Buying Luxury Kitchen Linen
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Types of Kitchen Linens
Tea Towels: Tea towels can vary in size, material and colour. Their function is to dry dishes quickly and effectively and polish glassware to a high sheen. They’re absorbent, hardwearing and can be coordinated to match your kitchen interior.
Polishing Cloths: Polishing cloths are traditionally used to dust wooden surfaces and bring out the shine in jewellery, furniture and kitchenware. They are often made from a soft cotton which will prevent smudging and watermarks without the need for rigorous rubbing or swabbing.
Cleaning Cloths: Cleaning cloths include everything from dishcloths and floor cloths to window scrims. Their purpose is to clean dishes and kitchenware, any surfaces in the kitchen, appliances, windows and floors.
Everything you need to know about Tea Towels
There are two materials used in tea towels; cotton and linen. Many traditional tea towels are made from linen as they don't leave any lint whilst being used. This means that they do not produce fluff after constant use, dry quickly and absorb moisture instantly. The soft fibres in linen mean that delicate kitchenware or fine china can be cleaned without the risk of damage.
More recently, cotton has become the preferred fabric of many tea towels of today. Cotton tea towels are incredibly absorbent and cotton which uses a terry-cloth looped weave creates larger fabric loops within the towels to absorb large quantities of water whilst keeping them strong and durable.
Just like any towel, tea towels still require washing to remove stains and prevent a build-up of bacteria. Immediately after purchasing, we recommend soaking your tea towels in warm water, this will remove any excess oil left over from the manufacturing process and activate the absorbency. If you have coloured tea towel, wash independently of other items to avoid the colours running.
Avoid fabric conditioner and instead use detergent when washing your tea towel to retain your towels absorbency for longer. Using fabric conditioner or fabric softener leaves an oily coating on the towel which becomes water-resistant and makes your towel less absorbent.
When drying your tea towels, avoid the use of a dryer as the more delicate fabric which is used in tea towels could deteriorate much quicker. Instead, hang your tea towels to dry on a washing line or clothes horse. They shouldn’t take too long to dry as they are smaller and thinner than other towels.
Tea towels can be displayed in a number of ways, either neatly folded over oven door handles or hung on a dedicated hook to add a splash of decorative colour which complements the overall kitchen interior or simply folded away and stored neatly in a kitchen drawer if they offer a more functional purpose.
Luxury Kitchen Linen Fabrics
Cotton Twill: Cotton twill is a variation of cotton and is often used in polishing cloths as the twill weave makes them noticeably stronger and less likely to discolour than conventional dusting cloths. The reduced number of interlacings within the twill weave allows the yarns to move more easily for a faster, more efficient dusting motion.
Unbleached Cotton: Unbleached cotton threads retain their natural oils and remain incredibly durable use after use. However, unbleached cotton requires around 2-3 washes for the cloths to activate their maximum absorbency.
100% Linen: A great fabric for cleaning cloths, linen is strong and durable, leaves no fluff, marks or residue and it doesn't retain grease or smells. If cared for properly, it lasts for over four months on average, keeping its shape and colour even with tough wear and tear and frequent machine washing.
Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you've already heard of microfiber and how its tiny fibers create superior cleaning results. Unfortunately, most people's education on microfiber ends with surface-level knowledge, leaving them completely unequipped to buy microfiber correctly in today’s vast microfiber market full of thousands of options.
As a result, too many people buy a subpar quality microfiber or microfiber designed for the wrong task or overpay for overhyped average microfiber that preys on people's lack of technical knowledge.
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As a professional cleaning expert with over 20 years in the industry who has tested literally thousands of cleaning products, it breaks my heart to see people wasting their hard-earned money and not getting the incredible results they should be getting from the right microfiber towels.
Thus, I am here to right this wrong, quickly level up your knowledge on what to look for in microfiber towels, and reveal what types of towels are best for the most popular cleaning tasks. If you give me four minutes, I’ll equip you with the knowledge to confidently buy the right types of towels at the right quality for truly transformative results.
