Bamboo Towels
Towels
A towel is a piece of absorbent cloth used for wiping or drying, whether to dry yourself or something else. The material draws moisture away from the body through contact, otherwise known as wicking (the flow of liquids through porous material). Bath towels are generally woven with a loop or pile for absorbency. Usually this involves the use of a dobby loom. Dobby is short for ‘draw boy’, which refers to the weaver’s helpers who used to control the warp thread by pulling on draw threads.
Bath towels are generally produced in single colours, although some are decorated with embroidery. The reason for not printing designs on towels is that towels are exposed to a lot of water and would probably not retain their patterns very long.
Traditionally produced towels are made from cotton or a blend of cotton and polyester. The raw material is spun into yarn, coated (with products such as PVA starch and wax), woven into fabric, bleached, dyed, hemmed and labeled. All towels are bleached white before it they are dyed, using chemicals such as hydrogen peroxide, caustic defoamers and so on. The wet linen is subjected to high temperatures to create a chemical reaction, then it is washed a couple of times to rinse out all the chemicals. This process not only creates toxic byproducts as waste and uses huge amounts of water, but also leaves you exposed to toxic chemicals.
Bamboo Towels
Towels made from bamboo fibre are more environmentally friendly than traditionally made towels. Not only are they made from a highly sustainable and renewable resource that is naturally antifungal and antibacterial, but they are not treated with toxic chemicals such as bleach.
Bamboo towels are highly absorbent, silky smooth in texture, breathable, odor resistant and hypoallergenic. They are extremely durable because the pulp fibre is extracted naturally through steaming and boiling, not chemical processing, so its special structure is retained as are all its incredible properties.
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