Never had that problem.

I use vinegar in my rinse water all the time, but I don't use a dryer, I hang on the line outside instead. Towels ALWAYS smell nice. :)

I need to try this with my kitchen towels!

I have no issue with the bath towels but I do notice my dish wipers get a funky smell....def will try this, thanks for sharing!

Thanks for the info. My dish towels get funky fast. I have also stopped using dryer sheets (per info from this site). Vinegar is awesome stuff.

Vinegar in the rinse water makes everything you wash smell good. A cousin thinks I am a genius after telling her this. Her DH works for the railroad and his clothes get very greasy and were still smelling after being washed.

I've been using vinegar for years. I despise perfumy, smelly detergents, fabric softeners, etc etc. I actually use the home-made detergent......both liquid and powder. It's the same recipe, I use powdered for my whites. Like Moni I don't use the dryer. It's outside on the clothesline all summer and indoors on drying racks.

I bought a package of white bar mops to use as cleaning rags. They get dingy so I bleach them regularly.

Rhizo, I was knitting and selling dishcloth for years, before using one myself. Now, I knit them for myself! I do the same as you. Every morning I toss mine in the laundry, and get a fresh one out. I never have a problem with them getting smelly. But I also hang it over the faucet after using, after I wrung it out really well.

Moni

Yes, keeping them dry is important, too. I laugh when I remember how my mother and father would bicker over the dish cloth. He was a hanger-upper and she would leave it wadded up in the sink.

I find that if I fully dry my towels in the dryer, they never smell.

Some washer manufacturers recommend against using vinegar, the components in some pumps and seals get broken down by acidic water. Check first, that's an expensive repair. That was the case for the brand I have, I checked.

Running towels through a few water-only cycles at a high temp should remove the residue. Using less detergent should help prevent it going forward. Most people do use too much - the amounts recommended on the soap packages are usually much more than is needed.

You are so right, Snidely, about the amount of detergent. Once I started using quite a bit less than label directions, all of the laundry....not just the towels...became softer and less static-y.