I don't wash even my clothes in anything but cold water now lol, that's the best tip I have to keeping fabrics from shrinking, wash them in cold water and hang them to dry.
If your bath towels are cotton, they will most likely always shrink a bit after they are laundered. It is just the nature of the fabric. Most other fabrics will nto shrink quite as much, but will still usually shrink up a bit. This is a result of the "sizing" that companies put on fabrics to make them smooth and wrinkle free in the stores.....once it washes off, the fabric does not stay as smooth and flat.
Cotton will usually shrink when new... wash them in hot water and dry in a hot dryer and they will shrink as far down as they are going to.... after that, launder as you wish and they should be okay and not shrink any more...
just so you know.... using fabric softener on terry towels effects how they "wick " up moisture. Fabric softener and dryer sheets coat the fibers to stop static and this coating can prevent them from drying you or dishes,... they sort of slide around and not do anything. ...effectively.
I do not dry my bath or kitchen towels with any kind of fabric treatment.
You can buy towels that has synthectic fiber blended with cotton and more expensive towels shrink less, so I actually have two different types, the cheaper ones for one use and the more expensive ones that are more special
The vinegar will work too....it removes any soap residue, which gets stiff when dried.... it is not really the softener that makes things "soft" it is the heat of the dryer and the tumbling (in summer, I often hang dry my husband's t-shirts and jeans... then tumble them in the dryer on a refresh cycle to soften them up)
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I don't wash even my clothes in anything but cold water now lol, that's the best tip I have to keeping fabrics from shrinking, wash them in cold water and hang them to dry.
Wet them again with fabric softener in the water and stretch them.
If your bath towels are cotton, they will most likely always shrink a bit after they are laundered. It is just the nature of the fabric. Most other fabrics will nto shrink quite as much, but will still usually shrink up a bit. This is a result of the "sizing" that companies put on fabrics to make them smooth and wrinkle free in the stores.....once it washes off, the fabric does not stay as smooth and flat.
Cotton will usually shrink when new... wash them in hot water and dry in a hot dryer and they will shrink as far down as they are going to.... after that, launder as you wish and they should be okay and not shrink any more...
just so you know.... using fabric softener on terry towels effects how they "wick " up moisture. Fabric softener and dryer sheets coat the fibers to stop static and this coating can prevent them from drying you or dishes,... they sort of slide around and not do anything. ...effectively.
I do not dry my bath or kitchen towels with any kind of fabric treatment.
You can buy towels that has synthectic fiber blended with cotton and more expensive towels shrink less, so I actually have two different types, the cheaper ones for one use and the more expensive ones that are more special
Buy better towels. Or don't use hot water
The vinegar will work too....it removes any soap residue, which gets stiff when dried.... it is not really the softener that makes things "soft" it is the heat of the dryer and the tumbling (in summer, I often hang dry my husband's t-shirts and jeans... then tumble them in the dryer on a refresh cycle to soften them up)