What is the Best Way to Wash Your Turkish Towels?

We use our towels on the beach, in the gym, in a hammam or a spa. We rinse ourselves, dry our tables and eventually wash them almost every other day. So, what can we do to last our peshtemal last longer? This week, we’ll be answering one of the most commonly asked questions: How should we wash our beloved Turkish towels?

Using room-temperature water:

Warm water allows the fabric to absorb the detergent better. This way, the detergent residue on your peshtemal is minimalized.

Using Less Detergent:

We always believe the more the detergent, the better and always link cleanliness with the amount of product. Actually, using about half the recommended amount of product while washing your Turkish Towels is more than enough. You’ll see that this will not only increase your washing machine’s efficiency but also decrease the soapy residue on your peshtemals.

Pisces Turkish Towels

No Bleach:

Chlorine bleach can be very harsh on the cotton. It weakens and stiffens your Turkish towel’s fabric. For persistent stains, you can try to use organic alternatives such as vinegar or rock salt. You will see that they provide a much better help while cleaning your sensitive peshtemals. They are also environment-friendly.

No Fabric Softners:

Unfortunately, our friendly fabric softeners are not so friendly when it comes to Turkish Towels. They contain silicon, so yes, they soften the fabric in the short term but when it comes to the big picture, they actually turn your towels water repellent and make it impossible to wash them perfectly. You can again use vinegar to give your Turkish Towels the softness you desire. One cup of vinegar about every 3-4 weeks is completely healthy and it definitely provides the softness you seek. It will remove the soapy residue and restore the full absorbency.

Beachy Peshtemal

Using Baking Soda:

Mixing half a cup of baking soda with your normal amount of detergent can actually do so much more than you can ever imagine. It has a natural effect of eliminating undesirable odors –such as the forgotten damp towel in your gym bag or the one you used on the beach and still smells like salty water. Baking soda also helps to untighten the fabric during washing and cleans any leftover chemicals.

Don’t Wash Too Many at a Time:

Washing too many Turkish Towels at once can strain your machine and leaves no room for your towels to rinse. So washing everything at once is not a gain –but usually, a lose. This also goes for every kind of textile products you can think of!

We hope that our article on how you should wash your Turkish towels helpfull for you! Before we finish our article, we’d be happy to mention a couple of useful information about our Turkish towels and where you can find our entire collection!

You can discover our entire Turkish towel collection, and home & hotel textile products on our products page easily! And after choosing the peshtemal designs you think your customers might fall in love with, you can simply send us an email! Also, please feel free to e-mail us about any questions about our high-quality Turkish towel designs. You can find our contact info on our contacts page! We will try to answer your questions & inquiries as soon as possible.

Peshtemal City, Turkish towel manufacturer and exporter, wishes you a profitable season in 2019!

The Importance of Friendly-Dye

We have already talked about the type of dye we use on our Turkish towels and the dyeing process itself in our previous posts (If you haven’t seen it, feel free to check “How We Dye Our Peshtemal Designs” article).

Contrary to what we use, most industrial dyes cause respiratory problems due to the inhalation of dye particles during production. They can also affect the immune system with constant exposure. Textile dyes may also cause skin irritation, itchy or blocked noses,  sneezing, and sore eyes. Also, most factories release their dye wastes in water sources. Some dyes don’t ever degrade in water. Others that do degrade produce harmful substances as they decompose. Additives used during the dyeing process include harmful substances such as alkalis and acid, causing a serious threat to marine life. Wastewater from textile dyeing also affects plant life in the water, because many dyes have substances that decrease photosynthesis.

Greek Key Hammam Towel

Well, not ours. As a highly considerate manufacturer and exporter of Turkish towels and peshtemals, we care about both nature and our costumers’ health and we work with a dye-house that carefully chooses eco-friendly and hypoallergenic dyes during the process.

We, as Peshtemal City, manufacture peshtemals and hammam towels that you can buy for yourself, you can safely offer to your costumers or your kids –without second thoughts- can use. Peshtemals and Turkish beach towels that you can give as a birthday gift, use for decorative porpuses –or simply, to wrap up your child after a long shower…

Hera Peshtemal

So please, be at ease. We are here to manufacture the best quality peshtemals and Turkish towels, and in the meantime, to protect your health and nature’s balance. Because we care.

Please feel free to e-mail us about any question. You can find our contact info on our contacts page! We will try to answer your questions as soon as possible.

You can also check our nature-friendly and safe-to-use, premium quality Turkish towels on our products page easily.

Peshtemal City, manufacturer and exporter of peshtemal, wishes you a profitable year!