Chemical Engineering in Daily Life – Question 89: Do you know how to use face and hand towels correctly?
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This post was last edited by yjqin1 on 2015-9-29 at 10:17. It’s likely because my sense of smell is quite sharp; I can detect a strong unpleasant odor in other people’s or households’ towels, regardless of the season or whether it’s in the south or the north. Here, a towel refers to one that is used for wiping the face and hands ； As for the foot wipe, I don’t dare to use it, let alone smell it. When the Gang of Four was criticized, one of the charges against them was that Jiang Qing used one towel per day ； Shi Liang, one of the Seven Gentlemen, was described by the author of \"The Past Is Not Like Smoke\" as a last noblewoman who was very particular about using towels. In fact, a towel doesn’t have to be new or soft, but it must be clean; the indicator of this is that it doesn’t have an unpleasant smell. Otherwise, it’s better to wash your hands and shake them off for a cleaner result. How to keep towels from smelling bad? Please make your choice from the options below: 1. Change the towel once a month or even once a week ； 2. Use disposable tissues only ； 3. Each time, rinse the towel thoroughly with clean water, scrub it, and then lay it out to dry ； 4. Each time, rub the towel with soap or liquid dishwashing detergent, rinse it thoroughly with clean water (a local term from the north meaning to rub repeatedly and wash with water), then unfold it and let it dry ； 5. Before wiping your hands with a towel each time, shake off the water from your hands first, then wipe them with the towel; after use, lay the towel out to dry. Towels should be washed once a week, just like clothes. Just like clothes, expose it to sunlight or iron it with a dry iron ； 6. The towel ball is by the sink, ready for use and can be washed clean at any time. Even in high-end households, this problem of hand towels smelling bad has occurred more than once or twice. So, I would like to raise this issue for discussion with everyone.
4. Each time, rub the towel with soap or liquid dishwashing detergent, rinse it thoroughly with clean water (a local term from the north meaning to rub repeatedly and wash with water), then unfold it and let it dry；
Soak and clean it with Woolite once a week to keep the towel dry.
I also choose option 4: every time (not every time, but basically), I rub the towel with soap or liquid dishwashing detergent, then rinse it thoroughly several times with clean water, wash it with water, and finally unfold it to air dry；
Do I need to wash the towel every time I use it? ? ? This reverses the order of priorities --------------------------- A personal solution: use two towels to keep them dry at all times
5. Before wiping your hands with a towel each time, shake off the water from your hands first, then wipe them with the towel; after use, lay the towel out to dry. Towels should be washed once a week, just like clothes. Just like clothes, when exposed to sunlight, towels become hard after being used for a long time. What is the reason? Too much oil?