Various towels have entered our lives for a long time and for a long time. This is a constant and unchanging attribute of personal hygiene, which is needed every day, and which is difficult to do without. Towels are kitchen, massage, bath and for certain parts of the body - face, hands and feet.
Is it really necessary?
The need to have a special foot towel, perhaps more often than others, causes bewilderment of our compatriots. Why is it needed? Do other types of towels perform its function? Why allocate a separate one for the legs? It is worth considering the answer to this somewhat difficult question in more detail.
Good reasons to have a foot towel
From the point of view of hygiene, it should be for individual use. As prescribed by sanitary standards, each family member is supposed to have at least five of them: for the face, hands, body, intimate hygiene and feet.
You can throw a foot towel on the floor and dry your feet. When the rug in the bathroom does not absorb moisture, and you do not want to wet it, it will also help out. And for people with skindiseases, this terry helper is absolutely necessary. Be sure to dry your feet with a separate towel and wash it regularly, much more often than others. So, the obvious reasons for purchasing this home textile item are:
- Comfort. It's so nice after a shower to stand with wet clean feet on a dry soft pile
- Safety. The foot towel is non-slip and will protect against falls and injuries.
- Hygiene. It is much more correct and safer to use individual items.
And, of course, a foot towel is an essential attribute of any bath or sauna. Hotel rooms are necessarily equipped with them. Even well-known hotels pay special attention to the issue of towels, because the number of stars also regulates the number of these accessories.
Key Features
Choosing the right towel is a science. The main characteristic is the size of the foot towel. Most often, they acquire small, standard sizes of 50 x 70 cm or 50 x 100 cm. The raw materials used in the production must be natural. For example, cotton, linen, bamboo. Bamboo fiber towels are highly absorbent and silky to the touch. They will also have an antibacterial property, albeit a slight one.
Made of linen and cotton terry fabric has a massage and lifting effect. There are also towels made from organic cotton, the so-called hydrocotton. The textile industry does not stand still, creating every yearall new materials and improving the quality of existing ones.
Be extra careful when evaluating the lint of your foot towel. The average pile height of 5 mm will provide the product with high absorbency, it will remain soft for a long time and will not tear. It is necessary to pay attention to such an indicator as density. It reflects the rate of moisture absorption and elasticity. The higher the density, the more water it will absorb. Terry products weighing less than 300 g/m2 will go to waste too soon. The best option is 600 g/m2.
Design Solutions
Appearance is very important to many, and despite all the arguments is decisive. This cannot be argued with. A foot towel should fit into the interior of the bathroom, be combined with existing ones and, in the end, bring aesthetic pleasure. When buying, you need to carefully study the label: country of origin, composition, density. Touch it to the touch, examine the quality of the pile and appearance. There are no trifles in the matter of choice. Good, high-quality products will serve a person for more than one year.
Terry towels are one of the components of the textile bathroom interior. Change the towels and you can change the bathroom at no extra cost. There are never too many towels in the house. With and without borders, with satin inserts, embroidery, bright, colorful and calm, pastel colors, just snow-white - the variety is amazing. Choice of towelsdetermined by the taste and visual preferences of each person. One caveat - for colored towels, it is important that the coloring is durable, otherwise the joy of buying will be short-lived, literally until the first wash.
The most common pattern
Towels for feet should be different from the rest not only in size (it can just match), but also in design. Due to the specifics of the application, it cannot be confused. It is important. A very common design is a foot towel with legs. Most often, footprints are depicted. It's easy to understand and beautiful. This drawing is done using a multi-level terry. Usually this technique is used on monochrome towels. The "legs" made with a thread of a different color also look beautiful. Children especially like the multi-colored footprints.
Washing rules
Because of the accumulation of bacteria on the surface of towels under conditions of high humidity and high temperature, which are usually present in the bathroom, it is vital to change them regularly. Are there generally accepted rules for this? Hygienists recommend washing your foot towels after three uses. If you have skin problems, this number should be reduced to two. If an unpleasant odor appears, even after the first use, they are sent to the laundry immediately. The very same washing of terry towels for the feet should be done at a temperature not lower than 60 degrees. It is recommended to use capsules, not powder, and adjust the spin to 600 rpm - all thiswill prevent the appearance of excessive stiffness of the fabric.