So, I’ve written a multiple-page article on the science of Microfiber, but I want to get you to the meat of this article, where I explain which towels do what, so this is the quick reader’s digest! Long story short, microfiber outperforms any other cleaning fabric because it is made with super tiny fibers that vastly increase the surface area (over 10x more than cotton), so inch per inch it has way more room to hold dirt and liquid.
High-quality microfiber goes further, making the fibers even thinner and shredding the sides of the strands, creating even more surface area and, most importantly, friction, which traps dirt and germs and won’t let them escape.
The net-net is that high-quality microfiber can hold 99.54% of dirt and bacteria vs. cotton’s embarrassing 67% and won’t redeposit dirt like cotton does. It also lasts over 300 washes versus cotton’s abysmal 30 washes.
The most condemning of all, EPA testing has shown microfiber to reduce labor by a minimum of 20%, which equals 50 fewer hours of cleaning a year even for just the average home consumer, never mind professional cleaners! All these stats were generated with average microfiber, so premium quality towels like Microfiber Wholesale only go up from here!
Speaking of premium towels, let’s take a quick moment to ensure you’re getting what you pay for when investing in microfiber. The biggest differences between bargain and quality microfiber are fiber thinness, stand splitting, towel density, weave quality, and sewing workmanship.
Simply put, premium products will be made with finer strands, shredded to create more dirt-locking friction, with more fibers per square inch, better weaving patterns, and stronger sewn edges, all to create a more durable towel that holds more dirt tighter than their bargain counterparts.
Finer strand towels with higher density (measured in grams of microfiber per square meter = GSM) have way more surface area so that they can grab and trap more dirt with each pass. This increase in grabbing and trapping power makes every movement more effective so that you can clean faster with better results.
High-quality weaving and edging ensure the towels retain their threads and shape far longer through way more washes than bargain towels. For example, Microfiber Wholesale got lab testing to prove our towels retained over 87% of their original performance after 250 washes with ZERO visible wear & tear!
Thanks to the surge in microfiber's popularity paired with the lack of education, the market has sadly become a breeding ground for deceitful practices and cleaning con artists.
Bargain Basement Barkers are those who lure in customers with unbeatable prices, only to end up costing them more money long term. They cut prices by stripping out performance, using the thickest fibers, airiest weave, and shoddiest sewing they can legally get away with, so you have to use double the towels that last half as long for mediocre results at best.
Half-Science Hucksters play a different game. They produce decent quality microfiber, but they cloak their products in half-truths and pseudo-scientific jargon, pretending their standard high-quality towels are uniquely revolutionary, and thus swindling consumers into paying as much as ten times more for the same quality towels they could get elsewhere.
Both types of cleaning charlatans exploit the same general lack of understanding surrounding microfiber in different ways. It's vital to stay vigilant, informed, and cynical, making sure you read the details of any product that seems too good or too cheap to be true, ensuring you don’t become a victim of these predatory practices.
This is the part you’ve been waiting for! Once you've found a well made towel, you're only half done, as different weave and knit patterns drastically change how microfiber works on different surfaces. For example terry loop knit, with its fluffy bath towel like loops, helps microfiber glide over smooth and uneven surfaces with less friction and capture more dust, making it perfect for general dusting.
On the opposite side, waffle weave’s flatter pattern and deep pocket divets create more friction and scooping action, making it perfect to scrub dirty stovetops and scoop up sticky, slimy kitchen and bathroom messes like food and soap scum.
Most likely, you just discovered several towel types you never heard of before and wish you had an excuse to buy all of them, even just to try them for fun! You also probably read a few descriptions and thought, “THIS is the towel I’ve been searching for!!”
The good news is you can solve both those urges affordably at the same time! First, add the towels you know you’ll love into your cart, and then add a Variety Pack to your order! Our Variety Pack lets you try all the most-popular weaves: Multisurface, Glass, Waffle, Economy, and Dish Scrubbing, all for under $15.
You're bound to find your next favorite along with several first runner-ups, so load up on a sampling of all our best towels today!
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