How often do you wash your sheets and towels?

United States
February 10, 2007 12:34pm CST
I know everyone is different on this one. I wash mine once a week like clockwork. How about you?
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• United States
10 Feb 07
Unless they are heavily soiled I only wash them once a week. There really is no reason to change your bed covers everyday unless they become soiled. Towels can be used more than once. Make sure that the towel is completely dried before tossing it in the clothes hamper. If the towel is tossed into a hamper or basket while it is wet or damp, it could grow mold or mildew.
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• United States
10 Feb 07
Good point, thank you for mentioning this.
@Starline (681)
• United States
10 Feb 07
I wash mine maybe every 2-3 week, but since I moved in with another girl I guess more often since she does and i don't want to feel like a hobo haha. It's nice to live with someone else party because you get to see how other people take care of their day to day stuff, like for example what they have for breakfast and how often they wash their towels :D
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• United States
10 Feb 07
Yeah, that is pretty neat. It is fun to have a roomate.
@AskAlly (3625)
• Canada
11 Feb 07
Once a week. Every Wednesday as a matter of fact. It used to be quite a chore when I had 5 kids at home, but now it's no big deal with just the two of us.
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@rosie_123 (6113)
10 Feb 07
Yes, I do mine once a week too. Every Friday night after work, or on a Saturday mornning. I am like clockwork with it too! I love the feel of sleeping in new, fresh, clean sheets!
• United States
10 Feb 07
I usually wash my towels once a week and my sheets once every two weeks. There are exceptions to this. If my towel gets too dirty or something then I'll wash it more frequently. I have a lot of towels, so if I want to put off doing laundry I can just switch to one of those.
@mimatexas (1818)
• United States
10 Feb 07
I also wash my towels and sheets once a week, on Saturdays.
• United States
10 Feb 07
I do too. I definitely think that is sufficient. We're clean, and bathe often. We also wear clean night clothes, so I don't see why more than once a weeek would be necessary.
@babyhar (1335)
• Canada
13 Mar 07
Well when it comes to washing towels its once a week.. But it does all depend upon how much the towels have piled up. If a lot of the dish towels, along with towels we use when taking a bath have piled up.. I then will do them a lot sooner.. As we do need our towels to wash dishes as well as dry our dishes with.. And of course we need towels to dry ourselves off with as well.. So it all depends upon if we are running short of the towels, along with dish towels in the drawer.. If we are running short then we rush to do the laundry as soon as we can.. When it comes to mine & my other halfs sheets we tend to do them twice a week.. As we don't like to keep them any longer then that because then we tend to get rather itchy from the sheets.. Plus I love sleeping on clean sheets.. As I know that when we do our sheets every two weeks it seems like we sleep a lot better compared to just leaving them for a long period of time.. Sometimes we will do our sheets a lot sooner if let's say something was dropped on the sheets.. Or if we feel they just are more difficult to sleep on.. Because they are rough against our skin or they don't feel all to clean or whatever.. We do the same thing when it comes to our comforters as well.. Usually when we decide to do our sheets we then will do our comforter at the same time as well.. So that everything is fresh & is so clean.. I don't think there is anything better then being able to sleep in a clean bed.. I know that whenever we decide to do our sheets that I love the smell, along with how soft the sheet, along with the comforter feel against my skin.. I find I sleep so much better when everything was washed.. In conclusion.. I know that when it comes to our dish towels, & towels in general.. That it all depends upon if we are running short on both.. If we are we will do them a lot sooner then just once a week.. But it truly does all depend.. We do the same thing as well when it comes to our sheets.. Though usually it is every two weeks.. As we don't like to leave them any longer then that since there is nothing worse then having to sleep on top of dirty sheets.. I don't think I am the only one out there in this world either who dislikes having to sleep on top of dirty sheets as well! Or having to use dirty dish cloths, along with dirty towels to dry yourself off with.. That is quite disgusting for anyone to do in my opinion! . . Thanks for allowing me to share! xx
@shambuca (2524)
• United States
13 Feb 07
once or twice a week
• United States
10 Feb 07
I try to wash mine about once a week. Sometimes longer because I have a family of five. My towels I wash everyday that is a never ending job. lol