Mama Geek Posted October 28, 2010 Share Posted October 28, 2010 Do you change your bath towels? I change mine once a week unless something strange happens. My MIL changes them every day. That causes lots more laundry when they visit.:tongue_smilie: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daisy Posted October 28, 2010 Share Posted October 28, 2010 Hubby and I use the same towel for a few days (probably 3). I change towels every day with the kids because inevitably they've used them to wipe their hands as well. :glare: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kathleen in VA Posted October 28, 2010 Share Posted October 28, 2010 Once a week. I figure, how dirty can they be? I mean, I use them to dry off my just washed body. I do know other people who wash them after each use and that just seems like a huge waste of time, energy, water, money to me. It's not a hill I would die on, though.;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jen in PA Posted October 28, 2010 Share Posted October 28, 2010 DH and I rehang bath towels once, so roughly every other day. The DC have hooded character towels that I air overnight and wash about once a week -- they dry much faster than the other towels. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laura Corin Posted October 28, 2010 Share Posted October 28, 2010 Once a week. We have electric towel rails, so the towels dry quickly and don't smell. Laura Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hsmom3tn Posted October 28, 2010 Share Posted October 28, 2010 We wash them after every use here, and change the hand towels every day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrissiK Posted October 28, 2010 Share Posted October 28, 2010 I change bath towels once a week. Hand towels in the master bathroom - same. Hand-towels in the kids' bathroom - daily, sometimes more than once a day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laura Corin Posted October 28, 2010 Share Posted October 28, 2010 We wash them after every use here, and change the hand towels every day. I'm not in any way criticising you, but I'm trying to understand why you would want to. Laura Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parrothead Posted October 28, 2010 Share Posted October 28, 2010 Bath towels get washed after the first use. Even though they are hung up they don't dry within 24-hours. Or if they do dry they stink, smell moldy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justamouse Posted October 28, 2010 Share Posted October 28, 2010 the kids? every time they use a towel it goes into the wash. Dh and I use them probably two times. wash is a constant in my house, just like cooking. It just is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aggie Posted October 28, 2010 Share Posted October 28, 2010 (edited) Once a week. We have electric towel rails, so the towels dry quickly and don't smell. Laura I've never heard of these. Do they warm the towels so there's a nice warm towel waiting when you get out of a shower? Off to google this great invention......:001_smile: ETA: Wow! Where have these been all my life?! I must live under a rock. Edited October 28, 2010 by Aggie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kristavws Posted October 28, 2010 Share Posted October 28, 2010 My husband and boys usually will use a towel for 2-3days. I freely admit that I get a new towel every time I shower. No real reason why, other than I like a fresh towel. Krista Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laura Corin Posted October 28, 2010 Share Posted October 28, 2010 I've never heard of these. Do they warm the towels so there's a nice warm towel waiting when you get out of a shower? Off to google this great invention......:001_smile: We have a radiator - which is warmed by the central heating boiler in winter - which also has an electrical immersion coil in it. There's a timer on it so that you can set it to warm the towels for an hour around shower time. It's great to use that in summer when the central heating system isn't on. Ours aren't as stylish as this, but the idea is the same. Laura Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AHASRADA Posted October 28, 2010 Share Posted October 28, 2010 Hmm. Never thought about it. When I get out of the shower, grab my towel off the hook and realize it smells, I toss it in the laundry and get a new one. Dh does the same. I assume the kids do as well, but if I notice the same towel has been there for a while, I'll change it myself. Dh stays on top of changing the handtowels, since he uses them much more often than I do (I am inevitably washing my hands in the kitchen!) As my mom always told me growing up, "Towels are for drying clean, wet things!" If this principle is adhered to, I see no reason to wash them, unless they begin to smell from not drying properly. I can see young children not respecting this rule, though :tongue_smilie:. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nestof3 Posted October 28, 2010 Share Posted October 28, 2010 :iagree: I do use a fresh wash cloth and hand towel every night when I wash my face. I go through about six kitchen hand towels a day, though. LOL Once a week. I figure, how dirty can they be? I mean, I use them to dry off my just washed body. I do know other people who wash them after each use and that just seems like a huge waste of time, energy, water, money to me. It's not a hill I would die on, though.;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mom in High Heels Posted October 28, 2010 Share Posted October 28, 2010 We each have our own color towels (Indy's are light blue, James Bond's are dark blue and mine are pink). This keeps us from using each others towel (Dr. Oz even did a show segment about this recently) so the same towel isn't getting used over and over. We each have 3 towels. Two of them get used during the week and washed on the weekend. The 3rd towel is rotated in while the others are in the wash. It's a great system. We have a separate set of towels for guests BTW (beige). We use 2 hand towels a week, unless Indy gets something on them, but bless him, he's a pretty clean kid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
