They’re really soft, and only once have I noticed any amount of static cling on any of them. I’ve done 5 loads of laundry since then, and our clothes have never smelled … nothinger. Simple, Nontoxic Fabric Softener/Freshener Why not put the vinegar in the spray bottle? And spray the wet laundry? WHY NOT? Not a good solution for the disorganized.Īs I was spraying out the oven last week, the freakin’ da Vinci stroke of genius hit me. I have no idea.Įither way, when we were moving last week, I realized I hadn’t used them in months. I’d just throw one or two of them in the dryer with the wet clothes and pretend they were reusable dryer sheets. So I had this jar full of old, cut-up pieces of cotton pillowcase that I’d leave soaking in vinegar and an essential oil. Until a week ago, I had no line-drying option. (I’d like to pause for a moment to point out another obvious: The best way to dry your clothes – for yourself, your family, and the environment – is line drying. My laundry’s super clean with this concoction, but it’s not very soft if I don’t use something to help it along. So, before soap nuts (and after until I get more), I was washing my laundry with this recipe for homemade laundry detergent.īasically, it’s 2 cups of finely grated soap (like Ivory, Zote, or Fels Naptha), 1 cup washing soda, and 1 cup borax all mixed together and stirred until clumps are broken up. Homemade Laundry Detergent with Washing Soda Needs Help It’s part and parcel with doing the greasy, oily laundry of a man who works in a kitchen, this unfresh smell. I’m about to order more from Mountain Rose Herbs this week, but until then, I still want soft clothes.Īnd sometimes, even with the soap nuts, the clothes didn’t smell 100% fresh. He loved them they made the laundry super soft, and we never had a problem with static. Soapnuts, though, were a different story. He misses the super-soft smelly mess we all grew up with. By war, I mean, I do laundry the way I want to do it, and he passive-aggressively sits stoically when I say it’s better this way. Party’s over.Īnymore, synthetic fragrance just bugs me. And here’s one from Scientific American about why and how you should avoid dryer sheets/fabric softener. Why? Here’s an article from Natural News about some of the untoward effects of synthetic fragrance. In fact, I do everything under the sun to stay away from synthetic fragrance as much as possible these days. I haven’t bought dryer sheets in years, nor have I used fabric softener. Chemicals that touch your skin and get inhaled through your nose and probably set up tents on your buttocks and throw wild, skin-trashing parties. For you, for your kids, and for the environment.īut they make for soft, cuddly-teddy smelling, mushy clothes.Įxcept they have dozens of cancer-causing chemicals in them. In this super-fast connected incredibly high-tech day and age, we all know that dryer sheets are bad, right?
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