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dancefloordevil
dancefloordevil Posts: 106 Member
edited November 9 in Chit-Chat
Use a bath/shower towel more then once before it goes into the laundry pile?
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  • ket_the_jet
    ket_the_jet Posts: 1,257 Member
    No.
    -wtk
  • JamieDD
    JamieDD Posts: 175 Member
    Nope
  • seal57
    seal57 Posts: 1,259 Member
    Yes I use my towel more then once as I only wash once a week.....Besides the towel isn't actually dirty, only wet.......
  • Shannon023
    Shannon023 Posts: 14,529 Member
    I hate doing laundry with the heat of a 1,000 suns, :sick: so yes we reuse our towels. :bigsmile:
  • Cakepiebeer
    Cakepiebeer Posts: 392
    Do you use it to wash and dry your goat?
  • dodd319
    dodd319 Posts: 228
    Once it's gone into the laundry pile, no, we don't use it again. But once we use the towel we hang it up and use it a couple more times or until it gets dropped into the pile.
  • AlbertPooHoles
    AlbertPooHoles Posts: 530 Member
    Certainly. I don't live in a hotel.
  • Heather2784
    Heather2784 Posts: 124 Member
    Yes. A few times actually. Saves on water and soap. Both good for the planet. I try my hardest to reduce, reuse, and recycle where ever possible. Plus, I'm clean when I dry off. I just make sure to hang it up when I'm done, so it can dry nicely.
  • lorac321
    lorac321 Posts: 614 Member
    I use them more than once. But I have one towel for my head & face and a separate towel for the rest of my body.
  • SergeantSunshine_reused
    SergeantSunshine_reused Posts: 5,382 Member
    Yea I do xD I use it for about a week honestly, then switch to a new one. I dont have enough towels and the wash center is on the other end of university village >.>
  • xxslvrxwngsxx
    xxslvrxwngsxx Posts: 195 Member
    Yes. My husband and I even share a towel some days. I wake up at 3 and he wakes up 7 so its mostly dry by the time he uses it :laugh:
  • Mummsy
    Mummsy Posts: 347 Member
    Yes. I sure do.:bigsmile:
  • ket_the_jet
    ket_the_jet Posts: 1,257 Member
    It takes a relatively short time for mildew to grow on a wet towel--in some environments, as quickly as a 36 hours. Since the idea of wiping down my clean body with aspergillus does not appeal to me, I hang my towel to dry before depositing it in the hamper.
    -wtk
  • moseler
    moseler Posts: 224 Member
    Yes I use my towel more then once as I only wash once a week.....Besides the towel isn't actually dirty, only wet.......

    EWW.
  • bcampbell54
    bcampbell54 Posts: 932 Member
    Well, a towel is in use at the time when you are the most clean.
    So theoretically, it should actually get cleaner the more you use it.
    Therefore, I've used the same one since I was 16 without washing it.
    (apologies to Paula Poundstone)
  • driaxx
    driaxx Posts: 314 Member
    Not even a face towel (is used more than once for me). I'm a bit OCD.
  • Heather2784
    Heather2784 Posts: 124 Member
    It takes a relatively short time for mildew to grow on a wet towel--in some environments, as quickly as a 36 hours. Since the idea of wiping down my clean body with aspergillus does not appeal to me, I hang my towel to dry before depositing it in the hamper.
    -wtk

    Good thing my towel is dry in less than 36 hours then!?!

    This just sounds like craziness to me...
  • xcrushx28
    xcrushx28 Posts: 182 Member
    LOL! I use the same towel a whole bunch before washing again. Usually about a week straight.

    In order for this to work towel needs to be hung dry immediately after using.
  • tataliciousd89
    tataliciousd89 Posts: 465
    Yeah I get out of the shower clean and dry off with it so I see no reason to throw it straight into the washer. I hang it up and use it for a couple days.
  • Heather2784
    Heather2784 Posts: 124 Member
    Pretty sure "wash" is Laundry. At least I'm hoping...
  • LuckyLeprechaun
    LuckyLeprechaun Posts: 6,296 Member
    Several times. Until I drop it on the floor, at which time my house husband washes it. :tongue:
  • moseler
    moseler Posts: 224 Member
    Well, a towel is in use at the time when you are the most clean.
    So theoretically, it should actually get cleaner the more you use it.
    Therefore, I've used the same one since I was 16 without washing it.
    (apologies to Paula Poundstone)

    Oh my gosh... I hope you turned 16 within the last week... hahaha! That's a REALLY long time...
  • Kitiara47
    Kitiara47 Posts: 235 Member
    I change my shower towel every week. Definitely cuts down on laundry and I don't have to store a lot of extra towels. It's just to dry off clean(er) water, not like a sweat soaked gym towel :tongue:
  • buggs1958
    buggs1958 Posts: 11
    Nope,once is enough for me.
  • LuckyLeprechaun
    LuckyLeprechaun Posts: 6,296 Member
    It takes a relatively short time for mildew to grow on a wet towel--in some environments, as quickly as a 36 hours. Since the idea of wiping down my clean body with aspergillus does not appeal to me, I hang my towel to dry before depositing it in the hamper.
    -wtk

    Good thing my towel is dry in less than 36 hours then!?!

    Right? It's dry in about an hour or two at most in my bathroom. Maybe if you live in a swamp or something you might get mildewy.
  • lyssamichelle
    lyssamichelle Posts: 1,307 Member
    I use them to step out of the shower on..
    No reason to get my feet all dirty again.
  • itgeekwoman
    itgeekwoman Posts: 804 Member
    I use it multiple times. I'm clean when I wrap it around me to dry off. It's only wet! I alternate gym towels daily and let them dry and wash a load on the weekends.
  • OliviaJoey1
    OliviaJoey1 Posts: 18
    I cant bring myself to do it, I've tried more than once - I think it may have something to do with OCD
  • Scott613
    Scott613 Posts: 2,317 Member
    I air dry!
  • poesch77
    poesch77 Posts: 1,005 Member
    When I was single and had to do my laundry at the laundromat.....yes. Now having the coveinence of the washer and dryer.....no. I think of all those nasty germs hanging out on that wet towel....gross.
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