Towel care

I don't know about the conditioner, I only wash my towls a couple times
a season...
Cotton's pretty good but it takes awhile to dry if you have a locker.
I just use beach towls.

me said:

I don't know about the conditioner, I only wash my towls a couple

times

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a season...
Cotton's pretty good but it takes awhile to dry if you have a locker.
I just use beach towls.

Might your beach towel have a tag saying what it's made of?
Mine just says cotton.
I used to have a nice light beach towel with a lovely design, but it
suddenly became useless and I'm wondering might conditioner have done
that, or the occassional contact with massage oils or sun protection
products.

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I once heard that it is best not to use conditioner when washing
towels. Apparantly, the use of conditioner in the wash reduces the
towel's ability to absorb water. That in turn means that you can't
really dry yourself with it and only really end up moving water around
your body.

Has anyone found this to be true?

Also, I notice my towels tend to be 100% cotton. Are there other
materials or composition of materials that make a good towel.

I use one of those synthetic shammy things to dump the bulk of the water,
and my 100% cotton ;-) towel to "finish off".
The shammy can be wrung out leaving it almost dry. Saves trying to dry the
main towel.
I'm a single bloke - I don't understand "fabric conditioner"!

a.c. said:

me said:

I don't know about the conditioner, I only wash my towls a couple

times

Quoted message said:

a season...
Cotton's pretty good but it takes awhile to dry if you have a locker.
I just use beach towls.

Might your beach towel have a tag saying what it's made of?
Mine just says cotton.
I used to have a nice light beach towel with a lovely design, but it
suddenly became useless and I'm wondering might conditioner have done
that, or the occassional contact with massage oils or sun protection
products.

The massage oil is the likilier culprit. I would go with Dophin Boy's
suggestion below--you can't beat a sammy or synthetic chamois.
Madelaine