FAQs
- What is Turkish Cotton?
- Turkish Cotton is premium cotton that has extra long fibers. Using longer fiber cotton in spinning yarn means fewer joins. Fewer joins results in stronger and smoother cotton threads.
- Turkish Cotton is long fiber cotton and is grown in the small but productive Aegean Region.
- Turkish Cotton becomes even softer, fluffier, and more absorbent with successive washings.
- How does Turkish Cotton compare to Egyptian Cotton?
- Egyptian Cotton is known for its absorbency, which is especially suited for apparel and sheets. However, in towels too much absorbency means that a towel remains wet long after use. Also, towels that are too absorbent tend to become wet in humid climates all by themselves.
- Turkish Cotton provides the perfect balance between absorbency and softness which makes it the best cotton to be used in towels.
- Turkish Cotton, when used in towels, provides maximum absorbency and efficient drying.
- What makes The Turkish Towel Companies’ towels better than others?
- The Turkish Towel Company products are all made in the legendary towel producing town of Denizli, Turkey, the world’s largest center for woven terry production.
- All of The Turkish Towel Company’s products are woven in our modern production facility by Swiss made computer controlled weaving equipment.
- Each and every towel we provide is inspected three times to ensure the perfect towel:
- After weaving
- After dyeing
- After stitching
- Particular attention is paid to the stitching and finishing of all products. All our towels are double-stitched along the lengths to avoid fraying and for added stability.
- While a Turkish towel may cost more initially, in the long run it costs a lot less as it will easily outlast towels of inferior quality.
- What are the advantages to buying white towels versus color towels?
- Nothing provides the classic bathroom ambiance more than when it is fully stocked with fluffy white towels.
- White never goes out of style.
- White takes the strongest laundering.
- White never fades.
- White can be bleached.
- White can be washed with all other white linens.
- Do not have to keep away from bathroom cleaners that contain bleach.
- Matching dye lots when re-ordering is not a problem.
- Can easily be re-ordered and do not have to worry about being discontinued
- What is the best way to care for towels?
- Washing:
- Exposed to oil, soil, and germs; wash towels in cold water with laundry detergent. If the towels are white, they should occasionally be washed with chlorine bleach.
- Cotton is a natural fiber and new towels will shed some loose fibers.
- Avoid fabric softeners—they contain silicon that will make the towels water repellent.
Drying:
While tumble drying will make the towel fluffy, do not overdo, as the heat from the dryer can damage the integrity of the cotton. We recommend using a lower heat setting occasionally or alternate between air and heat drying.
Absorbency:
To maximize the absorbency of a towel, add a cup of white vinegar to the rinse cycle, once a month, to restore the towel to full absorbency. The vinegar removes any excess detergent, which can affect the towels’ absorbency.
Pulled Threads:
As all our towels are woven, a pulled loop will not unravel the towel. If you catch the towel and pull a loop, cut off the pulled loop with a pair of scissors.
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