Never compromise on the quality of your bath linen and bedding again!

 We often omit to take care of the bath linen, specifically the bath towels hanging in our bathrooms. If we take the right steps and follow the cleaning tips for laundry, to take care of the bath linen, which includes towels and bathrobes, we can increase their longevity and freshness. Having good quality, clean and fresh bedding and bath linen will automatically improve your mood as well.

In order to keep your bath linen and bedding safe from being a bacteria hub, you should pay attention to maintain a good condition of towels. Generally, you should wash your towels once a week. But is it enough to wash your towels in the traditional way? No! Everyday your bedding and bath linen is exposed to various germs and bacteria. We often tend to ignore, but keeping your bath linen and bedding safe will keep you safe and sound.

So, here are a few cleaning tips for laundry that you and your family should be following.

• Washing bath linens and bedding with lukewarm water is highly essential. It helps in eradicating bad odor, various bacteria, and tough stains. It brings a fresh feel to them and thoroughly cleans them.
• Make sure the washer that is used to wash is completely clean. Rinsing the washer with diluted vinegar thoroughly cleans the machine. There’s no point in washing your bath linen in a machine that is not completely clean.
• Avoid using fabric softeners for bath linen, Fabric softeners aren’t for towels and bathrobes, they would rather make the less absorbent then they were before due to the presence of certain ingredients in them.
• Do not wash your bedding and bath linen with the rest of your clothing. Wash them separately. Because this may lead to the transfer of germs, odor, and stains from one piece of clothing to another.
• Make sure to let your towels dry completely before the next use. A damp towel/bathrobe gives suitable conditions to various forms of bacteria and other microorganisms to grow. So, to make sure that your bath linen is safe from bacteria let them dry completely every-time you use them. Watch out the next time you’re ready to throw your wet towel on the floor and leave!

It is ideal to keep separate towels for gym use and wash them after every Your gym towels soak up all the sweat and body odor, and cannot be used twice in the same run.

• Never share your towel and bathrobe with anyone. This is a common practice in a lot of houses in Harrogate and Leeds. It is unfortunately the easiest way to transfer body odor and germs, and may even lead to various bacterial infections.
•  For drying purposes, we should let the towel dry in sunlight every 4^th-5^th This will remove the odors soaked in the towel and give them a fresh feel.
• It the mentioned, cleaning tips for laundry are followed, your bedding and bath linen will have a longer life, will be more hygienic, would feel fresh and smell nice.
• Now let’s talk about your bedding! Your bed is where you wake up from every morning to start your day. If your bedding isn’t up to the mark and hygiene enough, your productivity throughout the day will be affected and your health may be at risk. How often do you change your bedsheets? And do you know if your bedding is contaminated with germs and bacteria? Germs are not visible to the naked eye. So you have to be careful with how you protect your bedding against them. Here are a few cleaning tips, specifically for your bedding.
• You should change your bedding at least once a week. Your bed is a major part of your bedroom and is every day exposed to various germs and stains. Stains are visible to us, but even if your bed sheet “appears” to be clean it doesn’t always mean it is clean. All the harmful germs and bacteria are invisible to the naked eye. So you have to change your bedsheets once a week no matter how clean they look.
• Wash your bedding in warm water, it is easier to remove tough stains, odor and high temperatures kill germs.
• To keep your pillows protected, cover them with zipped covers. This will protect their external surface from being contaminated with resilient stains. Since the covers are easy to replace.
• Wash your pillows more frequently. You should be giving them a good wash once every six months. And make sure that they are completely dry from inside before they make their space on your beds again. Since wet cotton/fabric is where most bacteria grow and can even produce mold.
• You should let your mattress and quilts soak some sun, and get some fresh air once in every 15 days. This will bacteria and eradicate odor. And if you have to store them, store them in some dry and cool place.
• Your mattress must have a mattress cover, which will protect the mattress from liquids and dirt, you should change the cover every month.
• Another basic rule for laundry is to use fabric-friendly detergent in minimum quantity. So that your bedding is safe with it. Using harsh detergents will only damage the bedding and decrease their life.
• To give your bedding a new and fresh feel, you should put a few drops of lavender oil for a pleasant feel. Lavender oil is known to be therapeutic and releases all the build-up stress when you inhale it. And is often used in aromatherapy.
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