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We need new towels for our bathroom and I want white ones. I love crisp white sheets, white towels, etc but I don't know how I would like the them in the long run.
Do you have them and if so, do you like them? |
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I like THICK fluffy white towels....mostly because I can bleach them.
I've had several other colors over the years and they just fade before they wear out. |
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I like them but don't like cleaning them.
That's why I appreciate the nice fluffy white towels at a hotel. 
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I love the look of crisp white, it seems simple and classy to me.
We have all white towels because my husband likes them bleached. But even bleaching them every time, they get dingy after a while. I buy cheaper ones and replace them often.
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WorkingClassDog
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I love the look but I personally don't like them for our bathrooms. I can't imagine how they would look going through 2 teens, a four year old, a husband who gets very dirty at work and then me. |
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Sure, I like them, but I think they are somewhat impractical for home use. Whites washed at home can get dingy even after bleaching, if it's done many times. I love a big fluffy white bath towel in a good hotel, though! |
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I don't have them bc they are too hard to keep white. But I do like them. |
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kmk1112
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I disagree with most of the posters above! I think they're super-practical, mine are about 2-3 years old and are still very white, I bleach them once every couple of months. I mean, we use them when we are clean, so they don't get dirty, even if we were dirty when we got in the shower!
That said, I don't have hand towels in this bathroom, so those would tend to get dirty I guess. | |
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I see your point as far as getting dingy. The house we are buying has 1960's pink tile in the master bath. We will be keeping that for a little while so I'm going to incorporate white, black and gray to try to tone down the pink a little bit.
Maybe I will get gray or black towels or try to find a print. Thanks! |
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creativechicky
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I like white because you can bleach them. I think they all get dingy looking after a while and need replacing. We've had some nice white towels from Costco that still look good a couple years later =) | |
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icedpea
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Not with kids! Someday everything in my house may be white to make up for all these years I could not own anything white. Not even a shirt! | |
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Peppermintpatty
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We have them in all our bathrooms. They stay white (bleach) and if you buy really good quality towels then they will last. We have only replaced them because they started fraying, not yellowing.
Color towels look worse. They always fade and run for me. Even good ones. I am a towel snob btw. |
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rathernot
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I like white linens in general. All of our towels are white and our bed is dressed with white sheets and duvet cover. I like a clean minimalist look. But most of all, I like knowing I can bleach everything. | |
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I love them and its all I have in my full bathrooms (I go for matchy colours in my half baths).
They bleach well and they perk right up if I dry them in the sunshine every now and again. I find I ruin my coloured towels much sooner. |
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I go through phases with them. For several years we've had all white linens and towels. I like the crisp look and I like being able to bleach them. But bleach is hard on cotton fibers, and in the past year I've switched us back to colored sheets and towels. |
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We only use white towels now. When my teenagers started using medicated acne lotions on their faces, the colored towels would get blotchy from the medication, no matter how hard we tried to keep the medication from getting on the towels. I use only OxiClean and hot water on all my whites, and my towels are still bright white.
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I have got some that are nearly 20 years old (original Lands' End before Sears bought the company) white, 100% cotton towels.
Spot treat with Shout, wash in warm water, once in awhile toss on some Oxyclean in the wash.
Never use fabric softners, and wash by themselves. |
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I disagree with most of the posters above! I think they're super-practical, mine are about 2-3 years old and are still very white, I bleach them once every couple of months. I mean, we use them when we are clean, so they don't get dirty, even if we were dirty when we got in the shower!
See, I don't get that. When I'm done with my shower or bath my towel is black from my mascara, glittery from my eyeshadow, and pink from my lipstick.
And TMI - if it's a certain time of the month the other end of the towel is red.
I wash them with Tide with color safe bleach and Oxyclean and they come out clean again.
No, I don't like white towels. But I don't like white anything. I prefer brighter colored towels like hot pink and aqua and teal.
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TinaFB
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We have all white bath towels. I have 4 kids and they manage to stay white, despite numerous years of use. I do have colored hand and dish towels though. Those certainly wouldn't stay white.
I like white towels in the bathroom because we have limited bathroom storage and no linen closet, so they are kept on a shelf in the open. They all look uniform and neat, instead of a hodgepodge of different colors. |
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All white towels and sheets for me. Never have a problem keeping them really white. |
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I have all white towels and I think it's the most practical color. No dinginess, ever, thanks to bleach.
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I love them. And white sheets.
I haven't had colored bath towels or sheets in at least 20 years.
My towels stay super white and looking brand new.
I only get rid of them if the dryer happens to wear a hole in one or hem comes unsewn
I have a few that are over 15 years old and still look new |
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I've had white towels since I got married 12 years ago. I love them and I have yet to have a towel get dingy. I bleach them every week and while they do get worn out, they don't get dingy. |
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Yup, easy to bleach! I get mine at Ikea and they don't get dingy at all. Had them for several years and wash them frequently. |
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writermom1
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Yes. I love mine. I think it is a very clean look and feel.
