Did you know baking soda can help to take your towels from scratchy mediocrity back to fluffy perfection? (That is, of course, for all parts except the dobby border – the name given to the non-fluffy stripe on the edge of your towels).
But recently, I spotted a warning on the label of my towel which taught me my current laundry practices might accidentally be making them less absorbent.
The tab reads: “Using too much fabric conditioner can reduce absorbency.”
And it turns out, that’s true.
Why does fabric softener make towels less absorbent?
Speaking to Martha Stewart’s site, Victoria Greene, founder of organisation business Meet Your Neat, was pretty unequivocal. “Your towels are not meant to ...


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