Cotton kitchen towels are a must in any kitchen. Such textiles are used quite often, therefore it is necessary to wash it more often than other things. Often there are various stains on kitchen towels and napkins that are very difficult to remove. However, this is not at all a reason to write off textiles for scrap; you can wash kitchen towels with mustard.
How to wash towels properly
After frequent washing, kitchen napkins lose their original color, become grayish and unattractive. To prevent this from happening, it is necessary to wash light and colored accessories separately from each other. The washing temperature for colored laundry should not exceed 60 degrees, and white cotton towels can be washed at 90 degrees.
In the event that white accessories have acquired a yellowish tint, they can be bleached or boiled. But this can only be done with cotton products. After boiling, textiles should be thoroughly rinsed.
How to wash mustard
Mustard powder is an excellent cleaning agent, with which even stubborn stains were washed off.In addition, such a product has a detrimental effect on many types of bacteria, thereby providing a disinfectant effect. Mustard powder washes away greasy stains, as well as stains from fruits, chocolate and milk. Washing is carried out according to the following algorithm:
- Collect 5 liters of warm water in a bucket.
- In a bowl, dilute two full tablespoons of dry mustard powder with boiling water and pour the resulting mass into a bucket of water.
- Mix everything well and load towels into the solution.
There is no need to boil things. After 4 hours, the linen is taken out of the mustard solution, rinsed thoroughly and enjoy the cleanliness.

With the help of mustard, you can whiten both white and colored kitchen accessories.
Whitening towels with mustard
Even old greasy stains can be washed well if they are first smeared with a paste made from mustard powder. To do this, measure out two tablespoons of mustard powder, dilute it with hot water and apply gruel to the stains previously moistened with water. After that, the towels are folded into a plastic bag and left to soak overnight. Wash in the morning in the usual way.
Tomato and coffee stains are difficult to remove with mustard, so they must be washed in a different way. To do this, a tablespoon of salt is diluted in a liter of cold water and things are soaked in this solution for an hour.
Other mustard washing methods
There are several other effective methods for washing kitchen towels with mustard. All these methods allow you to return textiles to their original appearance.
- They take 5 liters of hot water and dissolve 5 tablespoons of mustard powder in it, filter the solution through a couple of layers of gauze and soak dirty kitchen napkins and towels in it. Leave to soak for 5-6 hours.
- Pour 5 liters of boiling water into a basin, add 2 tablespoons of baking soda, a full tablespoon of mustard powder, 2 tablespoons of dry bleach and half a glass of washing powder.
- To whiten greasy stains, you can prepare a gruel from a tablespoon of mustard powder and the same amount of dish detergent. The resulting composition is applied evenly to the contaminated areas and left for 5-6 hours for bleaching.
After bleaching, kitchen utensils should be washed by setting the washing machine to cotton.

To wash towels, you can use only pure mustard powder without any additives.
What to look out for
Washing kitchen towels with mustard, salt, vinegar and other substances should be done with great care. Wear rubber gloves to protect your hands. When washing, follow these recommendations:
- Any bleaching agent is first applied to a limited area of \u200b\u200bthe product and kept for about an hour. After that, the result is evaluated, if the paint on the fabric is not blurred, then the entire product can be bleached.
- It is necessary to strictly adhere to the indicated dosages. If you pour all the components on the eye, then the effect can be completely unexpected.
- If aggressive bleaches are used during washing, then rubber gloves should be worn on the hands, and a gauze bandage on the face, as some substances emit caustic fumes.
- Kitchen napkins collect a huge amount of bacteria, some of which do not die even after washing. To remove pathogenic microbes, textiles must be rinsed in a solution prepared from 5 liters of water and 50 ml of table vinegar.
- In the kitchen, it is advisable not to use terry towels, as they quickly get dirty.
- All kitchen textiles should be thoroughly dried after use.
- There should be separate cotton napkins for wiping dishes and covering confectionery.
If there are stubborn stains on kitchen towels, this is not at all a reason to throw them in the trash. You can wash such textiles using folk methods. Mustard powder will help get rid of stains of fat, milk, chocolate and fruits.