At what point do you get rid of your towels?

I try to get rid of the towels when they thin or develop holes. I typically use those towels as rags...occasionally I will find the worn out towels have migrated back in circulation.

towels nearing the end of their life cycle in my house are put into use as either scrubbing material, dog-washing/drying usage, inside of the car cleaner, etc. then, when they are so dirty/greasy or finally just TOOO holey, they go in the garbage can....

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Towels that were either never very good, or that have frayed so much at the ends they're trailing threads, get replaced. They're used as rags, or for gun cleaning, when they get really gross. Sometimes, they just get claimed for other causes. One nice but oddly colored towel we got as a wedding present got claimed by my cat. He just became very attached to it, and it didn't match anything, so I folded it up and put it in his bed. This is my second post in a row about him and towels, oddly enough.

I give them to my mom for packing her pottery for when she travels for art fairs.

I find that if I buy really nice towels, they last forever... so we don't go through very many as a result.

I normally wait until the towels get holes or start fraying before I depart with them. But I normally take them then to our local animal shelter and donate them, they are always in short supply. So you might want to check with your shelter before just throwing them away. The only thing that they require is that you wash them before dropping them off.

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Usually towels end up as rags around here. My DH or my dad will use them til they dissolve LOL If I have a nice matched set I am simply tired of, I might sell it at a garage sale but normally, they go into the "rag bag" in the garage

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I remember looking at one of my towels thinking, "wow, this towel is frayed, and I haven't had it very long."....then I remembered I got it as a shower gift.....over 20 years ago....
Now it's been 33 years, I still have that towel, but I use it for when I am coloring my hair.
Many of the others have ended up in the garage to catch spills or wipe down a wet car or motorcycle.

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IN my linen closet I have 2 towels that are nice heavy towels, not worn out , not faded and no holes or signs of wear
EXCEPT
Both towels have one side that the edge frayed.
Did this when they were newish. I should have taken them back and complained!:

They still look new until you see the edges. So why are they still in my closet??

I toss them when I can see through them. lol

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At the first sign of holes or lots of fraying they go to DH to carry to the shop.

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i use mine till the just done hold together anymore...lol

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When they start to fray badly along the edges and develop tiny holes near the hems, I put them in the rag bin and use them as rags until there is more hole than towel left. That's when I throw them out.

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We have a lot of towels, so I usually get tired of them before they "wear out", or I remodel the bathroom, and they don't "go" with the new color. They are often still in good shape when I tire of them, so they get donated somewhere. I only use white towels for rags (not sure why, but, that's what I do).

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I don't think I've worn any of my towels to the point of throwing them out. The ones with holes and frays I use to color my hair. None of mine are that bad.

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Please check with your local animal shelters , SPCA, etc. they are always in need of towels. Remember our furry friends!!!

I get new towels whenever I'm having overnight company ;-) We recycle the old ones for rags and send some (as well as old sheets and raggedy blankets/comforters) to our local no-kill shelter.
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Your suppose to toss them? I think ours just vanish inside the closet when their ready to pass onto the next life :-)

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NEVER!!! LOL. When they are too stained or worn for the bathroom they either go to the kitchen to be folded for in front of the sink for when I wash dishes to prevent flooding or they become rags or they go to the free box. The only way I would throw away a towel new or old fresh or worn is if it picked up poop or blood or some such grossity.

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I get new ones when they go 75% off. I take the old ones to the humane society,they need them bad

i take some to our vet for inhouse animals that stay after hours form surgeries etc or i cut them up for car wash cleaning etc.
ive also cut up old beach towels and made them into barbie sized for DD

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