secular_mom Posted October 28, 2010 Share Posted October 28, 2010 When we live in a dry climate we change them every few days, but living in a humid environment we change them daily. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laura Corin Posted October 28, 2010 Share Posted October 28, 2010 This keeps us from using each others towel (Dr. Oz even did a show segment about this recently) so the same towel isn't getting used over and over. Apart from specific illnesses (warts, upset stomachs) is this a problem? We are all very healthy. Laura Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mejane Posted October 28, 2010 Share Posted October 28, 2010 We all have our own towels. We use them twice, then they get washed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mom in High Heels Posted October 28, 2010 Share Posted October 28, 2010 Apart from specific illnesses (warts, upset stomachs) is this a problem? We are all very healthy. Laura Any kind of illness or infection (especially athlete's foot or jock itch) can be transferred via towels. I do NOT want that. Neither of my boys have anything like that, but any kind of cut or wound can spread infection too. We're healthy too, but Indy is a very boyish boy and James Bond is well, a guy. I don't know what those two get up to. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ondreeuh Posted October 28, 2010 Share Posted October 28, 2010 Dh and I share 3 bath towels, and the kids each have 2 (color coded). Each week I wash the towels that are hanging up, which usually isn't all of them. We use them to absorb plain water off our clean bodies and they dry between uses so I don't see any need to wash more than that. DH has different towels he uses when he goes in the sauna. They are only used once before washing - in fact I try to make dh put them directly in the laundry room. The sweat that he makes in the sauna is FOUL! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris in VA Posted October 28, 2010 Share Posted October 28, 2010 Every day. I'll occasionally reuse if there aren't any clean ones around... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoughCollie Posted October 28, 2010 Share Posted October 28, 2010 (edited) Every time a bath towel is used, it goes into the laundry immediately afterward. It is the way DH was raised, and he is convinced it is unsanitary to use a towel more than once. Whether it is a good idea or not is a moot point around here. I put wash cloths and kitchen towels into the laundry after they are used, and I change hand towels daily. According to the CDC, sheets, pillowcases, towels, and wash cloths should be washed in hot water and detergent to prevent the spread of diseases from conjunctivitis to MRSA. I do that, and I dry those items thoroughly using the hottest setting on my dryer. The CDC's website has a wealth of information about what we can do in our homes to help prevent the spread of diseases, from washing towels to disinfecting surfaces after cleaning them. I use their guidelines in hopes that by so doing, our family gets fewer illnesses. Edited October 28, 2010 by RoughCollie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lllll Posted October 28, 2010 Share Posted October 28, 2010 .. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hsmom3tn Posted October 28, 2010 Share Posted October 28, 2010 I'm not in any way criticising you, but I'm trying to understand why you would want to. Laura Honestly, I just grew up doing it that way. They go straight into a laundry basket after being used and the basket of towels gets washed every other day, if not every day. Bath towels get washed after the first use. Even though they are hung up they don't dry within 24-hours. Or if they do dry they stink, smell moldy. This is another reason. Since we've been back at my father's house, there are 5 of us sharing one bathroom. It seems like the shower is going all day, and there's no other place to hang a towel except over the shower doors... so they would never get dry. Before we separated, my husband would use his towel twice before putting it into the laundry basket. We had plenty of bathrooms and showers, so there was no problem with the towels getting dry in between uses. Still, though, I just used mine once because that's what I'm used to. :) The hand towels get changed at least every day, sometimes more than once a day. Again, it's because there are so many of us sharing a bathroom. They just don't seem to ever get dry and often look dirty. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MamaAkins Posted October 28, 2010 Share Posted October 28, 2010 We change them every 2-3 days for bath towels. Hand towels in our downstairs bathroom get changed every day. Kitchen towels get changed after we cook a meal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sherry in OH Posted October 28, 2010 Share Posted October 28, 2010 A minimum of once a week, more often in humid weather. We each have our own towels and they dry between use. Hand towels are washed more frequently. My boys still don't believe that dirty hands should be washed with soap and water BEFORE wiping them on the towels. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Punks in Ontario Posted October 28, 2010 Share Posted October 28, 2010 We have a radiator - which is warmed by the central heating boiler in winter - which also has an electrical immersion coil in it. There's a timer on it so that you can set it to warm the towels for an hour around shower time. It's great to use that in summer when the central heating system isn't on. Ours aren't as stylish as this, but the idea is the same. Laura Ha,ha. My dh just spent 8 hours installing one of these. I bet the family fell over when they saw the bill. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melissel Posted October 28, 2010 Share Posted October 28, 2010 Hmm. Never thought about it. When I get out of the shower, grab my towel off the hook and realize it smells, I toss it in the laundry and get a new one. Dh does the same. Here too... