Linens.....Anyone Else Have High White Linen Waste?

[Heather Loyal]

Morning MTR Community. Linens....who else has trouble with keeping your white linens & bath towels long term? I feel like I have to toss 10% of my white linens and towels after each guest. My cleaners and laundry service seem to not be able to get stains out. I have tried spraying with stain remover, but most times it does nothing. Has anyone overcome this challenge? I am considering supplying my units with darker color bath towels to avoid the need to toss the stained ones. Or are most of you overlooking this issue and reusing them anyway? Any input is appreciated.

[Lauren Kormylo]

I have an STR, and use dark gray towels from Sam's Club. The only problems I've had with them is when a guest washed one with a new white beach towel of their own, and the gray one had white lint all over it that I couldn't get off. And I did have a white sheet that had pink dye or was stained pink from some drink or something. But otherwise, I haven't had much trouble with my cleaners getting stains out of my white sheets. At home I use Spray N Wash Max, let it sit for 10-15 min, and wash. For really tough stains (even old stains), I use OxiClean MaxForce gel stick. Rub it in on both sides, let it sit for as long as you can, up to 7 days, then wash. I had a quilt at my STR that looked like a guest had set a paper plate of french fries down on it, and the oil was all over. The cleaners couldn't get it all out. I tried the OxiClean MaxForce on it, let it sit for 5 days, and it all came out.