Kitchen

Towels are some of the dirtiest items in the kitchen. Grease, dust and dirt accumulate on them. They often give off an unpleasant musty smell.

These textiles can be cleaned in a variety of ways. This includes regular boiling, hand or machine washing, and removing stains by heating in the microwave.

Separate nuances are provided for washing white, dark and colored items, as well as items with old grease stains.

Read the article about how to wash a kitchen towel at home, what to soak it in to avoid smell and greasy stains.

Preparing very dirty items for washing

It is recommended to pre-soak the dish towel before removing stains. Soaking is necessary in cases where the product is very dirty. It is also recommended for old stains.

You can soak the products in soda or saline solutions. The first one is suitable for white towels. It is recommended to mix 5 large spoons of soda with 25 g of washing powder. The mixture is poured with boiling water.

It is necessary to keep the item in a soda solution for 4-5 hours. Baking soda is good at removing foul odors.

It is better to soak colored items in a saline solution; soda will cause them to lose color.. For the solution, take a liter of hot water and a large spoon of salt. You need to soak the towel in it for an hour.

It is recommended to first apply the stain remover to the old stain and wait 15 minutes. Next, you need to place the item in a hot solution and soak in it for a couple of hours.

How to wash a towel in a washing machine?

Textiles can be washed with powder with the addition of bleach. The second component can only be used to remove stains from white kitchen towels; it is not suitable for colored items.

Instructions:

1. To wash synthetic items, select the “Synthetic” mode. In this mode, the machine heats the water to 40 C. This temperature is enough to remove stains. Typically, washing with this mode lasts from an hour to two.
2. Mixed fabric. The “Synthetic” mode is also suitable for washing towels made from mixed fabrics. Colored synthetic ones can be washed at 60 C, but no more.
3. It is recommended to wash cotton kitchen towels on the “Cotton 60” or even “Cotton 90” cycle. In the second case, the product will be boiled during washing.

   It is better to wash white cotton items at maximum temperature (90 C).

4. It is recommended to wash colored items with a special powder for colored textiles.
5. It is better to wash black towels with a detergent for black products.
6. It is recommended to wash white towels with white detergent. In the latter case, you can add oxygen-containing bleach.

Black towels can be washed only at 40 C and no more, colored towels - at a maximum of 60 C. When washing, the rinse and spin modes must be used.This will help wash off any remaining powder.

Particles of food, grease and dirt often separate from kitchen towels, which can settle on other things with which they are washed together in the same machine.

How to wash heavily soiled fabric by hand?

When washing by hand, it is recommended to follow these steps step by step:

1. Take a deep basin and place a dirty towel in it.
2. Pour hot water into the basin. Add laundry detergent to it for hand washing.
3. Soften the water in a basin with two glasses of vinegar.
4. Soak the item in the resulting solution for half an hour.
5. Remove from the solution and rinse in clean water.
6. Pour the solution out of the basin. Pour clean warm water into the container, add a small spoon of salt to it.
7. Rinse the item in the resulting solution.
8. Remove the textile item, wring it out thoroughly and hang it to dry.

After soaking, it is recommended to thoroughly hand-wash the areas where there are stains.

How to quickly remove odor and stains using folk recipes?

Various products can be used to remove stains and odors from items. Among them have proven themselves:

• vinegar,
• lemon acid,
• hydrogen peroxide,
• mustard,
• boiling,
• vegetable oil,
• using a microwave oven.

Vegetable oil

There are several options for using vegetable oil to clean kitchen towels from dirt.

In some cases, a combination of boiling water, oil and bleach is used, in others, a combination of boiling water and oil with washing powder, soda and vinegar.

It is recommended to wash only dry towels in a solution containing vegetable oil. For washing, you should use purified oil without any odor..

Read more about methods of washing textiles with vegetable oil Here.

Microwave

With this express option, a textile product soaped with laundry soap is placed in a plastic bag and then placed in the microwave for 1-1.5 minutes. The microwave should operate at low power.

Read more about this method Here.

Boiling

With this method you need:

1. Soak dirty items for 1-2 hours in a solution containing a liter of hot water, a large spoon of salt and hand-washing detergent.
2. Prepare a solution for boiling. Grate half a bar of 72% laundry soap.

   Place the shavings in a large saucepan with 5 liters of hot water, add 3 large tablespoons of soda and powder.

   To whiten white towels, you can add a large spoonful of stain remover to the solution.

