Cloth curtains can be washed in the washing machine as well, using a similar process. Rapinchuk also notes that she’ll throw bath towels in with her cloth curtain to help keep it from clumping together. If your curtain has tough stains, you can also add baking soda and vinegar into the mix: Run the machine with equal parts detergent and baking soda to start. Then, right before the rinse cycle, add in a cup of white or apple cider vinegar.
Once your curtain is washed, you can either hang dry it or run it through the dryer on no heat, which is what Rapinchuk likes to do. Always be sure to check the care label though, as some heavier materials may need extra time in the dryer to dry completely.
And if you don’t have a machine, the same hand washing process for plastic liners should work for cloth curtains, too.