How long can a towel last?

A clean home environment may not meet the hygiene requirements. Many "sanitary concepts" are also crucial to ensure ventilation in kitchens and bathrooms, unobstructed sewers and effective dehumidification. For many people, it is normal to change a towel every six months to a year. However, according to home textile experts, personal towels should be replaced once every 30 days, not more than 40 days at most.

Household towels should be cooked at high temperature every month.

According to home textile experts, personal towels should be replaced once every 30 days, with a maximum of 40 days. Otherwise, it is necessary to sterilize and soften towels by high-temperature cooking. Because the towel has been used for a long time, it becomes hard and uncomfortable. The most important thing is that it is contaminated with many bacteria, which is harmful to human body.

The towel is made of pure cotton yarn, and the cotton fiber is tubular structure, which can store water; Its main chemical component, cellulose, contains a large number of hydrophilic genes and can absorb water. This moisture absorption and water storage performance of cotton yarn makes the towel feel comfortable and has strong decontamination ability, which is suitable for washing your face. But it is precisely because of this characteristic that it provides convenient conditions for the breeding of bacteria. Bacteria like warm and humid environment best. Towels are in a warm and humid state for a long time, and after a certain period of time, they become a paradise for bacteria to breed. In addition, oil, dust, impurities in water and bacteria in the air are all deposited on towels, and then wiping the skin with such towels will not only not clean the skin, but will stain the skin and block pores. Ladies who like makeup and children with fast metabolism have oily skin and towels are more susceptible to infection, which is particularly harmful.

Disinfect with boiling water every week.

When washing your face or taking a bath, rinse it with shower gel and water first, and then dry it with a dry towel, which can reduce the adhesion of human dirt to the towel. Towels should be cleaned in time after use, disinfected with boiling water for 10 minutes every week, and the hanging place should be ventilated, preferably dried or dried in time.

In recent years, China's towel industry has developed rapidly, with complete categories and grades and rich varieties of colors, including square towels, face towels, bath towels, napkins, tea towels and kitchen towels. , as well as children's towels, adult towels, ladies' beauty towels, etc. , can meet the needs of different consumption levels. According to China's national conditions, the minimum standard for consumers to use towels individually should be two men (strips) and three women (strips), and three men (strips) and four women (strips) should be advocated.

Everyone should have multiple towels.

Home textile experts say: unscientific use of towels will affect health. Especially in summer, everyone should be encouraged to have more than one towel. Although the towel is small, it will accompany people's life. If there are a lot of bacteria and viruses in the towel, they will penetrate into the body through the five senses and skin, affecting health. It is scientifically proved that coins, bedding and towel products are the three indirect transmission media of infectious diseases. Due to the influence of traditional living habits and consumption concepts, many consumers ignore the health function of towels, and continue some unscientific use methods, such as one towel for many people, multiple towels, unbreakable, repeated use, ignoring towel hygiene and ignoring the harm of counterfeit and shoddy products.

● Investigation

Barber shop towels take turns.

The author accompanied a friend to the barber shop for a haircut. After washing his hair, the barber took a towel to wipe his friend's hair and threw the used towel on the stool beside him. Before long, other people in the shop folded the towels and put them on the shelf. Because there were many customers, this towel "rested" for a while, and before it could "wash its face", it was "on duty" again.

After going out, I found many gray towels "swaggering" in the sun at the door of the barber shop. The author casually asked the worker next to him, "Is this towel disinfected?" "We all use hot water to wash, dry after washing, not dirty. Besides, towels are used to wipe hair, and they are also very clean after washing. "

However, according to experts, there are many customers in barber shops, and towels that are reused without strict disinfection are likely to carry a lot of fungi and skin germs, thus spreading diseases such as tinea capitis and hepatitis B, and washed towels are more likely to cause pollution when they are dried in the street. So please bring your own towel when you go to the barber shop for a haircut.

● Tips

Four-color rag to keep healthy

Kitchen and bathroom experts suggest that rags with different textures, colors or styles should be set according to different purposes to facilitate different applications. So there must be at least four white, green, yellow and red rags at home.

The white rag is sanitary. Use a small cotton towel to dry the washed dishes and chopsticks. Never wipe the dining table and other furniture, nor use it to wipe your hands. Pay attention to keep clean. Hang it in a ventilated place by the window and keep it dry. It must be boiled and disinfected twice a week, preferably every day.

Green rag is a safe color. Use a small cotton towel, which is specially used for cleaning bowls, chopsticks, spoons, basins, etc. And you can't clean other things. Must be disinfected once a week. Because washing dishes is often greasy, you need to use two or three drops of detergent, but you must rinse it clean to prevent detergent residue.

It is best to use a small polyester cotton towel for the yellow rag. Polyester cotton is easy to clean after use. It is easy to find dirt on the yellow surface specially used to wipe the desktop. Pale yellow will make people feel at ease, comfortable and carefree. Yellow represents health and warmth, which can give people a feeling of reassurance.

Small polyester towels can be used for red rags. The most widely used, clean household appliances, the greatest contribution. Red is a vibrant positive color, which can arouse people's enthusiasm, excitement and other psychological feelings, and people want to pick it up and wipe it a few times when they see it. The towel used is made of polyester, which is easy to get dirty and wring out. Change it frequently.

Don't be hard to buy towels.

When buying towels, try to buy them in large shopping malls, supermarkets or specialty stores, and choose products from regular manufacturers. Qualified towel products should have standardized identification, and indicate the manufacturer, place of origin, contact number, trademark, implementation standard, washing method, etc.

In terms of hand feeling, you should choose a towel with fluffy texture and soft hand feeling. Such a towel is elastic in the hand and sticks to the face, giving people a soft feeling of sticking to the face. Towels should not be dry and hard, so as not to hurt the skin. Generally speaking, high-quality towels feel soft, fluffy and elastic.

In addition, families can also do some quality appraisal when using towels. If the water drops dripping on the new towel can be absorbed quickly, it means that the towel has good water absorption. High-quality towels have elasticity and friction when used, and will not fade when entering water. Inferior towels have poor water absorption, are loose, inelastic and slippery when used, and fade seriously after entering water, which is harmful to skin and eyes.