Found wet towels outside

[Featherpink]

I found wet towels outside in my yard. Probably there for nearly a week.

Any idea what is the best way to wash them?

Would a 40 degree wash do or should I put it on a hotter wash and longer cycle?

Or should I trash them?

Happens with my dog towels occasionally. Wash at 60 degrees, line dry and repeat. UV is wonderful stuff.

I don't have bio powder. I do have some vanish.

I wouldn’t bin. I’d wash at 90

And then, once dry, set fire to them.

Also ask the local priest to make a visit with a BIG bottle of holy water...😱

I'd just wash them at 40... not sure why there's such drama about towels being outside for a few days? They'll be fine!

Vanish is a stain remover not a detergent.

How do you wash the rest of your clothes??

If they are still outside and you have an outside tap I might rinse them off outside to get any mud or leaves off, then wash them as normal.

A hot wash will be fine.

Just stick them in the machine. Why on earth are people suggesting you bin them?

I wash towels that the semi feral cats have and sometimes get left in the rain all the time. I mean, binning some towels because they got wet? People are proper fucking weird these days.

Low temp wash to get stains if any out.

The if 100% cotton you can boil wash at 90° as they wont shrink.

Do a 60 wash with a pre wash.
Very wasteful to bin them before trying to rescue them first!

I don’t understand why you’d bin them. What are you worried they’ve got on them?

An overnight soak if they seem particularly mucky, then a long wash at 60 and hang dry in sunshine (good for getting rid of stains).

Chuck some white vinegar to kill off any mould.

60 wash is fine although I'd be happy with 40. My lettuce grows outside and I just rinse it and eat it. I don't understand all the fuss with people saying wash at 90.

Just don't do an overnight wash. Very dangerous to run a washing machine when you are upstairs asleep.

Just wash them.
Being in the garden is not much different to being on a beach or a pool.

The world is burning while people throw out towels that have been in the garden for a week. Just wash them normally and continue to use them. Nothing bad will happen. FFS.

You need 60 degrees for mould. Towels left out for days will most likely have mould on them.

Yes but what about…what about…germs 😱😱😱 <faints>

I put them on a 20 minute cold wash. My machine doesn't have a pre soak. So I figured maybe a cold wash would do. Then I followed it with a 2 hour 75 degree wash.

Hopefully that will help.

A towel balled up soaking wet for days on soil is very different to lying on dry ground around a pool. They are probably covered in mildew

90 wash with some vanish pre wash in

60 and some napisan

I agree.
When you think of what their ancestors had to put up with.
They are complete wimps. 😂