Tips from the Professional Cleaners on How to Wash Your Towels and Sheets
Even the most adamant rule-followers may be tempted to cut corners when doing laundry fast. In the United States, the average family does 8 to 10 loads each week. Does this describe you? Knowing which products may be safely cleaned together is essential for keeping laundry tasks under control. Learn why it’s not a good idea to wash sheets and towels together and why the time saved isn’t worth it.
When it comes time to have your house cleaned, remember to call Kimberly's Kleaning Service at 702-263-0468 for comprehensive help.
Why using sheets to wash towels isn’t worth the time
There are a few reasons why you shouldn’t wash your towels and sheets (which are made of completely different fabrics) together. Lint may stick to your sheets as a result of this. When light-colored sheets are washed with towels, the color fades or yellows more quickly. Your towels may become tangled in sheets, preventing them from being thoroughly washed. Towels wrapped in sheets may not dry as quickly as they should, allowing germs to thrive.
Do your laundry on a regular basis
Even if you consider washing to be one of the most tedious duties, it is one that you must complete. Our bodies are continually sweating, secreting body oil, shedding dead skin, and passing along items such as dirt and food that we come across in our everyday lives. All of this becomes caught in the textiles of our clothes and anything else we come into contact with.
When you wash towels and sheets together, bacteria, germs, and smells can spread between the textiles.
How frequently should i wash my sheets?
While everyone’s tolerance for unclean linens varies, you should wash sheets and pillowcases once a week. The average time between cleaning your bedding in the United States is 24 days! Washing your sheets and pillowcases eliminates all of the perspiration, body oil, dead skin, spit, dust, and pet dander that inevitably accumulates on them.
It’s fine to wash your linens in cold water, but if you’ve been ill, try using hot water to help sterilize and eliminate germs.
How frequently should I wash my towels?
Even if we just use our bath towels for a few seconds, the water they are exposed to can swiftly create health concerns. To avoid germs and bacteria that grow on damp surfaces, we recommend washing your bath towels after three uses. If you keep the ones you’re using in the bathroom, you might need to get a new one every other day. This is owing to the excessive humidity in the space.
Is it necessary to wash other items such as hand towels and dish towels on a regular basis?
Frequently, hand towels and dish towels are thrown with the bath towel load. When washing kitchen and dish towels, always use hot water since they contain a lot of germs and bacteria. Dish cloths are particularly dangerous. More than 17,000 germs per square inch may be found in your kitchen sink. Even the kitchen faucet, which serves as a dependable resting place for many a dish towel, has roughly 13,000 germs.
Bring in the experts to help lighten the load
You take care of the towels and bedsheets, and Kimberly's Kleaning Service takes care of the rest! We supply skilled and prepared housekeepers that can clean practically everything on your cleaning list. We can design a cleaning plan that is tailored to your individual needs and fits into your schedule. We’re always available when you need us, whether it’s for a one-time service or ongoing appointments. Call us at 702-263-0468 to get started.
