Cleaning Terry Cloth Bar Towels

RE: Cleaning Terry Cloth Bar Towels Post By Marlene (Guest Post) (08/03/2007) I own a restaurant and have the same problem. I put them in the washer with warm water and the laundry detergent from SAMS Club. They wash and rinse. Then I put in 1 cup bleach, 1 cup laundry detergent and 1 cup dry dishwasher detergent, add hot water and let them wash and rinse again. All but the toughest stains (except some mildew) come out and they are white as new. They don't last quite as long with this treatment, but they are clean!! RE: Cleaning Terry Cloth Bar Towels Post By SheilaMay from NYC (Guest Post) (08/01/2007) Hot water usually sets stains, especially those from milk and ice cream. Try soaking them as Kimhis suggests, but in cold water with Oxyclean and washing them also in cold water. Unless the cloths are made of white thread and not greige goods (which are dyed white), bleaching will only turn them gray. The heat of the dryer is sufficient to kill any germs that may escape the washing. Good luck. RE: Cleaning Terry Cloth Bar Towels Post By (Guest Post) (08/01/2007) Try soaking in a bucket of warm, (not hot) water with aproximaterly 1 cup of white vinegar. Leave over night, then wash in warm soapy. Follow with a pleasant smelling fabric softner (mainly to be rid of the vinegar smell). Good luck! RE: Cleaning Terry Cloth Bar Towels Post by kimhis (136) | (08/01/2007) Contact Either establish an incentive program so the teenagers start rinsing, or have a bucket of solution that the towels go into to soak, or go to paper towels. Those teenagers can do more than many people would think if they are managed right - they can be so passionate about ideals if they think their work makes a difference in the world.