If a hotel-like towel is what you're after, Brass, whose company sells wholesale towels to hotels across the United States, suggests buying pure cotton towels that weigh about 600 grams per square meter (gsm). Whiting suggests washing and drying new towels alone for their first three cycles, just to be safe. Brass recommends washing and drying at medium heat to preserve the towel's fibres and to eliminate bacteria. WASH TOWELS REGULARLYJust like with clothing, frequent laundering will eventually break down a towel's fibres, robbing it of its drying ability. Rapinchuk launders her towels after two uses and changes her hand towels daily to avoid spreading germs, and Whiting recommends washing every three to five uses.

Source: Stuff March 28, 2019 19:41 UTC