Homemade DIY Fabric Softener
This episode is about crafting your own fabric softener that can have scent that you like. You can use variety of essential oils to make your clothes smell nicer without leaving artificial fragrances on your clothes. Using things you can find at home let's make a fabric softener. Homemade DIY fabric softener.
When you are washing your clothes in the washing machine or washing by hand, using fabric softener can improve the texture of the clothes you are washing. It can preserve the fabric to reduce the wear and tear especially for delicate fabrics such as silk, lace and cashmere.
Your clothes can be left perfumed and feeling soft. Just one scoop of homemade liquid fabric softener can soften a load of clothes. Well-scented clothes can improve your overall feel and look when you put them on.
Making your own fabric softener can not only be a way to flex your creativity muscle but also help you to create more sustainability and greener choices at home by choosing to use natural options instead of fully manufactured products to do your bidding in even as simple things such as fabric rinsing.
DIY Fabric Softener
At home, there are many natural products that you can use to make easy-to-use fabric softeners to help you with laundry on your laundry day. You can use
Salts
White vinegar
Baking soda
Hair conditioner
Essential oils
These natural substances except for hair conditioner can be used to form varieties of fabric softener recipes. Join me in making these simple laundry helper!
Selecting Ingredients
Distilled white vinegar: When it comes to homemade laundry products, you simply can't ignore vinegar. It is good at removing stubborn stains whether be it on clothes, utensils or surfaces. Adding it to your simple fabric softener is going to make your clothes soft and clean.
Baking soda: Also known as sodium bicarbonate, this substance can act as a neutralizing agent when mixed together with vinegar which is acidic in nature. Baking soda can also help to remove stains and soften fabric.
Sea salt: This is another good substance that can be used to make DIY fabric softeners. Find coarse-grained sea salt so that you can easily create dry blend recipes with them. Using it with baking soda can improve the texture of the fabric to be more softer.
Epsom salt: This is another popular option that can be easily outsourced at home. Again use coarse-grained salt so that it takes time to dissolve in laundry load during running those rinse cycle to ensure clothes become cleaner and softer.
Borax: Also known as sodium borate, for ages this white powdery substance has been used as a cleaning substance in household. Adding borax in your DIY fabric softener recipes can make your clothes more cleaner and remove any small remaining stains during the rinse cycle.
Essential oils: Here you simply have options to choose between different varieties of essential oils. Essential oils can improve overall scent of your fabric softener because that's what lingers even after the clothes have dried out. Good options can be citrusy or floral essential oils such as orange essential oil or lavender essential oil. You can also be creative and make unique blend of two or more essential oils per recipe to see the results you might get.
DIY Fabric Softeners Formulations
When it comes to make fabric softeners ingredients that come to mind are white vinegar and baking soda. First , because of how easy you can get them, affordability and using them to make these fabric softeners can be a piece of cake. Now with no further ado let's get into it!
White Vinegar and Baking Soda Softener
Ingredients
1 cup of baking soda
1 cup of white vinegar
2 cups of warm water
30 to 40 drops of your favorite essential oils or essential oil blend
Directions: Take a heatproof mixing bowl and add warm water and baking soda then stir well till all the baking soda is dissolved. Add white vinegar to the mix and continue to stir to get a liquid mixture. Lastly add your essential oils and mix again. Transfer the liquid into the bottle and store in a refrigerator.
Use: Simply pour your fabric softener in the washing machine drawer during the rinse cycle. Your clothes will come out more cleaner, softer and well scented.
Hair Conditioner Fabric Softener
Ingredients
⅓ cup of distilled white vinegar
⅔ cup of warm water
½ cup of mild hair conditioner
Find a mild, regular hair conditioner, that is well-scented and has just basic surfactants to do the work. Stay away from specialized protein-based or moisturizing conditioners, they can lead to staining your clothes. A simple rinse-out hair conditioner will do the job.
Directions: Combine all these liquid ingredients together till they form a homogenous mixture. Transfer the liquid to a well-sanitized bottle.
Use: Add the hair conditioner fabric softener to the rinse cycle and rinse your laundry as usual.
Sea Salt Fabric Softener
Ingredients
1 cup of Sea salt
¼ cup of baking soda
25 drops of your favorite essential oils
Directions: Add your dry ingredients to a mixing bowl and mix with a wooden spoon. Then add your essential oils and mix again. Put your mixture in a Mason jar and close with a tight lid to avoid air exposure to your fabric softener.
Use: Add your sea salt fabric softener right before the rinse cycle in a washing machine. Return the drawer and run the rinse cycle as usual.
White Vinegar and Salt Fabric Softener
Ingredients
½ cup of Epsom salt
½ cup of baking soda
1 cup of distilled white vinegar
2 cups of warm water
20 to 30 drops of essential oil or essential oil blends
Directions: Start by adding dry ingredients to a heat-resistant mixing bowl. Next start adding water first then mix well followed by pouring distilled white vinegar and stir well till all the dry ingredients are completely dissolved. Then pour this liquid mixture to a clean, well-sanitized bottle.
Use: Again, add your fabric softener before the rinse cycle and simply rinse out your clothes in a rinse cycle as usual.
Dry Fabric Softener
Ingredients
1 cup of Epsom salt
¼ cup of baking soda
1 tablespoon of borax
20 drops of your favorite essential oil or essential oil blends
Directions: Just combine all dry ingredients altogether in a mixing bowl. Add your essential oils and blend with a spatula. Scoop your blend and transfer it to a glass Mason jar. Close with a lid tightly.
Use: Simply add your softener salts before the rinse cycle and then run the rinse cycle as usual. Dry your clothes.
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