Do-it-yourself Fabric Softener For Washing Machine And Hand Washing, Including Based On Vinegar, Soda, Borax And Other Means, Reviews

2024 Author: Bailey Albertson | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 12:53

How to make your own fabric softener

Although fabric softeners are relatively recent, we quickly got used to their presence on store shelves. Some housewives do not start washing when their favorite product runs out. But you can cook it yourself. How effective home conditioners are and what ingredients will be needed to prepare them, let's figure it out.

Content

• 1 Why make fabric softeners yourself

• 2 Recipes for homemade fabric softeners

  • 2.1 With acetic acid
  • 2.2 With hair conditioner

  • 2.3 With baking soda

    2.3.1 Video: vinegar-soda conditioner for rinsing linen

  • 2.4 With brown

  • 2.5 With essential oils

    2.5.1 Video: rinse with essential oil and salt

• 3 Video: Elena Malysheva about fabric conditioners at home
• 4 Alternative to store and homemade fabric softeners
• 5 Reviews about self-preparation of air conditioners and their use

Why make fabric conditioners yourself

In shop conditioners, the desired effect can be achieved by chemicals, a significant part of which - over 90% - can cause a strong allergic reaction in humans.

After rinsing with conditioner, the laundry smells better and is ironed better

Homemade rinses have a number of advantages over them:

• do not cause allergies;
• safe to use for adults and children;
• are cheaper.

Homemade fabric softener recipes

Making a fabric softener at home takes a little time and ingredients that are easy to find in any household.

With acetic acid

This option is suitable for natural wool items. The vinegar will give the conditioner antibacterial properties and will wash away the remaining detergent from the fabric. Towels absorb water better after using vinegar. Attention: it is forbidden to combine vinegar and whiteness, so that poisonous fumes do not burn the mucous membrane when washing by hand.

Terms of use:

1. Wash your laundry in a convenient way.
2. Before rinsing, add 220–250 ml of vinegar (9%) to the special compartment of the washing machine or to a bowl of water. If the laundry is not enough or it is multi-colored, then half the dose is enough.
3. Hang the rinsed items out in the fresh air to help the vinegar smell disappear.

Pouring a lot of vinegar is not worth it so that the acid does not ruin things. The specified amount is sufficient.

Alternatively, you can use apple cider vinegar instead of regular grape vinegar for a fruity flavor.

With hair conditioner

Hair emollient is not a safe ingredient because it contains chemicals that can cause allergies. To rinse baby clothes, you need to select another version of the home conditioner.

The recipe using hair balm is popular with housewives:

1. Mix the ingredients:

   • room temperature water - 1.5 l;
   • hair conditioner - 0.5 l (1 bottle);
   • vinegar (9%) - 0.75 l.
2. Add half a glass of homemade fabric softener with each wash.

Hair conditioner will add fragrance to washed items

With baking soda

The cleansing properties of sodium bicarbonate (soda) work well with washing powder - the laundry becomes soft. To do this, add half a glass of baking soda to the conditioner compartment and turn on the rinse mode. You can add essential oil.

Soda, like all alkalis, softens water, so things are washed better.

Video: vinegar-soda conditioner for rinsing linen

With brown

White water-soluble borax crystals are also called borax. It softens hard water, making stains easier to remove. Clothes for summer cottages and other old things will become softer after rinsing with brown, and they will also get rid of dust mites, fungus and mold. Borax also removes unpleasant odors.

How to use:

1. Pour 150 g of borax into a glass of water and stir. You cannot exceed the recommended amount - excess can be poorly rinsed out and cause rashes on the skin when wearing things.
2. Rinse laundry with borax solution. The entire amount must be used at one time.

Sodium tetraborate - borax - has antiseptic properties

With essential oils

Scented plant extracts give a scent to washed items. Essential oils can be added to any of the recipes above, or you can try the following.

Recipe number 1:

1. Take a container with a screw cap for convenience.
2. Pour 1 liter of table vinegar into it.
3. Add 4-5 drops of your favorite essential oil and stir.
4. Close the container well.

If the drum of the washing machine is full, add 250 ml (1 cup) of fabric softener while rinsing. If not fully loaded, halve the dosage. You can store a homemade product no longer than a week and hermetically sealed.

When choosing an essential oil, consult with your household about the smell that will suit everyone

Recipe number 2:

1. Prepare a container and pour 4 full glasses of table salt into it.
2. Knead the lumps, you can use your hands, and if they are hard, then with a spoon.
3. Mix salt and essential oil thoroughly (20 drops).
4. Keep the air conditioner sealed. Be sure in a cool dry place.
5. Place 3-4 tablespoons of flavored salt in the washing machine for rinsing.

The number of drops of essential oil, according to individual preferences, can be changed by 3-5 up or down.

Salt works better on fresh stains than old stains

Video: rinse with essential oil and salt

Since we had to move to another country, we live in the same apartment with my sister's family, and Anya is an allergic person. The question arose of how to wash clothes for six people without the risk of negative reactions. The choice fell on baby powder, which Anka had tried many times. The purchased air conditioners were immediately abandoned, and the vinegar did not fit due to the lack of a balcony for ventilation. We soften the water with baking soda, and for extra whiteness, add half a bag of citric acid when rinsing.

Video: Elena Malysheva about fabric conditioners at home

Alternative to store and homemade fabric softeners

For housewives who do not want to use either store or home-made air conditioners, they can be replaced with ordinary tennis balls. They are made of rubber rubber, suitable for washing even baby clothes. The balls whip the laundry as the drum rotates, making it more pleasant to the touch. It is enough to place 4–5 tennis balls on the washed items and turn on the rinse mode. The balls will not harm the mechanism of the washing machine.

For washing large items like a winter jacket or down jacket, tennis balls are ideal.

Tennis balls will knock powder and grime out of the fibers, and dry items will not shock when worn. The only drawback of this method can be considered the inability of the balls to give a pleasant smell to the laundry when rinsing. However, adding essential oils directly to the water will easily solve this problem.

Reviews on self-preparation of air conditioners and their use

Homemade rinses have the same properties as purchased ones. If you follow the correct dosages, they are safer to use. A variety of recipes makes it possible to make fabric softener from improvised ingredients.