Restoring Microfiber Towels To "Like New"
I use the yellow towels like from Costco, to clean computer screens and clean eyeglasses. But after awhile they stop cleaning and start smearing.
Throw them in with the wash and they come out working even worse. These critters aren't cheap. There must be a way...
Time to experiment...
Obviously this would be a waste when done with just a few towels. I do a dozen at a time. Yeah - yeah, the water ain't free. Most commercial water dispensers charge .35 gallon. I found distilled water in Wal-Mart for .59 gallon.
Removing soap, softeners, and minerals is the key. Washing with Dawn cleans and gets rid of laundry soap softeners and perfume.
And all this would be a pure waste of time for anything but glass cleaning towels IMHO.
Throw them in with the wash and they come out working even worse. These critters aren't cheap. There must be a way...
Time to experiment...
- Run a bunch of towels solo through the washing machine
- Set on hot wash, warm rinse
- No laundry soap I used enough DAWN to make suds
- Spin dry and extract
- Air dry towels
- Heat up a gallon or two of commercial purified or distilled water on stove
- Just at the boiling point shut off heat
- Drop in towels and stir. Let them sit an hour
- Stir again and fish towels out (or let the water cool)
- Air dry
- Towels lose a bit of color but they work like new
Obviously this would be a waste when done with just a few towels. I do a dozen at a time. Yeah - yeah, the water ain't free. Most commercial water dispensers charge .35 gallon. I found distilled water in Wal-Mart for .59 gallon.
Removing soap, softeners, and minerals is the key. Washing with Dawn cleans and gets rid of laundry soap softeners and perfume.
And all this would be a pure waste of time for anything but glass cleaning towels IMHO.