TJ Maxx was the source for mine.
I like that I can bleach them.
I agree that acne medicated washes can be hard on colored towels. |
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Not to hijack the thread, but can anyone recommend a BRAND of towel they like and a brand of white sheets they like?
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I have only used white towels for 20 years. I love a big bath sheet!!!
I wash them in hot with Tide, sometimes use fabric softener, and they never look dingy. I buy really good ones, though.
I, too, am a towel snob....
One set is even from our wedding shower, over 26 years ago.
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Not to hijack the thread, but can anyone recommend a BRAND of towel they like and a brand of white sheets they like?
I was just getting ready to post the very same thing. I've been looking online and there are just so many of them. |
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tlsmi
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I love my white towels. I also use white washcloths and hand towels.
They always just look so nice and clean vs. a hodgepodge of towels.
I buy mine at TJ Maxx, Homegoods or Marshall's. I use Mrs. Stewarts liquid bluing every now and then to keep them bright and they hold up pretty well.
HOWEVER, I have NO kids so there is that factor with the white stuff.
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rathernot
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I get our white towels and sheets at Costco. I'm sure they aren't top quality, but they work for us. | |
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Most of our bathroom towels are white. I like them better that way. |
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The only colored towels we own are guest towels (aka the pretty ones that rarely get used but DO in fact get used  ) I will only ever have white towels for our daily use.
I oxy clean, very rarely were mine bleached. Wash in HOT water to remove body oils. They are falling apart at this point and are still WHITE (just putting off replacing them). I have crappy towels for messier jobs though. No kids here though and a husband who hates getting dirty LOL |
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I do, and like. |
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I do and won't buy any other colors. I have had some of mine since we got married 13 years ago and can't believe they are still around. I use bleach in my whites every time so they have stayed white.
I feel the same about sheets. I hate any colors or patterns, I only like white because I can bleach them!
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much prefer white. Feels more like a spa. Big, fluffy white towels. Yup. |
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I have white towels in the kids' bathroom. My eldest uses Proactiv, and it bleaches any other towels. Ruined a few before we figured that out! Our other bathrooms have nice charcoal towels, which I prefer.
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Love them, however having 4 children aged 8 and under along with DH who is a contractor means that they require far too much work to stay pretty and crisp white in my house! | |
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I personally like to be able to bleach anything that might dry my nether regions and then touch my face. | |
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YES!!! They are so easy to clean and look new for a long time when properly cared for.
We received an amazing set of Egyptian cotton towels as a wedding gift, and it ruined me for other towels forever | |
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LOVE them. Have had my set for the last 10 years and they still look as good as they did when I bought them. Bleach...wonderful stuff. |
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PeasfulHeart
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I bleach my towels every single time I wash them, so white is awesome, as well as any other light color.
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I bleach mine every time I wash them and never have problems with dingyness. I do, however, have three washclothes that are reserved for ds' nosebleeds - I cannot get that stain out!
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elphalba
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Lovely to look at but unless you are good about stains and upkeep, I'd stay away. My towels, no matter the bleach and oxiclean get dingy but that's a ton of kids running through the bathroom.
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peasful1
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I love them. I think how clean they get depends on your water supply and your machine. |
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See, I don't get that. When I'm done with my shower or bath my towel is black from my mascara, glittery from my eyeshadow, and pink from my lipstick.
And TMI - if it's a certain time of the month the other end of the towel is red.
EWW. I remove all makeup before my shower, and even if I didn't, I would expect that soap would remove it. You really exit the shower with makeup all over your face??
As for the time of the month comment, another giant EEEWWW! Really, you towel off your bits when you are menstruating? I plop myself down on the toilet and dab with TP, because I will of course have to arrange menstrual protection -- after shower, do you not? |
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I have all white towels. For my DS's bathroom, I bought them in blues and greens to match the colors in his bathroom. I noticed that the hand towels had some bleach-like stains on them. I'm thinking they got that way because of the face cleanser he was using for acne or the whitening toothpaste he uses. At any rate, those got delegated to the rag pile and I switched to all white towels. |
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A high iron content in your water will also make for dingy whites even when bleaching. You wash with bleach, rinse with the water that redeposits minerals back on the fabrics unless you also add some bleach to the rinse water. |
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| Posted: 2/20/2013 1:57:39 AM
our guest towels are white. they are used maybe once or twice a year
the rest of the family have there own color. Mine is purple, DH is gray, DSS is blue, DSD is lavender, DD is pink. Now me and DSD has two large pink towels for that time of the month. |
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Most of our towels are white and I love them! THey hold up fairly nicely and when they get dingy I replace them but it seems to take a long time to get that way. Though growing up we had well water with a lot of iron in the water and we couldn't have anything white without it getting a rusty tinge to them. I hated that! |
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If you are bleeding why would you wipe with a white towel anyway. I don't have regular periods but when I did I put in my diva cup in the shower and rinsed again before jumping out. We prefer white everything ....easier to bleach and throw them all in at the same time | |
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