see now . You bought some towels about 17 months ago now and these were the ones that you were complaining about not being that absorbent . If I read this right, you didn't try vinegar last time but for some reason salt comes to mind . . . . ;) I think you will find salt and vinegar are more suited to fish and chips . |
Cicero (40) | ||
| 631564 | 2008-01-19 04:56:00 | I bought some towels from Arbuckles a couple of years ago, and they advised me to soak them in a brine solution and then launder them normally prior to use . Their advice was that salty water will remove the stuff in the fabric that initially makes towels harsh and unabsorbent . It will eventually go anyway after a couple of years of washing but in the meantime of course you have to put up with unpleasantness after a shower . Personally I didn't think the salty solution was very successful, but maybe it was too dilute . |
John H (8) | ||
| 631565 | 2008-01-19 05:06:00 | I bought some towels from Arbuckles a couple of years ago, and they advised me to soak them in a brine solution and then launder them normally prior to use . Their advice was that salty water will remove the stuff in the fabric that initially makes towels harsh and nonabsorbent . It will eventually go anyway after a couple of years of washing but in the meantime of course you have to put up with unpleasantness after a shower . Personally I didn't think the salty solution was very successful, but maybe it was too dilute . It was at Arbuckles that I was told the opposite,use an acid solution,they really should get together . |
Cicero (40) | ||
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