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ISO: NFR - ISO a good dish towel - very absorbent - Any recommendations?
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steve2-in-la
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I like using recycled surgical towels. Inexpensive, 100% cotton, available by the pound!
http://www.jracenstein.com/item/24-51/towel-surgical-blue-recycled-10lbs
http://www.jracenstein.com/item/24-51/towel-surgical-blue-recycled-10lbs
melissa-dallas
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Love, love, love these and they wear like iron & you can bleach them.
http://www.crateandbarrel.com/set-of-3-waffleweave-dishtowels/s424709
http://www.crateandbarrel.com/set-of-3-waffleweave-dishtowels/s424709
Hate these! Once they stain, the stain is there forever and ever. Amen.
http://www.bedbathandbeyond.com/product.asp?SKU=128861
http://www.bedbathandbeyond.com/product.asp?SKU=128861
melissa-dallas
Well-known member
O.K., after a while I'm not saying my favs aren't stained, but bleach keeps it down to a minimum for
a while.
a while.
I am with Steve2 on the surgical towels. . .
I usually try to go for the cheapest towel I can find. My sister gave me some surgical towels last Christmas, so they were really cheap--for me!
I have gotten cotton bar towels, white with a stripe down each side, from Ikea, for about 50 cents each. I have gotten free dish towels from people on my local Freecycler mailing list. Years ago, I got a bunch of towels from Trader Joe's. Late last year I purchased a big package of mechanics' towels (white, terrycloth, roughly square) and use those as well. I try not to buy ANY towel for kitchen use if it is over $1.00 in price; I guess I am pretty cheap that way. I have some old bath towels that I think I will be cutting up and hemming to make some extra-thick kitchen towels too.
Everything stains, but as I ONLY use dishtowels in the kitchen, I don't worry about stains. I just launder with hot water and dry hot, and try to keep a few unstained ones for "pretty" use. As long as they are clean, I don't care about the stains.
I usually try to go for the cheapest towel I can find. My sister gave me some surgical towels last Christmas, so they were really cheap--for me!
I have gotten cotton bar towels, white with a stripe down each side, from Ikea, for about 50 cents each. I have gotten free dish towels from people on my local Freecycler mailing list. Years ago, I got a bunch of towels from Trader Joe's. Late last year I purchased a big package of mechanics' towels (white, terrycloth, roughly square) and use those as well. I try not to buy ANY towel for kitchen use if it is over $1.00 in price; I guess I am pretty cheap that way. I have some old bath towels that I think I will be cutting up and hemming to make some extra-thick kitchen towels too.
Everything stains, but as I ONLY use dishtowels in the kitchen, I don't worry about stains. I just launder with hot water and dry hot, and try to keep a few unstained ones for "pretty" use. As long as they are clean, I don't care about the stains.
steve2-in-la
Well-known member
Mistral, I'm with you. Don't hold truck with the "but those are my GOOD kitchen towels!" nonsense.
To me that's the same as saying "but those are my GOOD shop rags!". They're tools, dammit. Tools get scratched, nicked, stained and damaged. If that's going to be a problem, get different tools. Of course, that's just me. Fortunately, CB understands and lets me be.
To me that's the same as saying "but those are my GOOD shop rags!". They're tools, dammit. Tools get scratched, nicked, stained and damaged. If that's going to be a problem, get different tools. Of course, that's just me. Fortunately, CB understands and lets me be.