How long do you use your towels?
3 months? 6 months? A year?
Do you think a towel that comes in close contact with your skin every day is clean enough?
Many people have been continuing the use of the unscientific towel method, such as towel multi-purpose, many people a towel, do not break not to change, not only affect people's quality of life but also harm health.
Now let's take a look at the towel knowledge:
If you use a towel for six months, the bacteria multiply ten thousand times
New towels, towels that have been used for 3 months, and towels that have been used for more than 6 months were cultured. Results show that calculated per square centimeters, the new towel colony in 100 on the orders of magnitude, 3 months of towel colony in ten thousand, the order of magnitude with 6 months of the towel, almost full colony on Petri dishes, estimates that in one million, the order of magnitude, mainly of gram-positive bacteria and staphylococcus aureus, e. coli and other disease-causing bacteria. The latter is a normal flora of the human gut, but if it invades a wound, it can cause infection.
Towel "conceal filth" 3 big reasons
Towel besides want to separate to use outside, often bask in, often change even, often antiseptic. There are three main reasons why towels can be a "dirty" place:
1. Most towels are cotton, which can store a lot of water, and humidity is the most important condition for bacteria to survive.
2, the towel is often placed in a humid environment, the lack of direct sunlight, and to create good conditions for the growth of bacteria.
3, the towel's special structure makes it easy to get dirty things, a variety of grease, dander, dust, sweat, and other accumulation in the above, such as irregular cleaning, will lead to the multiplication of bacteria.
How to wash the towel
Three of the following
A. Towel is tacky
1. Put 2 tablespoons table salt in a bowl, then add boiling water and melt.
2. Soak the towel in water for 15 minutes.
3. After 15 minutes, take out the towel, rinse it with water several times and wring it out. The towel will be dry again.
B.Towel to harden
1, wash the rice water in the pot after heating it into the basin.
2. Soak the towel in a bowl for 10 minutes.
3. Take out a towel, rinse it with cold water, and wring it out.
C.Towel smell
1, the washing machine into the hot water, and then add a cup of white vinegar, a cup of baking soda, stir well.2. Soak the towel in for 1 hour.3. Add white vinegar and detergent again and wring it out after cleaning.
There are three ways to sterilize a towel
The soft towel must want everyday clean, the air is basked in, a week big clean, with washing liquid, white vinegar or salt soak clean, can restrain the growth of bacterium so. However, this simple cleaning method can not play a role in efficient sterilization, must rely on the following methods:
Three disinfection towel methods
A.Microwave sterilization
Soak the towel, put it in the crisper, then put the crisper in the microwave, and bake on high for 3 to 5 minutes.
B.Chemical disinfection
You can buy special disinfectants, add the right amount of hot water disinfectant into the towel, soak for about 15 minutes, then wash with clean water, drying before use.
C.Disinfection of boiled towels
Put the clean and oil-free towel into the pot, add water to the towel, add a little salt, then cook in high fire. Once the water has boiled for a few minutes, turn down the heat and continue to cook for 15 minutes, then cool to dry.
How to choose a towel
1. Look at the appearance
Towel sewing is fine, neat, the loop is a flat, uniform color.
2.Touch touch
The dry and hard towel will hurt the skin. The high-quality towel feels fluffy, soft, and not greasy. It is soft and elastic when held in the fist.
3.Smell
Qualified towel printing and dyeing materials are guaranteed, will not be stained with equipment oil or other dirt, no odor.
4.Measure water imbibition
If the towel of good quality drips water, it can be absorbed quickly. And inferior towel is wiped on the face slippery, not bibulous, not decontamination.
Warm tips
What needs to remind finally is, a consumer should go to a large market, supermarket, or exclusive shop as far as a possible towel of choice and buy. Qualified towel products should be labeled with standard labels, including manufacturer, place of origin, telephone number, trademark, implementation standard, washing method, etc.
