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 Post subject: Dish towels
PostPosted: Sun Apr 08, 2012 5:45 am 
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I love big heavy-weight cotton dish towels. Yet, most of the stuff I can find locally is either flimsy or ugly.

Can anyone recommend a good towel?

Amy


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 Post subject: Re: Dish towels
PostPosted: Sun Apr 08, 2012 6:07 am 
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I think the big Swiss waffle weave towels are great. Not sure if this is what you mean but I am coming to the US in June and can mail you some if you want.

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PostPosted: Sun Apr 08, 2012 8:23 am 
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I like the waffle weave towels from WS, I know they're overpriced, but haven't found any I like as well for any less. Also like the old-fashioned flour sack towels, but they're hard to find.

Too many are a cotton blend and I hate those.


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 Post subject: Re: Dish towels
PostPosted: Sun Apr 08, 2012 2:09 pm 
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Amy,

TJ's used to have halfway decent woven cotton dish towels. Don't know if they still do. I agree that the waffle-weave towels are nice. Terrycloth, on the other hand, does a poor job on dishes.

Flour sacking and linen towels are superior, but they now are $$$$.

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PostPosted: Sun Apr 08, 2012 3:20 pm 
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TJ's now has the Sham-Wow (tm), only, you know, with the TJ's logo and in lots of different colors.


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PostPosted: Sun Apr 08, 2012 6:24 pm 
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Sam's & Costco have the floursack towels that I love. Pretty cheap, too. Not too keen on the waffle weave towels. I also love the linen towels but they're so pricey. They last for years though.
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PostPosted: Mon Apr 09, 2012 3:45 am 
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There are no TJs, Sam's or Costco anywhere near us, but I'm heading east in about a month and will have access to both TJs and Costco. I'll check out both of them.

Mary, I'd love some Swiss waffle weave towels!

Amy


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 Post subject: Re: Dish towels
PostPosted: Mon Apr 09, 2012 4:14 am 
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Does anyone have experience with bamboo towels?

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PostPosted: Mon Apr 09, 2012 6:49 am 
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I guess the end use should guide the purchase. I dry a lot dishes by hand so the cheap sacking towels are the ones I use daily as I think they do the best job for that. I keep cotten hand towels in the kitchen to dry my hands.

No experience with bamboo towels at all.

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PostPosted: Mon Apr 09, 2012 7:49 am 
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How many do you want? I will check prices this week.

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