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Cleaning Up:  How to fix stiff towels on clothesline?  |
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Yogifarmgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
297 Posts
Jenn
Swiftwater
PA
USA
297 Posts |
 Posted - May 29 2008 : 2:50:53 PM
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I love my clothesline but the bath towels come out all hard and crunchy. Any ideas on how to correct that?
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Mumof3
True Blue Farmgirl
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Karin
Ellenwood
GA
USA
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Posted - May 29 2008 : 3:59:09 PM
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I put a little vinegar in the rinse and then I give my towels a good Snap! before I hang them up. When I bring them inside, I toss them in the dryer on air for about 10 minutes. It takes most of the crunchy away for the wimps in my family. Personally, I love a nice crunchy towel. :)
Karin
Farmgirl Sister
# 18 :)
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aimeeravae
True Blue Farmgirl
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Aimee
Deer River
MN
USA
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Posted - May 29 2008 : 4:27:28 PM
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I also love a crunchy towel. I notice the windier the day the softer the towel. Giving it those few shakes really does help.
Aimee
"Taking joy in life is a woman's best cosmetic."-Rosalind Russell |
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babysmama
True Blue Farmgirl
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Elizabeth
Iowa
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Posted - May 29 2008 : 5:14:12 PM
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I love a crunchy towel too, I notice it absorbs a lot more water than one dried in a dryer!
-Elizabeth |
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Jeanna
True Blue Farmgirl
267 Posts
Jeanna
Franklin
NC
USA
267 Posts |
Posted - May 29 2008 : 5:39:22 PM
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If you will use your dryer on them for about 10 minutes before you hang them they won't be as stiff. Works on bluejeans too.
Jeanna
Farmgirl Sister #41
Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined.
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Edited by - Jeanna on May 29 2008 5:40:07 PM |
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nubidane
True Blue Farmgirl
2875 Posts
Lisa
Georgetown
OH
2875 Posts |
Posted - May 29 2008 : 7:36:38 PM
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| Just shake shake after they are dry & they will be softer. If you use homemade laundry detergent like Aunt Jenny's..they are soft anyway. Since I use her recipe, my clothes are so soft now, even when line dried. |
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kissmekate
True Blue Farmgirl
890 Posts
Kate
Delano
Minnesota
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Posted - May 29 2008 : 9:38:10 PM
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Yes, I have noticed I don't mind crunchy towels either, and when the kids whine about them, it falls on deaf ears.
Don't miss out on a blessing, just because it isn't packaged the way you expected. ~MaryJo Copeland |
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Aunt Jenny
True Blue Farmgirl
11381 Posts
Jenny
middle of
Utah
USA
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Posted - May 29 2008 : 9:51:28 PM
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I love my towels kinda crunchy too..but some of my family (the only other adult..ahem...) likes them soft. I do the shaking, snapping thing. He has adjusted. After 12 years married to me he is realizing he can't win. He sometimes does take his before using and put it in the dryer on air dry for a few minutes too.
It has been so windy the past couple days that nothing is very crunchy coming off my clothesline...I am lucky not to find everything on the ground..haha.
Jenny in Utah
Proud Farmgirl sister #24
Inside me there is a skinny woman crying to get out...but I can usually shut her up with cookies
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Farm Girl 2
True Blue Farmgirl
108 Posts
Becky
Willis
VA
USA
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Posted - May 30 2008 : 04:59:58 AM
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It has been really windy here too, where your clothes are either wraped around the line fifty times and half of the clothespins have popped off or broke in half. Or you find your clothes in the goat pasture!!! I have finally decided since I am home all the time that I can control wash days and only wash on the not so windy days. We have had a few days that it was JUST the right amount of breeze to make all the clothes incredibly soft!!!!!
Loving Living Simply!
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Prairie Princess
True Blue Farmgirl
1075 Posts
Jodi
Washington
USA
1075 Posts |
Posted - May 30 2008 : 07:49:21 AM
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Okay.... my farmgirl confession... I can't stand crunchy, stiff towels!! *shudders* The softer and fluffier they are, the better!! 
~Jodi
"Women are like teabags...you never know how strong they are until they get into hot water." Eleanor Roosevelt |
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Yogifarmgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
297 Posts
Jenn
Swiftwater
PA
USA
297 Posts |
Posted - May 30 2008 : 5:00:30 PM
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Where do I find Aunt Jenny's recipe for laundry detergent...??
