Sunday, March 6, 2011

Find the Ways of Whitening and Softening Hotel Towels

Different models of hotel slippers, bed linen, table linen and bath linen are provided for comfort and luxury. Hotel towels are generally made of cotton fabric. A wide range of hotels ranging from normal to luxurious ones prefer to use white fluffy towels. Some professional laundry techniques have to be followed for whitening and softening hotel towels.

White towels have to be separated from other colored items. In order to provide optimum brightness, white towels must be washed with other whites only. Any marks or stains on towels are pre-treated with hydrogen peroxide about one hour before washing. Required amount of laundry detergent and baking soda are added for washing them. Then, required amount of white vinegar is added to them in rinse cycle.

In order to make the towels soft, you need to use softeners. Fabric softeners should not be used because a waxy type of material builds up on the towel. This makes the towel water repellent. So only water softeners have to be used for hotel towels. The chemical compounds in water softening agents combine with dissolved materials in hard water and form minute insoluble solids. So the chemical compounds of hard water cannot react with soap to form scum that gets attached to towels. One tablet of water softener is added to washing machine and set to run. Then they are placed in a dryer where dryer balls or tennis balls are added. The dryers are set to run on low heat. This can get you soft towels and they are ready to be folded and displayed in hotels.

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