What's Normal? - Do you use a freshly laundered towel every time you take a bath or shower? (1 Viewer)

[Keerock]

Do you use a freshly laundered towel every time you bathe/shower?

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[Keerock]

I do, but only because my wife washes them. If I did the laundry, I'd probably get at lease a couple uses out of each towel.

 

[belljr]

No. One week. Hang on hook when not in use. I have a 2 towel rotation.

 

[Dr. Octopus]

You're at your very cleanest when using the towel - so it's basically just getting damp and needs to be hung to dry. Washing a towel after each use seems terribly inefficient and a waste of time and water/detergent.

 

[Uruk-Hai]

Once a week

 

[Raging weasel]

You're at your very cleanest when using the towel - so it's basically just getting damp and needs to be hung to dry. Washing a towel after each use seems terribly inefficient and a waste of time and water/detergent.

Agree. As long as you hang it up to dry you can get at least a week from it. If you just ball it up and chuck it into the corner you're going to need a fresh one daily.

 

[Mister CIA]

Would like to compare the comments in this thread with the "Do you pee in the shower" thread. Drying off ends with me thoroughly drying between the toes.

Disclosure: This guy does not pee in the shower

 

[Senor Schmutzig]

No but my son feels the need to. He's going to be in for a rude awakening when he leaves for college in a month because no one is going to be there to do his laundry. I get a sense he will change his ways pretty quickly.

 

[SoBeDad]

Hanging the towel on a hook is not optimal. I hang mine, outside the bathroom, using a hangar with clips which enables it to dry more quickly. I also use a wash cloth as a predry while in the shower, and wring the wash cloth twice before 2 predries. I come out of the shower about 90% dry. My drying towel can last for months without needing to be laundered.

 

[Bogart]

2 towel rotation for the week. Laundry every Saturday morning.

 

[shuke]

Paging @mr. furley

 

[AAABatteries]

I air dry.

 

[mr. furley]

Paging @mr. furley

i start with a fresh towel on day 1. shower in the morning, shower after running that night, shower the next day, towel goes in the wash.

 

[zamboni]

Washing a towel after each use seems terribly inefficient and a waste of time and water/detergent.

Same - I try to be somewhat conscious of water usage.

 

[wlwiles]

Wash towels once per week. I use 1, wife uses 2, daughter uses 1 so I gather and wash 4 towels on the weekend, and pull the other 4 down off the shelf and put them out on their racks/hooks so we rotate 4 in use and 4 freshly laundered and waiting.

 

[jvdesigns2002]

No. Wash the towel 1-2x a week, but I do throw the towel in the dryer everyday

 

[Long Ball Larry]

EVERY TIME?

 

[Long Ball Larry]

You're at your very cleanest when using the towel - so it's basically just getting damp and needs to be hung to dry. Washing a towel after each use seems terribly inefficient and a waste of time and water/detergent.

Use 2 towels. Put the one used previously in the shower with you next time. Rinse, repeat (literally). Problem solved.

 

[Doug B]

Paging @mr. furley

(Ozzy's "Mr. Crowley" went through my head reading this)

Mister Fuuur-ley /
What went on in your head?

 

[zamboni]

Paging @mr. furley

(Ozzy's "Mr. Crowley" went through my head reading this)

Mister Fuuur-ley /
What went on in your head?

Mr. Charming, did you think you were 99 44/100% pure?

 

[-OZ-]

Good god how much laundry would we have to do if we washed 7+ towels every day? Plus pool towels.

 

[Ilov80s]

I wish but let’s be real that mean owning a lot of towels or doing a stupid amount of laundry.

 

[Courtjester]

Wife and I change our towels every 4-5 days. 19 year old daughter uses a new one every day.

 

[STEADYMOBBIN 22]

You're at your very cleanest when using the towel - so it's basically just getting damp and needs to be hung to dry. Washing a towel after each use seems terribly inefficient and a waste of time and water/detergent.

This is my line of thinking.

 

[shuke]

Paging @mr. furley

i start with a fresh towel on day 1. shower in the morning, shower after running that night, shower the next day, towel goes in the wash.

My bad. I thought you were an "each time" guy.

 

[STEADYMOBBIN 22]

@Keerock

These are really good btw. Sending you a PM.

 

[BobbyLayne]

I did growing up and for more than 15 years living as a bachelor. My first wife clued me in that most people use the same towel a few times.

:mindblown:

I also never realized you didn't have to wash your jeans after you wore them once for a few hours.

 

[BobbyLayne]

Good god how much laundry would we have to do if we washed 7+ towels every day? Plus pool towels.

I was around 35 before it dawned on me our mom did 4-6 loads of laundry every day when we were growing up

I spoiled her as much as possible the last 15 years she was around

 

[zamboni]

I also never realized you didn't have to wash your jeans after you wore them once for a few hours.

Supposedly throwing your jeans in the freezer works to clean them, although never tried it. Seems a little Jeffrey Dahmer-like.

 

[Scoresman]

Hahahahahaha.. hell no.

 

[nightmare]

I live alone and am on a 3 towel rotation. I shower 2-3 times a week and the towels get washed
every 2 weeks.

I make sure i am clean when i am done showering.

 

[Psychopav]

I also never realized you didn't have to wash your jeans after you wore them once for a few hours.

Supposedly throwing your jeans in the freezer works to clean them, although never tried it. Seems a little Jeffrey Dahmer-like.

Wait, what?

 

[belljr]

I also never realized you didn't have to wash your jeans after you wore them once for a few hours.

Supposedly throwing your jeans in the freezer works to clean them, although never tried it. Seems a little Jeffrey Dahmer-like.

I don't think it gets them clean per se but it brings them back to the original size. The denim tends to stretch out after you wear it

 

[mr. furley]

Paging @mr. furley

i start with a fresh towel on day 1. shower in the morning, shower after running that night, shower the next day, towel goes in the wash.

My bad. I thought you were an "each time" guy.

i was for years, but the pile up of towels now with two kids in the house forced me to multi-use but 3 uses is my max.

 

[The General]

This was def a thread a while back. Someone bleached towels after every use IIRC.

 

[-OZ-]

I also never realized you didn't have to wash your jeans after you wore them once for a few hours.

Supposedly throwing your jeans in the freezer works to clean them, although never tried it. Seems a little Jeffrey Dahmer-like.

Just don’t put your spouse’s jeans in the freezer while she’s wearing them.

 

[massraider]

I also never realized you didn't have to wash your jeans after you wore them once for a few hours.

I have a pair of selvedge denim jeans that have been soaked once in two years. Worn probably 50 times.

 

[nirad3]

No. One week. Hang on hook when not in use. I have a 2 towel rotation.

Same.

 

[MAC_32]

EVERY TIME?

I need to hear from the yeses.

 

[Keerock]

EVERY TIME?

I need to hear from the yeses.

When we had all 3 kids at home, that was 6 towels and 5 wash cloths per day. Wife would do a load of towels every day

 

[FreeBaGeL]

LOL no.

 

[Dezbelief]

I do, but only because my wife washes them. If I did the laundry, I'd probably get at lease a couple uses out of each towel.

Same

No. One week. Hang on hook when not in use. I have a 2 towel rotation.

One a week when I was single.

 

[NutterButter]

I think I use a towel per week. Maybe even longer. Washing 7 towels a week just for me would be nuts.