Kitchen Towels
7 April 2010- With
a whole lot of kitchen towels in different varieties available in the
market, anyone can get tempted to buy those vibrant looking colorful painted
or embroidered kitchen towels and dish towels. However, these types of
embellished towels are good as decorative or as guest towels but when it
comes to dish drying and other kitchen requirements, the best kitchen towels
are those that are the most absorbent towels. Absorbing quality of any towel
depends upon three facts- fiber content of the kitchen towel, its weave and
finishing. Based on these criteria, the best kitchen towels can be
categorized as follows.
Linen Kitchen Towels
Linen dish towels are derived from the most
absorbent natural vegetable fiber- the flax. A kitchen towel made from
linen, or some blend having most part as linen, is a lint free towel and
will not leave any lint, especially on glassware. The flax fiber is
naturally resistant to bacteria and as such linen dish towels are more
suitable to be used in kitchens. A linen kitchen towel, when even damp has
some drying power because linen can absorb upto 20% of its weight in water.
Also linen softens with repeated washings and is more stronger than even
cotton which makes it a durable kitchen towel. However, this is only
possible when linen dish towels are dried completely before storing in the
cupboard as they are vulnerable to mildew.
Cotton Kitchen Towels
Cotton is also one of the best kitchen
towels due to its high absorbent power and strength. Cotton towels can soak
up spills very efficiently. They don't even wrinkle easily as the linen
kitchen towels do. The best combination for kitchen towels may be such-
linen dish towels for drying dishes and cotton kitchen towels for drying
hands.
Flour Sack Towels
Flour Sack Towels
Flour Sack Towels
A flour sack towel is oversized fine quality cotton towel placed in the list
of best kitchen towels due to its many qualities. As mentioned earlier, the
absorbing power of kitchen towels also depends upon their finishing and as
flour sack towel are made without dyes or chlorine bleach, they become one
of the best kitchen towels available. They are lint free, soft and the most
absorbent towels. They can not only be used for drying dishes but also for
cleaning glasses and polishing china ware.
As far as best kitchen towels based on fabric weaves are concerned, those
towels which have the maximum surface area, are the most absorbent towels.
For example, cotton and linen fibers woven in dobby pattern or the rough
crash woven blend of linen, cotton and rayon (rayon derived from wood pulp
dry dishes fast). Kitchen towels made from fabrics with damask, terry, twill
and waffle weaves can also be called best kitchen towels due to their
absorbing power.
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