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Alee
True Blue Farmgirl
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Alee
Worland
Wy
USA
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Aunt Jenny
True Blue Farmgirl
11381 Posts
Jenny
middle of
Utah
USA
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Posted - May 30 2008 : 5:34:51 PM
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Aunt Jenny's laundry soap:
1 cup of grated bar soap (I like Zote, castille soap or fels naptha)
1/2 cup washing soda
1/2 cup Borax
1/2 cup oxy cleaner (optional..but it helps)
add a few drops of essential oil for scent..I love lavender or rosemary
be sure to grate the soap really fine..I use a pampered chef rotary cheese grater..like you would use for parmesan cheese..the fine grind.
You can also add about 1/2 to 1/3 cup of water softener too. (white king is one brand I have used) if you have very hard water it helps.
I usually make about a quadruple batch at a time.
I used to always make liquid laundry soap..more of a snotty gel that sorta grossed me out..I like the powdered version better. They both work though.
Jenny in Utah
Proud Farmgirl sister #24
Inside me there is a skinny woman crying to get out...but I can usually shut her up with cookies
http://www.auntjennysworld.blogspot.com/ visit my little online shop at www.auntjenny.etsy.com |
Edited by - Aunt Jenny on May 30 2008 5:35:44 PM |
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Huckelberrywine
True Blue Farmgirl
1607 Posts
Michelle
Rosalia
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Posted - Jun 01 2008 : 11:47:17 AM
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Wow! Thanks so much,can't wait to see if this helps us adjust. I've started getting "the look" when I offer crunchy towels to the family.
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Pearlsnjeans
True Blue Farmgirl
248 Posts
Vicki
West Haven
Utah
USA
248 Posts |
Posted - Jun 01 2008 : 1:55:30 PM
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I had a makeshift clothesline last summer and started hanging my son's work clothes outside. He never complained about the "stiff" jeans and is now going to make me a "for real" clothesline. I am excited..my favorite thing to line dry are bed sheets...love the sunshine smell!
Farmgirl Sister #120
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Aunt Jenny
True Blue Farmgirl
11381 Posts
Jenny
middle of
Utah
USA
11381 Posts |
Posted - Jun 01 2008 : 9:53:21 PM
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Me too...if nothing else gets to the line (but this time of year I put all of it there) my sheets and towels do..nothing like it!!
Jenny in Utah
Proud Farmgirl sister #24
Inside me there is a skinny woman crying to get out...but I can usually shut her up with cookies
http://www.auntjennysworld.blogspot.com/ visit my little online shop at www.auntjenny.etsy.com |
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fionalovesshrek
True Blue Farmgirl
186 Posts
Paige
kinston
North Carolina
USA
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Posted - Jun 03 2008 : 11:10:49 AM
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If you're using store soap (as I currently am) try using less. I swear it's something in the soap that leaves a residue that causes the towels to be thick and even to FEEL a little waxy. ECH. I can handle a crunchy towel but have noticed that using less detergent helps.
P~
living a good neighbor life |
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mima
True Blue Farmgirl
1573 Posts
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Posted - Jun 03 2008 : 2:19:13 PM
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I noticed that when I used Jennys recipe my things werent that crunchy-the store brands seemed to be the worst! my hubby does not liike his tighty whiteys cruynchy-gives him aRASH!!!TMI???? 
"No pessimist ever discovered the secrets of the stars,or sailed to an uncharted land or opened a new heaven to the human spirit." Helen Keller
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chessie
True Blue Farmgirl
403 Posts
Karen
Vista
CA
USA
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Posted - Jun 05 2008 : 7:15:43 PM
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I think the queen of clean gal recommends a low spin cycle at the end of the wash cycle. Apparently the high spin at the end of the wash cycle is to save the electric dryer having to overwork. Makes sense, but clotheslines are different, can we overwork our clotheslines, I wonder? Nah.
I have tried it. It kinda works. But still the towels are crunchy and need some snapping. Not a bad thing in my book.
Cheers, Karen
www.edgehillherbfarm.com "where the name is bigger than the farm, but no one seems to mind"
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CabinCreek-Kentucky
True Blue Farmgirl
8529 Posts
Frannie
Green County
Kentucky
USA
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Lea Vollmer
Farmgirl in Training
25 Posts
Lea
Evansville
IN
USA
25 Posts |
Posted - Jun 26 2008 : 8:31:52 PM
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Do any of you use vinegar in the rinse to help make clothes less stiff? Seems I heard somewhere that it works - but haven't tried it myself yet. My former country boy husband isn't liking the stiff towels and jeans.
Lea - Farm Girl #143 at Heart in Southern Indiana
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farmgirl blessings
True Blue Farmgirl
777 Posts
Lea
TN
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Lea Vollmer
Farmgirl in Training
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Lea
Evansville
IN
USA
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