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| Room To Grow |
Posted - Feb 03 2010 : 6:25:14 PM
Hello, does anyone know how to make or what to use to soften your laundry?
Thanks
Deborah
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| gspringman |
Posted - Mar 23 2010 : 11:34:30 AM
I use 1 cup baking soda, 6 cups vinegar, 8 cups distilled water(I use my well water) 10-15 drops of essential oil (I use fresh linen). In large pot in kitchen sink put in backing soda and slowly add hot distilled water until dissolved. Gradually add vinegar a little at a time (it will rise quickly), then add essential oil. Pour 1 cup at a time into a gallon bottle and cap. I use an old clorox glass bottle which works great. This stuff really works!
Gail
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| mrsamy |
Posted - Mar 02 2010 : 12:36:01 PM
Vinegar is wonderful in the wash because it removes any residues left behind by your detergent (especially handy if you're still tweaking your homemade detergent recipe to suit your water hardness). If you want to get rid of a lot of static cling in a dryer toss a lightly wadded up ball of aluminum foil in the dryer. It discharges the static caused by the fabrics rubbing across each other in the drum. You can reuse it many times. It also helps if you take your things out before they are completely dry and hang them up. That even helps cut down on any ironing you may do.
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| chaddsgirl |
Posted - Feb 09 2010 : 10:50:36 AM
Patricia, I have to say no, it does not help with static cling that much. I don't have a clothes line right now and our house is too small for me to hang laundry other than over the bathtubs, so I do use dryer sheets in the winter time to help with the static cling.
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| BeckyB |
Posted - Feb 09 2010 : 09:33:25 AM
Hello! Thanks so much for the laundry softener tips. I make my own laundry soap and was looking for a fabric softener recipe. I especially love lavender! |
| 2quilter |
Posted - Feb 05 2010 : 12:08:44 PM
does the vinegar help with static cling?
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| chaddsgirl |
Posted - Feb 05 2010 : 06:36:50 AM
And I just use white vinegar. I put about 1/2 a cup in the rinse cycle for each load. The vinegar smell dissipates when the clothes dry so don't worry about smelling like vinegar all the time. :) Works great, it's green and it's CHEAP!!!
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| coffeemom |
Posted - Feb 04 2010 : 7:36:41 PM
one quart of white vinegar, one cup of dried lavender, and 5 drops of lavender essential oil. Let it sit in a jar for about five days and use it like any other softener. I use mine in my Downey Ball.
Always keep a batch going while one is in use and you won't run out.
Good luck.
Melody |
