Homemade Fabric Softner
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while I have always loved doing things that were eco-friendly/natural and saved me some money, lately with more awareness to both areas, I have been on the hunt for those great household tips.
During my entrecard drops I came across the Health To Home blog written by Shawn, a stay at home mom of three.
She posted a recipe for Homemade fabric softner!
I am going to do this!
I already use a lot of baking soda and vinegar in some of my cleaning chores and I know how well it works. I had a bout of not being able to get the sour smell out of my towels a few summers ago when we had a heat wave and high humidity. I used vinegar in all of my laundry loads, and cleaned out my washing machine with vinegar and it did the trick!
Anyway, I love using fabric softner. I love for my clothes to be soft and to smell good! Lavender and vanilla are my favorite scents for softner, so that is what I will use to scent my batch of homemade softner.
So, for the eco-friendly-thrifty domestic goddess, here is the recipe:
Homemade Fabric Softener
One part vinegar
One part baking soda
Two parts hot water
Essential oil (Any scent you like and as much as needed to appeal to you)
Add the baking soda to the hot water and stir until dissolved completely. Make sure you’re using a big enough bucket/bowl to accommodate for the fizzing action caused by mixing the vinegar and baking soda. It’ll fizz like a soda that’s shook up.
When the baking soda is dissolved, add the vinegar and stir until the fizzing action stops. Add a few drops of the essential oil to suit your taste (this step is optional and may be skipped if you prefer no scent at all). Stir to mix and then pour into a container to store.
Use about a 1/4 cup for each load in the fabric softener dispenser or in a Downy ball. This recipe will soften your clothes better than any store bought fabric softener can, it’s much better for you and the environment, and it’s much cheaper!
Let me know if you have any great household tips to help out our precious planet and your wallet!
And go stop by and say Hi to Shawn, she has a great site. 
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August 20th, 2008 at 5:56 am
These are great ideas on homemade fabric softener? Can I share something? Do you want to get rid of stains on your clothes the natural way? Use powdered oyster shells! Clean these oysters shells thoroughly then let them dry out in the sun for one day. Then, crush them into fine powder and when it’s done, immerse an area of a cloth with stain on water with powdered oyster shells and in as little as one hour, the stains are gone- 100%!