how often do you throw away pillows/ face towelsetc?
Posted Apr 17, 2022, 2:48 PM UTC
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We've recently had a trend of people using our white towels to remove makeup and we cannot seem to get that out at all. We even have makeup removal wipes in all bathrooms. So we end up throwing a lot away.
Barring that we replace them and donate the old ones when they start to look old. The edges soften and they can start getting some pilling.
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Invest in a set of black makeup washcloths. Literally embroidered with the word “makeup”. We set them out on the shelf by the sink and it makes it very obvious.
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We have black ones, they are not embroidered though, I'll have to try that. With the makeup wipes and the black washcloths next to them not being enough I just chalk it up to "some people will get it wrong no matter how much you spell it out with crayons".
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True, there is always a margin of error, sometimes due to language limits and sometimes because some guests just don’t read anything or pay attention to rules or signs. But the good news is that you cut the issues way down with solutions like this. It may not be 100% but it’s easily a good 95-98% resolved this way for us.
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I learned about makeup washcloths from out very first guest. I don’t wear makeup and never knew such a thing existed (or was needed). I love how they are clearly marked “MAKEUP” so you can’t miss it. Ordered on Amazon.
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Same. The first time we had guests who ruined our light-colored washcloths (years ago) I was appalled, wondering how guests could be so thoughtless or clueless and wondering why they don’t carry makeup wipes as part of their travel stuff. I wasn’t raised using washcloths this way, so it was confusing as my mum always used makeup cotton pads, so I thought that was they way of it. Hosting really makes us learn about how other people do things in ways we wouldn’t expect.
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Are you able to bleach those as well? It seems to me like you’d have to separate the laundry if you used those right?
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We don’t bleach them, we run them in a separate load. we have a set of six so we just swap out the next pair for the next guests and wait to run a larger load of laundry with darker items. But we clean our unit ourselves as it’s onsite. If you have a cleaning team you could always have them just wash them by hand and hang to dry.
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Put a note up stating white towels are not for make-up removal, you have provided item specifically for this and charge for each towel stained.
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Amazon sells black make up washcloths and it says make up on it- seems like these are used by our guests more than the make up remover wipes.
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All "ruined" linens become "dog linen" and "cleaning rags". Stop using paper towels and start using the stained wash and hand towels to clean, even if you have to use multiples - they all can be thrown in the washer! They are already ruined for guest use, might as well put them to use for you (or your cleaners). We use linens to cover the places our dogs sleep as well as providing them for guests who are traveling with their pooch. If we end up with too many, off to our local vet they go... they need that stuff too for surgery recovery crates ... or to a dog charity.
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As needed but pillows more often than towels so far
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If something is too damaged or stained, animal shelters are another option.
Yep! Most of our discards turn into cozy warm spaces for our kitten fosters.