Another "how often" question

[catnapper]

Finn's Mom's question about how often you wash your sheets got me to thinking about how often you wash your bath towels.

I use mine a few times and hang it to dry. After all, I'm clean when I use it! I think my mom uses her a million times before she washes them, but that gets a little gross after a while.

So, how often do you wash your bath towels

[finn's mom]

I think twice a week, probably. Or more, if I'm washing a load of clothes that the towel can be thrown in with.

[king2005]

once a week, as my laundry time is on weekends & I only have 2 bath towels.

[JenBKR]

Well, I use my towel a few times before throwing it in the hamper, but my husband will only use his once. I'm trying to break him of this habit, but until then I wash towels more often. I don't know how often though, I just wash them whenever the hamper gets full and the towels in the closet get low

[Rachel]

My towels get changed once a week. I have two hand towels, one *face towel* and one bath towel and a couple wash cloths that I use during that week. With the cost of water in our municipality, I've made a decision to be conserving in the amount of laundry that I do. If at any time I felt that any particular towel was *gross* I would certainly wash it. I'm probably more of stickler for dish towels which probably don't get used for any length of time and I use a lot of paper towels in the kitchen.

On the other hand, when the dog gets bathed, his towels are washed after one use.

[Cataholic]

My towels get changed once a week. I have two hand towels, one *face towel* and one bath towel and a couple wash cloths that I use during that week. With the cost of water in our municipality, I've made a decision to be conserving in the amount of laundry that I do. If at any time I felt that any particular towel was *gross* I would certainly wash it. I'm probably more of stickler for dish towels which probably don't get used for any length of time and I use a lot of paper towels in the kitchen.

Exactly as I do!

[carole]

All my family (there are four of us) use a fresh towel everyday,and some of us shower more than once daily, especially my son, as he goes to the gym and plays sport as well as work, and likes to shower after each, my daughter uses one for her hair and one for her body, so yes i have a ton of washing to do, but there is something about a lovely fresh towel that i just love, so i will continue to be a slave to the washing machine.

[Glacier]

I use a fresh towel every time I bathe. I have always insisted on a fresh towel. I have hordes of them, since I used to have limited water access for laundry, so I can go a long time before I run out of towels. My mom taught me how to wash my own towels when I was very young. Even as a little kid, I had a towel fetish!

[prechrswife]

I'm another one of those picky people who has to have a clean towel when I bathe. My husband re-uses, though, and his gets changed whenever I get ready to wash a load of towels, so about twice a week or so, I guess. I wash towels about once or twice a week.

[Pam]

Sheets and towels are changed once a week. (I can't remember if I responded to the *sheets* thread. ) I, too, go on the assumption that when I use a bath towel I am already clean. I would probably do them more if I didn't feel they were drying out between uses. Here I am not so concerned about the cost of water as I am the cost of electric to dry them!

[Logan]

Amen, Pam! LOL!!!!

I was sort of figuring that the ones who used a fresh towel everyday must NOT be the ones doing the laundry!!! Glacier proved me wrong!!!

[Kfamr]

Bath towels, wash clothes, etc. are all washed per use.

I take showers 2-3 times a day, so usually when I take my second/third shower the previous towel is still wet! With such long hair, it's difficult to dry with an even slighlty damp towel.

And yes, I wash my own towels and laundry!

[Sirrahsim]

Towels are a HUGE thing with me!! They get stinky so easily! I will rarely use a towel more than twice before doing a load in the washer with whatever odor-eliminator I happen to have. Like my Mom said, if the towels sit in the washer for more than an hour or two they get rewashed with more odor-eliminator! I go through so much Febreeze laundry stuff, but it's a necessary expense. I won't go near hubby if he has dried off with a "stale" towel. Yuck!

I have a very sensitive nose To me, a stale towel screams "germs and mildew!!!!"

[Sirrahsim]

We recently bought some white towels just so that I can use bleach on them every time I wash them!

[MariaM]

Hmmm I use a new one every time.