Can I share bath towels with others? Is it better to buy cotton or microfiber bath towels?

Generally, personal belongings are not shared with others, but is this bath towel considered a personal belonging? Can a bath towel be shared with others?

Can I share bath towels with others?

Bath towels cannot be used with others because everyone's situation is different. Bath towels may touch private parts. If two people use one bath towel, it may cause cross-infection and cause various skin diseases. Even if you are the closest to someone, you should not share a bath towel.

Is it better to buy cotton or microfiber bath towels?

The difference between cotton towels and microfiber towels in water absorption

Cotton towels and microfiber towels are two completely different areas of water absorption.

Cotton itself is very absorbent and will be contaminated with a layer of oily substance during the process of being made into towels. Pure cotton towels do not absorb much water when they are first used. After being used three or four times, the oily substance decreases and the towels become more and more absorbent.

Microfiber towels are just the opposite. They have a great water absorption effect in the early stage, but as time goes by, the fibers harden and become brittle, and their water absorption performance begins to decrease. In other words, the more you use a cotton towel, the more it absorbs water, while the more you use a microfiber towel, the less it absorbs water. Of course, a high-quality microfiber towel can continue to absorb water for at least half a year.

The material of microfiber towel is 80% polyester + 20% nylon, and the durability of its water absorption performance depends entirely on the nylon content. However, since nylon is nearly 10,000 yuan more expensive than polyester in the market, many businesses reduce the nylon content in order to save costs, and even use 100% pure polyester towels to pretend that they are microfiber towels. Such towels have the same water absorption effect in the early stage, but their water absorption time is no more than one month. Therefore, you must choose the right towel for yourself.

How to disinfect bath towels

1: Towel disinfection method - ultra-temperature disinfection

The over-temperature disinfection method is to use a digital microcomputer controller to control the temperature and high temperature dry heat to oxidize microorganisms, denature proteins, and cause poisoning due to dielectric concentration. Among them, the peroxidation destroys the cell protoplasm and kills the microorganisms, thereby killing all microorganisms within a certain heating time. This towel disinfection method is called over-temperature disinfection.

2: Towel disinfection method - chemical disinfection method

Chemical disinfection is also a commonly used method. It uses chemical disinfectants. The disinfectant can be a 200-fold diluted cleaning disinfectant or 0.1% chlorhexidine. Soak the towel in the solution for more than 15 minutes, then take out the towel and wash it with clean water, then remove the residual disinfectant, and dry it before use.

Three: Towel disinfection method - ultraviolet disinfection

Ultraviolet disinfection is very strong. The ultraviolet lamps used for disinfection are 15W, 20W, 30W, etc. The life of the lamp is generally 3000-4000 hours. If it exceeds this time limit, the effect will be unreliable. Ultraviolet rays themselves have a sterilizing effect on general bacteria and viruses. When disinfecting contaminated surfaces, the lamp tube should not be more than 1m away from the surface, and the area around the lamp tube is 1.5-2cm. The effective disinfection range is 1-2 hours.

Four: Towel disinfection method - high pressure steam

High-pressure steam sterilization is a method commonly used in hospitals. It is also a reliable, economical and rapid sterilization method. There is no residual toxin after sterilization. The sterilization time is 30 minutes at 121°C and 20 minutes at 126°C. The general pressure is 1kg/cm2. The disinfection effect can be achieved in 20 to 30 minutes.

What color bath towel should I buy?

Generally speaking, low-end towels have chemical dyes added to varying degrees during the production process, which is very harmful to the skin. In particular, the more dyes are added to towels with bright colors and complex patterns, the worse the color fastness. In this way, the dyes are easily transferred to the skin, causing rashes and erythema, and forming contact dermatitis. In addition, dark-colored towels take a long time to dye and cause great damage to the fibers, so they are not as durable as light-colored ones.