How Often Should You Wash Your Towels? Bed Sheets? Tips for Homeowners

Laundry is one of those things that, no matter how boring, tedious, or time-consuming it may be, it just has to get done. Funnily enough, even this mundane household chore has sparked debate. How often should you wash your towels, sheets, and linens really? What’s the best way to keep them clean in the meantime?

Knowing how to best care for your textiles is an important part of ensuring they don’t do more harm than good and withstand the test of time. This is because properly caring for your household linens works to preserve their quality and hygiene. Granted, not all towels and sheets are created equal. Some, like Nordifakt’s, are manufactured with antibacterial technology—making them cleaner, low maintenance and longer-lasting.

Help your textiles help you. Here are some tips to get the most out of your towels, sheets, and linens.

 

Antibacterial Frederiksberg Bedding in Blue Mirage by Nordifakt

 

How Often Should You Wash Your Towels?

Whether it be taking a shower, cleaning the house, or going to the gym, we use towels every day. So, it begs the question: how often should you wash your towels? Well, as with most things in life, it depends.

As a general rule of thumb, regular towels should be thrown in the laundry after 2-3 uses, or at least once a week. This ensures that you are regularly replacing your dirty towels with clean ones—meaning they can’t harbor any germs and bacteria for long enough to become a problem. If you are sick, you should wash your towels more frequently to prevent the spread of bacteria and viruses to other surfaces. Doing so also helps protect your loved ones from getting sick as well as yourself from becoming reinfected.

It is important to remember that bacteria and germs thrive in damp, dark, and/or stuffy conditions. So, you should be sure to wash your towels more than weekly in warmer months, especially if your home is humid or lacks air conditioning. By making it standard practice to wash your towels every 2-3 uses, you can drastically reduce the spread of bacteria.

This frequency of washing, however, is the number one culprit for wear and tear on your towels and linens. More importantly, the laundry cycle tends to use up an excessive amount of water and electricity, increasing your utility bills and harming the environment. In contrast, Nordifakt’s product line boasts antibacterial, self-cleaning properties that make it so you don’t have to wash them as often as regular towels. With our products allowing you to skip every 2-4 loads, you save a ton of water, electricity, and energy; not to mention helping out the environment!

How Often Should You Wash Your Bed Sheets?

Now, let’s talk bed sheets. After all, these textiles make longer contact with our bodies than any other. That is precisely why they must be as clean and hygienic as possible for our comfort and protection. Similar to towels, how often they should be washed depends on the type of bed sheets you use.

Generally speaking, you should wash your bed sheets once a week. If you do not sleep on the same bed every day, you can put off washing your sheets for two weeks. However, if you spend a lot of time on your bed, it is recommended to wash your sheets and replace them with fresh ones more frequently. More contact equals more germs.

However, most people only wash their sheets every 2-4 weeks. This can allow dirt, germs, and bacteria to accumulate. Not only can this be very unhygienic but it’s also just not very comfortable to sleep in—and you deserve great sleep!

That’s why we recommend washing your bedsheets every week. And if you want to go one step further, investing in sustainable bed sheets and linens like Nordifakt’s products is a good start. With antibacterial technology that allows it to “self-clean”, you can enjoy a good night’s sleep on crisp, cool, comfortable and clean sheets for longer than you would with regular bed sheets. Your body, sleeping habits, and partner will thank you for it!

Tips for How to Wash Your Towels Properly

Washing towels seems like a no-brainer for most people. Just throw them into the washing machine, right? Well, yes and no. To clean them, yes, the washer will suffice. But, to help them retain their quality, last longer, and save you money, not so much.

The standard towel will need to be washed at 60° Celsius (140° Fahrenheit) for thorough cleaning and uses 44 liters (11.6 gallons) of water. This wastes a lot of water and energy, and it takes a toll on the environment. With Nordifakt’s antibacterial textiles, however, you get to skip washing every week because they stay clean and fresh for longer.

Here are some tips on how to properly care for your towels.

Segregate Your Laundry

Be sure to keep similar colors and fabrics together. This will help you maintain the fabrics’ quality, as well as avoid colors from bleeding out into others.

Keep Away From Zippers

Taking care of your Nordifakt items include washing them separately from other clothing items. Zippers and sharp emblems on other clothes can damage your Nordifakt products, so it would be best to put them in different loads.

Wash in Low Temperatures

Your Nordifakt towels will be at their best when washed in a washing machine in low temperatures. Because of our technology’s bacteria-eliminating properties, you can also wash them less often and preserve their quality.

Antibacterial Frederiksberg Bedding in Cloud White by Nordifakt

Tips for How to Wash Your Bed Sheets Properly

Bed sheets are more delicate than your towels, especially if they are made from materials like silk or satin. However, they also need to be thoroughly cleaned. This is how to properly wash your bed sheets, like your towels, to ensure they stay comfortable, sturdy, cool and crisp.

 

Make Sure the Machine Setting Is on Gentle

Your sheets are made from different kinds of fabrics, and some are more delicate than others. To prevent damage, make sure your washing machine is set to the ‘gentle’ cycle. This will give your sheets a thorough clean without applying too much pressure.

 

Use Cool Water

Believe it or not, washing sheets in hot water is usually unnecessary. You really only need to do so after they’ve been exposed to sickness or you want to sanitize them for allergy purposes. For general washing, using cool or lukewarm water will best preserve the quality of your sheets. Reduce wrinkles by then removing the sheets directly after the cycle completes.

So How Often Should You Wash Your Sheets and Towels? The Final Verdict

You spent your hard-earned money on your household's linens and fabrics. You should treat them like the investments they are by properly caring for them. And in that same breath, we know you’re busy. Soccer practice, dinner, after-school clubs, work. Where do you find the time to do a load of laundry every few days?

Well, that’s where Nordifakt comes in. With our antibacterial towels and sheets—like the ones we pride ourselves on—you don’t need to worry as much about how often you should wash your linens and towels because the antibacterial technology kills 99.9% of bacteria. This, in turn, preserves and protects your textiles and loved ones. Not to mention, less frequent washing also helps you build more sustainable habits within your home.

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