WoolyNelson@lemmy.world to cats@lemmy.world · 11 months agoLaundry too scratchy - add more fabric softener?lemmy.worldimagemessage-square15fedilinkarrow-up1387arrow-down13
arrow-up1384arrow-down1imageLaundry too scratchy - add more fabric softener?lemmy.worldWoolyNelson@lemmy.world to cats@lemmy.world · 11 months agomessage-square15fedilink
minus-squareForgotAboutDre@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down1·11 months agoFabric softener is just plastic. It doesn’t really work, eventually your clothes will be coated in plastic rather than soft. If you want to keep clothes soft, don’t dry them excessively in tumble dryers. The natural fibres need to retain some water.
minus-square🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 🇮 🏆@yiffit.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·11 months agoThings have changed… There are tons of eco-friendly liquid fabric softeners now that don’t have plastics or forever chemicals in them. Just don’t use the sheets.
minus-squareToday@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·11 months agoI shouldn’t use sheets? What’s better?
Fabric softener is just plastic. It doesn’t really work, eventually your clothes will be coated in plastic rather than soft.
If you want to keep clothes soft, don’t dry them excessively in tumble dryers. The natural fibres need to retain some water.
Things have changed… There are tons of eco-friendly liquid fabric softeners now that don’t have plastics or forever chemicals in them. Just don’t use the sheets.
I shouldn’t use sheets? What’s better?
Thanks