Informative Video Is Teaching People How To Stop Towels From Getting 'Crispy'

Look, I don't have much to say. You've read the title. You know why we're all here today. You know the unpleasant feeling of rubbing a once fluffy towel onto your skin and feeling like you've just taken a piece of sandpaper to your legs.

Thankfully, we now know the solution to this horrible problem thanks to a woman's viral video that is here to say the day!

We've all experienced the sensation of a "crispy" towel.

There's nothing worse than drying your nice, freshly cleaned body off with a towel that feels like it's been deep-fried.

However, this towel nightmare is exactly why a woman on the popular video-sharing app TikTok is gaining popularity quick.

In a video posted earlier this month, Irish author Laura de Barra is teaching people how to wash their towels properly.

Laura, who shares the house tips she swears by in her book "Gaff Goddess" begins the video by saying crispy towels are a really common household problem.

"If you find that your towels are quite crispy or hard after washing, it's because of a build up of product in the fibre," she explained.

"So if we think about towels, by nature, their superpower is absorption, so if it's in a wash and there hasn't been enough rinsing, that's usually due to the drum being too full or you've actually used too much detergent."

She continued: "It's going to build up inside the fibres of the towel, this then means that the towel ends up not absorbing things so well, it doesn't dry things properly and it's rough to the touch."

Interesting! So, what's the solution you may ask?

"To get them soft again, what you need to do is put the towels into a wash with no detergent at all," Laura explained.

"So throw your towels into the drum as normal and then you're going to put two cups of vinegar into the detergent drawer... Vinegar is an absolutely stunning non-toxic cleaner. She's brilliant at cleansing fibers of that build-up of detergent. She also eliminates odors and she's just stunning all round for your machine in general."

"Pop on your cycle, warm. Not roasting hot because that can also make cotton towels a bit crispy, just gonna do a warm wash," Laura added.

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"If the towels are really crispy and this has been going on a long time, then you'll probably need a second wash where you're going to put in a cup of bicarb into that detergent section in the drawer and you're gonna wash again."

Laura's final tip involves giving your towels a really good shake before letting them air dry.

This trick will help "open up the fibers" and allow them to try quicker, as well.

Well, there you have it, folks! No more crusty, crispy towels for us!