I have been told this before, but I tried this last weekend. I was not happy with my dryer sheets; I would rather not use them. Our sons use them so we have lots of them. Our clothes and towels were not coming out very soft and had a bad smell. So I tried wetting a washcloth with vinegar and putting it in the dryer with the towels.
Wow, when I took them out of the dryer they were soft and smelled so good. From now on I will use vinegar on a cloth.
Source: I read this from a book also called "Jerry Bakers Old-Time Vinegar, Garlic, Baking Soda, and 101 More Problem Solvers".
I tend to put a capful or so of white vinegar in my washer at the beginning of the rinse cycle. (I am visually impaired, so just let the cap overflow a little to be sure I've completely filled it. It prob works out to about two capfuls, actually.) The trick is not getting distracted, and actually catching the rinse cycle, lol!
I have this book also! And I use Vinegar instead of fabric sheets. Fabric sheets do stop up the screen on your lint trap of the dryer. I have also used diluted fabric softener on a wash rag. I use very little of the FS and mostly water. I have a downy ball that I use, too. Mostly, though, I use the vinegar.
The cleanest my clothes ever were was when I used homemade laundry soap with the vinegar in the rinse. And smelled like the great outdoors without the pollen!
I use vinegar (white) in the clothes washer and don't need to use fabric softener at all. I was using white vinegar in my dishwasher instead of a rinse aid too and it worked just as well. But a while after I started doing this my dishwasher quit working (the electrical panel). Maybe it is not connected to using vinegar, don't know, but it made me cautious. Then I read somewhere about the acid in vinegar causing problems, but don't know. Just sharing. Feedback welcome.
How much vinegar do you put on the wash cloth to put in the dryer. Do you use a wet wash cloth with the vinegar on it, one that has just come out of the washer to use? This sounds like a good idea not to use dryer sheets.
I use about 1/2 cup of vinegar in my rinse water in the washer using a Downey Fabric Softener ball. Works well to use the vinegar in the rinse water of the washer. Linda
I use the vinegar to take the buildup of detergent and fabric softners off of clothes. I put a drop of lavender scented oil on a washcloth to throw in the dryer.
I use just regular white vinegar in my washer as a fabric softener for towels. I like liquid fabric softener however it tends to build up in towels and then they are not as absorbant. Vinegar in the fabric softener dispenser right in the washer works really well. The towels come out quite soft and do a better job at drying us off. I've also used vinegar for softening clothes but then I do add a little liquid fabric softener to get the nice smell. I never use dryer sheets.
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I have been told this before, but I tried this last weekend. I was not happy with my dryer sheets; I would rather not use them. Our sons use them so we have lots of them. Our clothes and towels were not coming out very soft and had a bad smell. So I tried wetting a washcloth with vinegar and putting it in the dryer with the towels.
