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"  Do you find in this warm, humid weather that your beach or bath towels develop a musty, mildewy odor? Here&amp;#039;s how to get rid of it and to keep it from coming back. Wash the offensive towels by themselves using the hottest water that&amp;#039;s safe for the fabric and add a couple of tablespoons of baking soda to both the wash and rinse cycles. Run another rinse cycle to make sure all the baking soda is gone. Avoid adding fabric softener to the rinse water, as it can help to trap the smell in the towels. For future reference: Adding too much detergent can promote odors. Soap&amp;#039;s job is to catch dirt, but if all the detergent doesn&amp;#039;t get rinsed out, the dirt and smells will remain, too. If this is the case, you can strip the towels of the residual detergent and fabric softener by washing them with 1/2 cup of ammonia and 1 cup of Calgon Water Softener. Be sure to dry the towels immediately. If you follow all the advice above and your towels still smell funky, it&amp;#039;s possible that bacteria in your washer is the source of the problem. Next step: See my post on how to clean a washing machine. If you&amp;#039;re interested in buying new towels, check out the Good Housekeeping Research Institute&amp;#039;s latest report on bath towels. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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