How often do you wash your towels?

[Crimson Dynamo]

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How many times would you dry yourself with a shower/bath towel before it goes in the wash?

[Withano]

I wouldn't dry myself with a used towel? Does that make me abnormal? :worry:

[RileyH]

After I've used one, I don't want someone else's towel that someone has used and not cleaned :umm2:

[RileyH]

I wouldn't dry myself with a used towel? Does that make me abnormal? :worry:

same

[thesheriff443]

Every bath shower is with a clean towel, then they are put in the wash after drying.

[smudgie]

I tend to use my own towels twice, nobody else has access to them.
All towels in the bathroom are thrown in the wash everyday, as is the one in the downstairs cloakroom.
Hubby tends to turn the washer on every couple of days.

[Cal.]

Ew every time they're used

[Marsh.]

After I've used one, I don't want someone else's towel that someone has used and not cleaned :umm2:

Ew, you share towels? :worry:

Even towels that have been washed of somebody else's I'd feel weird. I have my own towels. Any hand/face towel is replaced with a clean one every couple of days and the bath towel i'd say I use about twice. I shower daily so I do.

[Babayaro.]

I'd put it in the wash after I've used it about 2/3 times, and then I'd use a new one.

[Niamh.]

I'd put it in the wash after I've used it about 2/3 times, and then I'd use a new one.

yeah same as this really.

[Littlegreen]

They go in the wash after I've had a shower/bath.

[andybigbro]

I put it in the wash after using it once :worry:
Am I destroying the planet? :worry:

[Littlegreen]

I put it in the wash after using it once :worry:
Am I destroying the planet? :worry:

Yes Andy, you alone are the cause of climate change. :laugh:

[Crimson Dynamo]

Washing it after one shower is ridiculous and costly to you and the environment. Once a week is quite sufficient or once a term if you are a student

[Underscore]

Every week.

[Locke.]

The big towels after each time they are used, tea towels about once a week

[RileyH]

Ew, you share towels? :worry:

No

[_Tom_]

Weekly. After every use is excessive, you've just washed yourself?

[Crimson Dynamo]

Weekly. After every use is excessive, you've just washed yourself?

I think a lot of people on here put their washing in a magic basket and they find it washed and ironed in their drawer

when they have to do it themselves id imagine things change a little

:joker:

[Marsh.]

I think a lot of people on here put their washing in a magic basket and they find it washed and ironed in their drawer

when they have to do it themselves id imagine things change a little

:joker:
Stop judging Niamh just because she's a kept woman.

Gav works very hard to keep a nice home.

[caprimint]

After every time I've used them, the thought of reusing a towel to dry yourself is disgusting because you're essentially not really clean the next time

[Crimson Dynamo]

After every time I've used them, the thought of reusing a towel to dry yourself is disgusting because you're essentially not really clean the next time

cough: Howard Hughes

[Ashley.]

I have quite a lot of towels (and a couple for my cat :laugh:) so I don't use them up enough to wash them all at once. But any I have used I wash every weekend along with the rest of my dirty laundry

[caprimint]

I have quite a lot of towels (and a couple for my cat :laugh:) so I don't use them up enough to wash them all at once. But any I have used I wash every weekend along with the rest of my dirty laundry
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[thesheriff443]

Washing it after one shower is ridiculous and costly to you and the environment. Once a week is quite sufficient or once a term if you are a student

Lets just say Lt if I dry my nuts on a towel you would be happy to dry your face with the same towel

Hav you seen how screwed up the world is and your going on about a washing machine going round.

[Gusto Brunt]

I use a clean towel every couple of days.

[Marsh.]

Lets just say Lt if I dry my nuts on a towel you would be happy to dry your face with the same towel

Hav you seen how screwed up the world is and your going on about a washing machine going round.
Because that's the topic of the thread.

If you want to discuss a serious topic, make a thread on it.

[Crimson Dynamo]

Lets just say Lt if I dry my nuts on a towel you would be happy to dry your face with the same towel

Hav you seen how screwed up the world is and your going on about a washing machine going round.

Sorry I should have asked how often do north Koreans, Syrians and hurricane victims wash their towels post-brexit

:rolleyes:

[Marsh.]

Sorry I should have asked how often do north Koreans, Syrians and hurricane victims wash their towels post-brexit

:rolleyes:
:laugh2:

[Amy Jade]

Everytime I used them...doesn't everyone?

[Josy]

Everytime I used them...doesn't everyone?

This :/

This thread actually scares me thinking of the germs

[Josy]

Weekly. After every use is excessive, you've just washed yourself?

