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How to wash a terry bathrobe

bathrobeHow to wash a terry dressing gown so that it becomes like new, and does not turn into a kind of washcloth? Many housewives are seriously asking this question, because such terry things are in almost every house. The main thing that the housewives fear when washing a dirty terry dressing gown is that it will spread, lose its shape or shed. This may well happen if you do not adhere to the rules, which we will talk about in this article.

Rules for washing such things

A terry dressing gown is a large, voluminous thing with many villi. While the villi keep their shape and color, the robe has an excellent appearance. Many villi give the robe volume and splendor, but bright colors only emphasize the beauty of the terry product.

White terry bathrobes have always been considered the most spectacular and attractive. White color emphasizes cleanliness, so throwing such a bathrobe after a bath, sauna or ordinary shower is especially nice.

After some time, a large amount of dust and dirt is collected on the villi. Moreover, the fibers of the dressing gown attract dirt and dust much better than any other fabric. The villi of the terry dressing gown stick together, due to which the product loses volume, become faded and not attractive. Do not have time to look around like your bathrobe from a pleasant and cozy piece of home clothes, turn into an outfit for a garden scarecrow.

white bathrobeEspecially for heavy smokers, we note that the robe loses its appearance even faster due to tobacco smoke. Because when you smoke on the balcony or porch, dressed in a terry product, cigarette smoke is perfectly absorbed, so that in addition to the disgusting appearance, the robe will also get an unpleasant smell.

Perhaps this is the time to finish the background. Everyone knows how to rude a terry dressing gown, but how then to restore his former appearance to him is already a more complicated task. There are general rules for washing such things. We recommend that you read these rules first.

  1. Wash your bathrobe in plenty of water.
  2. Do not shove other dirty laundry into the washing machine with your bathrobe. Terry bathrobe "loves loneliness."
  3. A terry dressing gown is very difficult to rinse, while it, like a sponge, absorbs detergents, so for such a wash, take the most rinsed powders and gels.
  4. If you decide to wash or rinse the terry dressing gown by hand, remove the rings and rings from your fingers, hook the villi, and tear the dressing gown.
  5. Rinse your bathrobe with special attention. It is better to use double or even triple rinse.
  6. You can not squeeze the robe at high speed, since the perforated walls of the drum of the washing machine at a speed of 1000 or more revolutions act like a grater, causing serious damage to the terry cloth.
  7. It makes no sense to wash the terry dressing gown in cold water, since it does not stretch, but boiling water is harmful to the villi. Have to choose the optimal water temperature.
  8. When washing, be sure to add a little fabric softener, otherwise a freshly washed and dried bathrobe may feel like bristles.

Means and mode of washing

So, you firmly decided to wash the bathrobe in the washing machine, read the above rules and began to actively prepare for the process. Although how to wash a bathrobe in a washing machine you still do not know.

On the basis of the rules formulated by us, it is necessary, first of all, to choose a good detergent, since the terry bathrobe is poorly rinsed. It is better that it was not a washing powder, but a gel, since the gel is better soluble in water and worse retained in the fibers of the fabric. For our part, we recommend the following remedies.

  1. Weasel Shine of color. Suitable for colored terry bathrobes. Thanks to active substances, it helps restore color through 4-6 washes.
  2. Frosch Universal.Ideal for colored bathrobes. Thanks to the conditioner which is a part of gel, the dressing gown will be soft and pleasant to the touch.

Recently, according to Frosh, there have been many complaints from consumers, since a lot of fakes have appeared on the market. Be careful, purchase only the original product.

  1. Meine liebe. Washing gel. A very good Danish product that allows you to wipe away even ingrained dirt from a terry dressing gown.
  2. Power Wash Gel for washing white. If your white robe turns gray, use this gel. Thanks to optical brightener, the effect of whiteness will appear after the first wash.

range of washing gelsNow about the washing mode and generally about how to wash a bathrobe in a washing machine. This is where the dilemma arises. On the one hand, a terry dressing gown requires delicate washing, since any intensive mode will definitely damage delicate villi. On the other hand, in delicate mode it will be impossible to stretch, let alone rinse and squeeze stubborn fabric. We offer the following scheme:

  • choose a gentle mode, for example, “voluminous things” or “hand wash”;
  • install additional rinse;
  • turn off the spin;
  • start the wash and wait until the machine completes the program;
  • then separately start spinning at a speed of not more than 800 revolutions.

Some recommend setting the spin to no more than 600 revolutions, but practice shows that such spin is extremely inefficient. Set 800 - this is also not critical for the fabric. At what temperature should a bathrobe be washed? It has been experimentally proven that the optimum temperature for a cotton terry bathrobe is 600C, for bamboo 400C. Some housewives ask if it is possible to wash a cotton terry bathrobe at a temperature of 90 degrees. The answer is obvious - undesirable! This will almost certainly ruin the thing.

Handwash

How to wash a bathrobe in a washing machine, we more or less figured out. But if you had to wash your terry bathrobe by hand? What to do? In this situation, you can sympathize. However, there are pluses to this. Hand wash is much more careful than a machine wash, unless, of course, you are too zealous.

Together with a terry dressing gown, you can also manually wash other terry products, such as towels.

soak a bathrobe in a basinSoak the bathrobe with towels in a basin with washing gel. It’s not necessary to hold a bathrobe in a basin for a long time, it’s even bad, 15-30 minutes are enough. We collect half the bathtub of water and lower the robe and other things there, and then carefully rinse. Do not rub the fabric too much to avoid damage. We take out the dressing gown on the edge of the bathroom, and then we put the gel on it with our hand, for washing along the way a little foaming detergent. Next, we again rinse the bathrobe.

Now we need to drain the soapy water and collect half a pound of clean water again. We rinse the dressing gown and other products as carefully as possible, and then flush the water. We leave things at the bottom of the bathroom to excess glass water. Do not try to pick up a water-saturated bathrobe; it is very heavy. Next, we need to squeeze the product, and then dry.

Spin and Dry

Squeezing a bathrobe in an automatic washing machine is much easier than doing it manually. If you are a fan of hand washing, you can rinse the robe off and put it in a basin and then place it in the drum of the washing machine for spinning. In principle, this is the best option, just let the excess water drain first, otherwise the dressing gown will be generally unbearable. Some housewives prefer to dispense with the classic spin at all. They simply lay out the dressing gown at the bottom of the bath, and then section by section, gently squeezing water out of it.

The advantage of this method is the delicate attitude to the fabric of the dressing gown. The disadvantage is that a lot of time is wasted. Having squeezed a dressing gown, we proceed to its drying. If you understand how to wash a terry bathrobe, then there should not be any problems with drying at all.bathrobes in the oven

You can dry it either in a drying cabinet or a drum of a washing machine with a drying function, or outside, as you like. There are no serious features here. True, some points are still worth considering:

  • Do not dry the bathrobe in direct sunlight, this terry cloth deteriorates;
  • Do not dry this item in conditions of severe gas contamination or smoke;
  • do not overdry a thing, this will make it unpleasant to the touch;
  • and, finally, do not hang an unstressed robe on a rope for drying, it can stretch out and lose its appearance.

So how to wash a bathrobe in a washing machine? As it turned out, there is nothing complicated in this matter. These products, of course, have their own characteristics, but they can be washed both manually and in the washing machine, the main thing is to strictly follow the rules. Have a good wash!

   

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