3. Place dirty items into the solution and place the pan with them over medium heat.
4. Boil the solution with textiles.
5. After boiling, boil the kitchen towels for 20 minutes over low heat. Heavily soiled white cotton items can be boiled for up to 2 hours. It is important to stir the contents of the pan periodically.
6. Remove the items from the pan and let them cool.
7. Rinse thoroughly and then wring out items.

Vinegar

This product is recommended to be used as follows:

• pour a liter of warm water into a basin;
• add 1 glass of vinegar to it, use a solution of 5% or 9%;
• place dirty products in the resulting solution;
• soak them for 10 minutes;
• rinse things and hang them out to dry.

You can add half a cup of vinegar solution to the conditioner compartment of the washing machine. Vinegar will eliminate the unpleasant odor during washing.

Lemon acid

This product is recommended to be used as follows:

1. Pre-wash a dirty towel with powder or laundry soap. Squeeze it out a little.
2. Sprinkle citric acid on the area where the stain is. Wait 15 minutes. If the contamination is old, then you need to wait an hour.
3. Rinse the product under water.

It is recommended to remove stains from tomatoes and beets using this method.

Hydrogen peroxide

This product is recommended for use in cases where there are old yellow stains on the item. It is enough to soak the textile product in the solution for half an hour. Then you need to wash the towel in the machine.

Mustard

This method uses mustard powder. To do this you need:

• Dissolve 6 large spoons of mustard powder in 2 liters of warm water;
• let the mixture sit for half an hour;
• soak kitchen towels in the solution for 3-4 hours;
• Wash items soaked in the mixture in a machine.

You can mix a little mustard powder with water to form a paste and apply it to the stain.

Next, the product must be placed in a bag for 5 hours.. After this, it must be rinsed and then washed.

Mustard powder is suitable for those cases when towels cannot be bleached or boiled.

Nuances for white, black and colored products

White textiles can be washed at high temperatures. Especially if they have old stains. Such towels can be washed at 90 C with soaking. In normal cases, you can set the mode to 60 C.

Black items should be washed at low temperatures (no more than 40 C). When washing them, it is prohibited to use both stain removers and any types of bleaches. Boiling has a bad effect on the quality of black textiles.

It is recommended to wash colored towels at low temperatures. 40 C is enough, maximum 60 C. High temperatures cause them to shed heavily. Also, colored items should not be boiled. When washing them, you should not use bleaches or stain removers that contain chlorine.

Removing old greasy stains

When cleaning things from old grease stains, it is recommended to use laundry soap. You can also use vinegar and dish soap.

They work well against old grease stains:

• soda,
• peroxide,
• ammonia,
• starch.

You can read more about removing old grease stains from kitchen towels Here.

Whitening options without bleaches

For bleaching, it is recommended to use mustard powder, potassium permanganate or boric acid.

In the first case, you need to pour a little warm water into the mustard powder.. The mixture should be mixed until mushy. The resulting mixture should be applied to the stain and left for 8 hours. After this, the item must be washed in a machine.

Then a pre-washed towel is placed in the basin. Then the basin is covered with a thick film. In this state, the product is soaked for about half an hour. Then you need to rinse it well.

In the third case, boric acid is used for bleaching.

It is necessary to proceed according to the scheme:

1. 3 liters of hot water is poured into the basin.
2. 3 large tablespoons of boric acid are also added there.
3. Towels are placed in a basin and soaked for a couple of hours.
4. Products are rinsed after soaking.

The latter option is suitable for bleaching terry textiles. Boric acid is also used in washing waffle towels.

Tips and prohibitions

It is recommended to take into account the following tips and prohibitions:

• heavily soiled items must be soaked before washing;
• before bleaching, it is better to first wash the item or soak it in powder for a couple of hours;
• in the kitchen it is better to use waffle towels, as well as products with a smooth texture;
• Terry towels should not be used for wiping dishes, sinks, cabinets and food;
• To prevent the appearance of a musty smell from textiles, it is always necessary to dry them well before washing;
• Kitchen towels must be changed every two days.

Terry products should not be kept in the kitchen. They get dirty quickly. To get rid of the musty smell, it is recommended to soak the item for 3 hours in a soda-based solution before washing.

It is better to dry textiles in the sun. After washing, it is recommended to iron the items. This way they will get dirty less often.

Conclusion

When washing kitchen towels, various products and methods can be used. Among them are vinegar, citric acid, hydrogen peroxide, mustard, and vegetable oil.

A proven method for removing contaminants using a microwave. Boiling is also effective.

The choice of a specific method depends on the color of the textile product. White towels can be cleaned using any of the following methods. Black and colored products are sensitive to boiling and bleaches.