▲ 1571 ▼ Fabric softener is a scam (lemm.ee) submitted 1 year ago by TheImpressiveX@lemm.ee to c/curatedtumblr@sh.itjust.works 385 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 1 year ago (2 children) Doesn't that make your clothes smell like vinegar? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] zalgotext@sh.itjust.works 11 points 1 year ago (1 child) Nope. The volatiles that make vinegar smell like, well, vinegar, are pretty dang volatile. Plus you're diluting it with a bunch of water, plus you're running it through the dryer which further drives off the vinegar-smelling volatiles. In the end you're just left with fresh, clean-smelling laundry. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] TrojanRoomCoffeePot@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 children) Neat. Are we talking cleaning vinegar or the food-grade stuff sold in smaller quantities? Edit: thanks for the clarification, everyone. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 8 child comments replies: [–] TeaWalker@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago (1 child) I just use food grade stuff for myself. Mostly because I can only get the cleaning vinegar in large jugs where I am. It works perfectly. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] TrojanRoomCoffeePot@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago Good to know, thanks for the info. permalink fedilink source parent [–] ericatty@infosec.pub 4 points 1 year ago At our grocery stores you can buy a gallon of food grade white vinegar. Works great. I think it undoes old fabric softener on towels so they absorb better. But I have no empirical proof. No vinegar smells after it dries. I can smell it while it washes in the washer. permalink fedilink source parent [–] PersnickityPenguin@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago Just standard white vinegar sold in regular grocery stores. I use cheap food grade vinegar. permalink fedilink source parent [–] gmtom@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago I think balsamic vinegar works best. permalink fedilink source parent [–] thingAmaBob@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago No, I use it during the rinse cycle and it’s fine. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] zalgotext@sh.itjust.works 11 points 1 year ago (1 child) Nope. The volatiles that make vinegar smell like, well, vinegar, are pretty dang volatile. Plus you're diluting it with a bunch of water, plus you're running it through the dryer which further drives off the vinegar-smelling volatiles. In the end you're just left with fresh, clean-smelling laundry. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] TrojanRoomCoffeePot@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 children) Neat. Are we talking cleaning vinegar or the food-grade stuff sold in smaller quantities? Edit: thanks for the clarification, everyone. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 8 child comments replies: [–] TeaWalker@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago (1 child) I just use food grade stuff for myself. Mostly because I can only get the cleaning vinegar in large jugs where I am. It works perfectly. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] TrojanRoomCoffeePot@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago Good to know, thanks for the info. permalink fedilink source parent [–] ericatty@infosec.pub 4 points 1 year ago At our grocery stores you can buy a gallon of food grade white vinegar. Works great. I think it undoes old fabric softener on towels so they absorb better. But I have no empirical proof. No vinegar smells after it dries. I can smell it while it washes in the washer. permalink fedilink source parent [–] PersnickityPenguin@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago Just standard white vinegar sold in regular grocery stores. I use cheap food grade vinegar. permalink fedilink source parent [–] gmtom@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago I think balsamic vinegar works best. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] TrojanRoomCoffeePot@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 children) Neat. Are we talking cleaning vinegar or the food-grade stuff sold in smaller quantities? Edit: thanks for the clarification, everyone. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 8 child comments replies: [–] TeaWalker@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago (1 child) I just use food grade stuff for myself. Mostly because I can only get the cleaning vinegar in large jugs where I am. It works perfectly. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] TrojanRoomCoffeePot@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago Good to know, thanks for the info. permalink fedilink source parent [–] ericatty@infosec.pub 4 points 1 year ago At our grocery stores you can buy a gallon of food grade white vinegar. Works great. I think it undoes old fabric softener on towels so they absorb better. But I have no empirical proof. No vinegar smells after it dries. I can smell it while it washes in the washer. permalink fedilink source parent [–] PersnickityPenguin@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago Just standard white vinegar sold in regular grocery stores. I use cheap food grade vinegar. permalink fedilink source parent [–] gmtom@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago I think balsamic vinegar works best. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] TeaWalker@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago (1 child) I just use food grade stuff for myself. Mostly because I can only get the cleaning vinegar in large jugs where I am. It works perfectly. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] TrojanRoomCoffeePot@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago Good to know, thanks for the info. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] TrojanRoomCoffeePot@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago Good to know, thanks for the info. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ericatty@infosec.pub 4 points 1 year ago At our grocery stores you can buy a gallon of food grade white vinegar. Works great. I think it undoes old fabric softener on towels so they absorb better. But I have no empirical proof. No vinegar smells after it dries. I can smell it while it washes in the washer. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] PersnickityPenguin@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago Just standard white vinegar sold in regular grocery stores. I use cheap food grade vinegar. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] gmtom@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago I think balsamic vinegar works best. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] thingAmaBob@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago No, I use it during the rinse cycle and it’s fine. permalink fedilink source parent