Have you had trouble with stinky microfiber towels?

[Get_Pampered]

I vote for the vinegar too - use it ALL the time, and I mean ALL the time. It is a great natural fabric softener too.

Me too!! The stuff is amazing...and don't worry about all your stuff smelling like vinegar. There is no scent whatsoever once the stuff dries.

 

[Grandmarita]

This is a marvelous thread. My daughter-in-law told me this past summer that the lime green microfiber she had was stinky. I did not offer to replace it at the time because I was quick to believe the 3 boys in the family were to blame. At Christmas, I sent her a new set and have not heard any complaints. Now, at least, if I do, I will have a remedy for her to try. Thanks all you vinegar using folks for the numerous hints.

 

[KellyTheChef]

Just reading the whole thread, I don't get the Dawn Soap thing.

What am I missing? I use it for my dishes and not laundry? Hopefully anything that I dry with my dish towels is already rinsed free of the soap...

How does Dawn stink up the laundry?

Becky is right...I meant don't use Dawn soap when you are hand washing dishes and using your smaller MF cloths in the kitchen. Not sure if it just doesn't all rinse out as easily as Palmolive...or if it has different chemicals or what, but mine still don't stink and I switched to Palmolive well over a year ago.

 

[lauriesdoor]

"Love the MF ing your husbands...I sure it can apply to children too!!My MF boyfriend wads up the dish cloth and leaves it on the sink. And I have explained the "why" of not doing it, etc. He is not trainable, however!!! SO I must admit that I too have MF'd him several times too!![/QUOTE]"Thanks for that - my DH always leaves the sponge in the sink, sopping wet, as does his mother with her dish rag - she also folds up a wet dishtowel to keep things neat - and for some reason, they don't notice that horrible musty odor! I'm not the greatest housekeeper (clutter issues), but every time she's here I have to re-wash the dishes. Not sure if she's in such a rush, thinks my dishes aren;t worth cleaning well or her eyesight is really failing that badly!Sorry - hadn't meant to vent like that.

 

[vonfirmath]

This sounds very similar to what happens with microfiber inserts for cloth diapers -- after a time, they start to stink when barely wet at all.

One thing that is often suggested is to strip them (put Dawn in a laundry wash load) and then rinse, rinse, rinse. Because the problem has to do with not all the soap coming out in the wash.

 

[deanna_g]

This sounds very similar to what happens with microfiber inserts for cloth diapers -- after a time, they start to stink when barely wet at all.

One thing that is often suggested is to strip them (put Dawn in a laundry wash load) and then rinse, rinse, rinse. Because the problem has to do with not all the soap coming out in the wash.

Holy CROW! A fellow cloth diapering mama!!!! I use MF inserts in my dipes, too! (-: We're pockets users. I often rinse with vinegar. I've been using ours for 14.5 months and have only stripped them once. I try to strip them in my mom's top loader (I have a front loader) with hot water and a stock pot of boiling water poured on top. You should see the suds that come out of them!!!

Sorry for the OT post!