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Taking care of your towels

When taken care of correctly, L&M Home’s luxurious cotton towels will stay beautifully soft and fresh for years to come. Here are our key care tips to ensure the longevity of your new cotton towels.

If you are in doubt, please do email info@lmhome.com.au and we are happy to advise!

Wash Separately

Wash separately before first use. For best results, we recommend a 40-degree gentle machine wash for your L&M Home towels. We also recommend the occasional deep clean of your towels on a warm cycle to remove any bacteria and oils. When doing a towel load of washing, try not to overcrowd the machine so they have plenty of water around them to soak and wash. Avoid dry cleaning.

Drying

Line drying your towels in the shade is ideal and it reduces electricity usage. Tumble drying your towels for a few minutes when they are almost dry off the line will maximise their softness but it's not essential. For tumble drying, dry your towels on a medium to warm setting and ensure they are completely dry before storing them in your linen cupboard.

Detergent

To protect the fibres of your towels, we recommend using a gentle eucalyptus-based washing detergent for superior colour retention, so they look beautiful for longer. For white towels, optical brighteners are fine to use; but avoid using them on your coloured washes. Attend to stains immediately as they occur using an oxygen-based stain remover. This will result in more effective removal. Avoid using silicone-based fabric softeners and conditioners. These will repel water and will reduce the absorbency of your fluffy towels. Never use bleach to clean your towels and make sure bathroom cleaning products containing bleach are kept separately from your towels to avoid any bleach stains.

Pulled Threads & Snags

Due to the looped construction of terry towelling, an occasional pulled or loose thread can naturally occur with use. If a loop becomes caught or snagged, avoid pulling the thread, as this may cause it to unravel further. Instead, carefully trim the loose loop close to the surface of the towel using a pair of sharp scissors. This will not affect the integrity or performance of your towel. To help prevent snags, take care around jewellery, zippers and other sharp or rough surfaces.

Shedding

We recommend that you wash your towels before first use. This will generally wash out any loose fibres. However, if you are still experiencing some shedding after the first wash we recommend the below steps.

1. Put towels through a no-heat dryer cycle. High heat sets the coating, so make sure to choose a no-heat or low-heat setting like an air fluff cycle. Because the goal is to shake off as much of the lint as possible, start by shaking the towels out vigorously; then, put them in the dryer and run it. Make sure the lint trap is completely clean. Clean it out when the cycle has run, and shake the towels again. If lint continues to fall off, do it a second time. Remember to use no heat, if possible.
2. Wash towels with white vinegar. Following the air fluff cycle, wash your towels with 1 cup of white vinegar; no other kind of vinegar will be appropriate for this purpose.  Skip all other detergents, especially fabric softener. The vinegar will be enough to do the trick. Wash the towels on their own, in a separate load from the rest of your laundry. Repeat this process every month to help your towels stay soft.
3. Wash towels in baking soda. If you don’t have white vinegar on hand, you can choose instead to wash your new towels with one-half cup of baking soda. Be sure to dissolve the baking soda in hot water, so it doesn’t clump and stick to the towels or the washing machine.