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How often do you change your tea towel ?

98 replies

GoodnightGrandma · 01/10/2021 09:38

I change mine every day because I dry the dog bowls with it, then chuck it in the washing machine.

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PurpleCurtain · 01/10/2021 09:40

At least every other day, sooner if I ever come to use it and it's still wet.

fitzbilly · 01/10/2021 09:41

Daily or every other day

custardbear · 01/10/2021 09:42

Don't use them much, but at least 2-3 times a week

Chasingsquirrels · 01/10/2021 09:42

Ranges from once or twice a week to once or twice a day depending on usage. Always 2 on the go (kitchen & utility) and mostly only used for drying hands or the odd bits out of the dishwasher that need drying.

PurpleCurtain · 01/10/2021 09:45

To add I have a separate hand towel in the kitchen and change that at least once a day - but I wash my hands a lot!

Houseofvelour · 01/10/2021 09:46

Daily

UtterlyUnimaginativeUsername · 01/10/2021 09:47

Daily, or more if it's too soggy.

qualitygirl · 01/10/2021 09:47

Daily

Burgerqueenbee · 01/10/2021 09:52

Twice a day usually, although if there is a lot of washing up then can easily get through a couple just from that.

bubblebath62636 · 01/10/2021 09:54

A few times a day, I'm a clumsy twat and always dropping it on the floor/in the dogs water bowl 😂

drivinmecrazy · 01/10/2021 09:58

We usually have a couple on the go at once!
My mum gets so cross with me when I stay with her because she says I make her tea towels dirty!!
She's forever asking what Rosa her cleaner and I do to the tea towels.
Err, use them?
Isn't that the purpose of them?
It's not like she cleans them, Rosa bleached them every week.
AND she has different coloured tea towels for different things and wow betide me if I use the wrong colour 😂

jusdepamplemousse · 01/10/2021 09:59

Get through a few a day.

bloodywhitecat · 01/10/2021 10:06

At least daily, more frequently if it feels wet.

JuneOsborne · 01/10/2021 10:07

As often as professor Hugh Pennington!

steppemum · 01/10/2021 10:09

I don't actually use mine very often.
But if I use it to dry stuff so that it is wet, it goes straight in the wash.
If just one glass, then I'll hang it up again, and change it after a few days.

I have separate towel for hands

5BlackDoors · 02/10/2021 17:38

I have a couple on the go and probably wash them every 2nd-3rd day.

CMOTDibbler · 02/10/2021 18:20

When it looks grubby or has fallen in the cats water bowl. Rarely do they get used as everything except DHs good knives go in the dishwasher

lazylinguist · 02/10/2021 18:22

Once or twice a week. They are only used for drying clean things!

Kitkat151 · 02/10/2021 18:45

Twice a day

Workinghardeveryday · 02/10/2021 18:53

This is mn so I am going to say every hour on the hour. They are put on a 90 wash for 2 hours on their own 😂

myheartskippedabeat · 02/10/2021 19:02

Daily
Doesn't everyone???

ScarlettDarling · 02/10/2021 19:06

Eek, only about twice a week! Blush But I only really use them to get hot things out of the oven as I use kitchen roll to dry my hands and I rarely dry dishes as I use the dishwasher. So as always I’m a slattern by MN standards 😂

MurielSpriggs · 02/10/2021 19:07

Approx weekly.

Stringbeing · 02/10/2021 19:33

We have at least 4 or 5 on the go at once, but there is a pile of clean ones in the corner of the kitchen to be grabbed at any time.
Most washing up goes in the dishwasher, so they don't get a huge amount of use.
All gathered up to be washed weekly.

SheABitSpicyToday · 02/10/2021 19:35

Maybe twice a week? They only get used to take hot things out of the oven.