Soften 'stiff' towels with free laundry hack - no vinegar or baking soda needed

There's one free way to keep your towels soft (Image: Getty) Towels may feel super soft when you first purchase them, but you may find that after a few washes they begin to harden and get scratchy. There are numerous hacks that are said to help soften them while washing - white vinegar, baking soda, fabric softener - but there's something else that may be causing your towels to harden. Overuse of detergent is one reason towels can start feeling rather tough, according to the experts at inthewash.

co.uk . They advised halving the amount of detergent being used, when washing your towels, explaining: "Too much detergent can actually make towels quite stiff and packed full of soapy residue! function loadOvpScript(){let el=document.

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