It can be frustrating when your towels become rigid and rough, but there is a straightforward method to restore their fluffiness again with one laundry trick. Towels frequently become hard over time if you overcrowd your washing machine as there will not be sufficient space to rinse them thoroughly, meaning soapy residue can accumulate in the fabric.
Cassandra, a cleaning expert and founder of Frugal Family, has also revealed that using excessive laundry detergent can also cause towels to feel unpleasant. She said: “The washing detergent you use to wash your towels can build up in the fibres of your towel and will gradually make your towels less fluff and more rough, and will mean that they’re not as absorbent as they once were.” Nevertheless, there is a swift and straightforward method to revive “cardboard” feeling towels to get them looking brand new, as all you need are two natural kitchen ingredients, reports the Express.
Cassandra said: “Non-fluffy towels are super easy to fix though and just need a couple of things you’ll probably already have in your kitchen storecupboard – white vinegar and baking powder.”
Towels will also feel much softer after using vinegar on them as it works as a natural fabric softener to relax to fibres on towels.
Baking soda is mildly abrasive, meaning it gently lifts any remaining build-up from the fibres that the vinegar did not get rid of.
Add 240ml of white vinegar to the detergent drawer, and do not add washing detergent or fabric softener.
Wash on a 90C cycle and once the wash has completed, run another high-temperature wash but this time add 200g of baking powder to the detergent drawer.
Your towels should already feel significantly improved, but ensure you dry them outdoors in the sunshine or on a gentle setting in the tumble dryer.
Once the towels are dried, they should be completely restored and as fluffy as the day you purchased them.
Cassandra explained: “The towel refresh wash should remove all of the soapy residues from your towels and in most cases, should make them much softer again but sometimes it might take a couple of washes to see the difference depending on how far gone your towels were”.