So what? Think of all the places on your body you dry with that towel, dead skin that's going on to that towel when you dry yourself, wet towels will be the perfect place for bacteria eurghhh this threads disgusting!

[Crimson Dynamo]

This :/

This thread actually scares me thinking of the germs

Illogical

There are far more germs (1000x more) on your phone, keyboard and steering wheel than there will be on a 1 week old towel

and you do not get ill using these germ infested items so..

[caprimint]

And all those door handles you touch every day, especially the toilet one, that's vile :yuk: (Just because I assume many people don't wash their hands after the toilet)

[Withano]

Illogical

There are far more germs (1000x more) on your phone, keyboard and steering wheel than there will be on a 1 week old towel

and you do not get ill using these germ infested items so..

Do you wipe your phone and steering wheel all over your body to dry-clean yourself though?

[Crimson Dynamo]

Do you wipe your phone and steering wheel all over your body to dry-clean yourself though?

all of the said items go on your hands and your hands touch your nose and mouth and a far far more likely to transfer germs that could result in illness

you dont get ill from having germs on your arse, you get ill when they enter your mouth or nose

[Wizard.]

Weekly. After every use is excessive, you've just washed yourself?

This. I wash them once a week and shower every day so I use it 6/7 times before washing it. Essentially all your towel is absorbing is water and if you hang them up and don't leaving them lying around all scrumped up then once a week is perfectly acceptable, every time is ridiculous. It's like those families that say they only fill up one bin bag a week :shocked:

[Wizard.]

So what? Think of all the places on your body you dry with that towel, dead skin that's going on to that towel when you dry yourself, wet towels will be the perfect place for bacteria eurghhh this threads disgusting!

I literally only use my towel to pat down dry my body like my torso, arms and legs and then I blow dry everywhere else :joker:

[Withano]

all of the said items go on your hands and your hands touch your nose and mouth and a far far more likely to transfer germs that could result in illness

you dont get ill from having germs on your arse, you get ill when they enter your mouth or nose

But I'm still not using those items to clean myself... I feel like your logic is "oh **** well other things make me unclean during the day, might as well not bother with cleaning myself after my shower to help begin the process" and I just can't think that way.. counterproductive almost.

[Crimson Dynamo]

But I'm still not using those items to clean myself... I feel like your logic is "oh **** well other things make me unclean during the day, might as well not bother with cleaning myself after my shower to help begin the process" and I just can't think that way.. counterproductive almost.

I was answering Josys post and highlighting how illogical it was

This worry of "germs" is illogical when people have no idea what germs, what they will do or if anyone has ever got ill from a slightly unwashed towel for example


Its a throwback to the days when we first realised that "germs" existed and then became paranoid about a whole raft of things

[Marsh.]

Yeah after you've used your freshly laundered towel you're then going and sitting your arse on that toilet seat full of germs so I don't get the obsession with a germ free towel. It isn't going to happen.

By all means it be clean and not smelly or left damp etc that's obvious. But washing after every single use is excessive.

I mean what about hand towels? From what people do with their hands each and every day there's probably more harmful germs on those and yet I doubt you wash them after each and every time someone's dried their hands?

[Withano]

I was answering Josys post and highlighting how illogical it was

This worry of "germs" is illogical when people have no idea what germs, what they will do or if anyone has ever got ill from a slightly unwashed towel for example


Its a throwback to the days when we first realised that "germs" existed and then became paranoid about a whole raft of things

I dont think its illogical.. there's a certain objective to showering and towel-drying.. you kinda miss that using an unclean towel imo, as you would if you were to use your steering wheel to dry yourself after a shower..
But the function of a phone or a steering wheel just isn't comparable on any level, so I don't think your argument refutes Josy's...
time and a place for germs maybe, thats not gonna be directly after your shower

[Josy]

Illogical

There are far more germs (1000x more) on your phone, keyboard and steering wheel than there will be on a 1 week old towel

and you do not get ill using these germ infested items so..Damp humid towels are a massive breeding ground for germs.

Might start calling you germy tbh

I wash my hands plus use bacterial hand gel multiple times during the day which hopefully deals with any germs from phone, keyboard use etc...

You dry your arsehole, your ballbag, inbetween your toes and everything else with a towel then hang it back up damp to reuse :omgno:

[Shaun]

I use one towel for my hair that I was after every 2 or 3 uses and one for my body that I wash after every use.

Just use different ones bc I get paranoid I'll dry my hair and face with the bit ive just scrubbed my balls with.

[Ashley.]

Illogical

There are far more germs (1000x more) on your phone, keyboard and steering wheel than there will be on a 1 week old towel

and you do not get ill using these germ infested items so..

