These towels feel like luxury, they are thick and tightly woven but still soft. My husband cleaned our grill and wiped his hands with the towel and transferred black grease from the grill onto both towels, I thought for sure they were done for. All it took was a few swipes with a laundry soap bar under cool water and the grease marks were gone, the tight weaving prevented the grease from penetrating. After a quick was my towels looked good as new.