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laura Corin Posted October 28, 2010 Share Posted October 28, 2010 Ha,ha. My dh just spent 8 hours installing one of these. I bet the family fell over when they saw the bill. It took our plumber about an hour to put the electric element into the existing radiator, including moving a pipe and re-doing a tile. Laura Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mo2 Posted October 28, 2010 Share Posted October 28, 2010 Every 2 to 3 days. We live in a humid environment and they don't dry well hanging in the moist bathroom. Hand towels get changed everyday, because with so many of us washing our hands, it is inevitably soaked by nighttime. Kitchen towels and washcloths daily too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NanceXToo Posted October 28, 2010 Share Posted October 28, 2010 I won't use a towel more than twice. And often only once. Just one of my 'things.' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angela in ohio Posted October 28, 2010 Share Posted October 28, 2010 We change hand towels daily in each bathroom (one towel in each,) and everyone has a color-coded bath towel hanging on the back of their bedroom door that is washed twice weekly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcconnellboys Posted October 29, 2010 Share Posted October 29, 2010 Once a week here, unless the boys have been particularly dirty when bathing, etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fairfarmhand Posted October 29, 2010 Share Posted October 29, 2010 We each have our own color towels (Indy's are light blue, James Bond's are dark blue and mine are pink). This keeps us from using each others towel (Dr. Oz even did a show segment about this recently) so the same towel isn't getting used over and over. We each have 3 towels. Two of them get used during the week and washed on the weekend. The 3rd towel is rotated in while the others are in the wash. It's a great system. We have a separate set of towels for guests BTW (beige). We use 2 hand towels a week, unless Indy gets something on them, but bless him, he's a pretty clean kid. our towels are color coded so I know who to yell at when it is left in a soggy heap in the floor :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Binalina Posted October 29, 2010 Share Posted October 29, 2010 Once a week for bath towels and hand towels unless obviously dirty or smelly. Kitchen towels the same but I don't use my kitchen towels to wipe up food or wipe dirty hands on - only something that is clean and wet so I don't see how I would need to change them every day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ecj98 Posted October 29, 2010 Share Posted October 29, 2010 I wash bath towels twice a week. Hand towels at least twice a week if not more often. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoyfulMama Posted October 29, 2010 Share Posted October 29, 2010 We only have hanging room for two towels - one for dh and one for me. The kids don't take daily showers, anyway, and I try to clump them on the same nights, that way I can toss them all in the washer right away. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Annie Laurie Posted October 29, 2010 Share Posted October 29, 2010 I go through about six kitchen hand towels a day, though. LOL Me too. I can't stand the thought of reusing bacteria laden dishcloths and kitchen towels, since they tend to stay damp, or to be used on food prep surfaces. I do a load of kitchen linens daily. But bath towels get changed about once a week or when it seems to need freshening. Hand towels two or three times a week, since the kids make a mess of them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenL Posted October 29, 2010 Share Posted October 29, 2010 Dh and I use our bath towels for about 4 days. The boys get a new bath towel every 2 days because they usually use it for more than just after bath. Hand towels are every 1-2 days. Face cloths are after every use. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellie Posted October 29, 2010 Share Posted October 29, 2010 Clean washcloths for each person for each bath/shower; clean handtowel daily; clean bathtowels weekly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LauraGB Posted October 29, 2010 Share Posted October 29, 2010 Our linen closet in built into the hallway. Dd and I share a bathroom, and we each just grab a new towel on the way to the shower. Dh and ds share a bathroom and I'm not sure what they do :001_huh: (but I don't think they grab a new towel on the way to the shower). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mommyfaithe Posted October 29, 2010 Share Posted October 29, 2010 Honestly...every time we use them. I know that is definitely too often...BUT, I can't stand dirty or used towels. It just grosses me out. My pet peeve. Faithe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wy_kid_wrangler04 Posted October 29, 2010 Share Posted October 29, 2010 We change towels after every use. We do a load of towels and washcloths daily. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sonsmama Posted October 29, 2010 Share Posted October 29, 2010 Weekly for the bath towels. As needed for everything else. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zaichiki Posted October 29, 2010 Share Posted October 29, 2010 We wash them after every use here, and change the hand towels every day. Ditto Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kitten18 Posted October 29, 2010 Share Posted October 29, 2010 1x/week Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clarkacademy Posted October 29, 2010 Share Posted October 29, 2010 I have issues but every towel and washcloth are only used once in my house then washed. I know it makes more work but I can't help myself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AngieW in Texas Posted October 29, 2010 Share Posted October 29, 2010 My dh and I have one bath towel each (color-coded) and I wash them 1x/week. The kids can't seem to get the hang of hanging up their towels to reuse them, so they use a new towel almost every day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prairiegirl Posted October 29, 2010 Share Posted October 29, 2010 I change the towels every day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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