Illogical, I don't rub a phone or a keyboard all over my face and my body on a daily basis.

[Denver]

Everyday like normal people

[Cherie]

After every time I've used them, the thought of reusing a towel to dry yourself is disgusting because you're essentially not really clean the next time

but you are clean when you are using a towel :suspect: ..we share towels in our house, my families germs are my germs :flutter:

[Cherie]

it's no wonder you are ill every 5 minutes Josy, :omgno: expose yourself to a few germs and lead a healthy lifestyle, I literally can't remember the last time I had a cold, it has been well over a year :hee:

[caprimint]

but you are clean when you are using a towel :suspect: ..we share towels in our house, my families germs are my germs :flutter:
Depends, if you have a bath then you're not really clean at all, you're just wiping the dirty water off of you :omgno:

[Braden]

it's no wonder you are ill every 5 minutes Josy, :omgno: expose yourself to a few germs and lead a healthy lifestyle, I literally can't remember the last time I had a cold, it has been well over a year :hee:

I actually wonder if you're my Mother with a secret account on here, Cherie :p

Very true, though.

[Withano]

but you are clean when you are using a towel :suspect:

Bacteria grows and multiplies. A towel wont say as clean as it was the moment after you used it

[Cherie]

Bacteria grows and multiplies. A towel wont say as clean as it was the moment after you used it

Yes if you leave it in a wet heap, pick it up and hang it, outside on the washing line, good to go

[Cherie]

I actually wonder if you're my Mother with a secret account on here, Cherie :p

Very true, though.

Your dinner is going cold Braden :idc:

[Withano]

Yes if you leave it in a wet heap, pick it up and hang it, outside on the washing line, good to go

Might make the bacteria dormant I suppose (I mean, probably wouldnt, cba to google, but they definitely wont thrive outside as much as they would when leaving it in the bathroom or an airing cupboard, so theres at least half a point there!). Its just not gonna kill'm like a washing machine would, you're still gonna be drying yourself by rubbing bacteria on to your body after a shower!

[Marsh.]

but you are clean when you are using a towel :suspect: ..we share towels in our house, my families germs are my germs :flutter:
Ok this is a step too far you filthy bitch :nono:

[Marsh.]

Depends, if you have a bath then you're not really clean at all, you're just wiping the dirty water off of you :omgno:
Cherie stewing in her own filth and then drying off with a towel her husband has just scrubbed his balls on. :yuk:

The woman is SICK.

[Josy]

it's no wonder you are ill every 5 minutes Josy, :omgno: expose yourself to a few germs and lead a healthy lifestyle, I literally can't remember the last time I had a cold, it has been well over a year :hee:I'm not ill every 5 minutes though.

[Josy]

Yes if you leave it in a wet heap, pick it up and hang it, outside on the washing line, good to goOmg this is getting worse, people hanging out dirty germ ridden towels :omgno:

[Jamie89]

I like to air dry
https://i.imgur.com/RgnsK5q.png

But yeah like once a week (maybe more depending what I've used it for :spin: ) I've never even considered washing towels after every use, it seems really excessive/wasteful to me.

it's no wonder you are ill every 5 minutes Josy, :omgno: expose yourself to a few germs and lead a healthy lifestyle, I literally can't remember the last time I had a cold, it has been well over a year :hee:

Yeah, exposure to germs is a good thing within reason, and it's needed to keep your immune system from weakening. It makes you stronger and healthier in the long run. A towel that's been used on a clean body, that itself dries soon after, can't hold too many germs I'd imagine... probably just the right amount :hee:

[Cherie]

Cherie stewing in her own filth and then drying off with a towel her husband has just scrubbed his balls on. :yuk:

The woman is SICK.

:hehe:

Omg this is getting worse, people hanging out dirty germ ridden towels :omgno:



Always :joker:

[Marsh.]

I do have separate towels, however. I don't use the same towel for my hair and face as I use for my body. But that's just common sense I think.

[LemonJam]

I'll do one big towel wash every week and we have 6 towels in total between two of us. Honestly I think bacteria is inevitable anywhere, for example a lot of you after typing on your keyboard/phone may have picked up a sandwich for example and whatever germs could be there may be transferred into your mouth.

Then again growing up we'd wash all ours towels once a week at off-peak hour and wouldn't dare venture off that even if there were no towels left, so I guess it's more natural to me.

[Josy]

Dirty Bastards

:hehe:





Always :joker:

So what do you if it's raining? where do you hang your damp dirty, dead skin filled germ ridden towel then Cherie?