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| Nutrition Facts | ||
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Serving Size 1 (236g) Recipe makes 15 servings |
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| Calories 17 | ||
| Calories from Fat 0 | (0%) | |
| Amount Per Serving | %DV | |
| Total Fat 0.0g | 0% | |
| Saturated Fat 0.0g | 0% | |
| Monounsaturated Fat 0.0g | ||
| Polyunsaturated Fat 0.0g | ||
| Trans Fat 0.0g | ||
| Cholesterol 0mg | 0% | |
| Sodium 4092mg | 170% | |
| Potassium 1mg | 0% | |
| Total Carbohydrate 0.0g | 0% | |
| Dietary Fiber 0.0g | 0% | |
| Sugars 0.0g | ||
| Protein 0.0g | 0% | |
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Ingredients
- 1 cup baking soda
- 6 cups distilled white vinegar
- 8 cups water
- 10-15 drops orange essential oils (optional) or lemon essential oils (optional) or essential oils, of choice (optional)
Directions
1
You will need a one gallon container.2
First add the baking soda to the plastic container.3
Next add 1 cup of water to start with.4
Slowly add the vinegar to the bottle as the vinegar and baking soda will start to fizz.5
Then add the rest of the water swirling around & cover venting the top a few times.6
Last add the essential oil.7
Add 1 cup in your final rinse cycle for each load but give the bottle a good shake to stir up the essential oil if using.
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Featured Reviews for This Recipe
From: Kathy1208
On Jun 20, 2009
I make this up unscented, and keep a variety of essential oils in my laundry room with a dropper to scent the laundry with whatever scent I feel like indulging with at that time. I am making my own laundry soap as well, and the two have made such a difference! This softener is very inexpensive to make, and the clothes are just as soft as they can be. I LOVE this stuff! Thanks for posting!
From: tecrz
On Jun 24, 2008
Nice alternative. I'm allergic to most fabric softeners so I have never used them. I made this as directed only a word of warning - it can be dangerous. 
I was so careful when adding everything and then I capped it and gave it one swirl and immediately realized my mistake as the plastic jug swelled instantaneously and as I fumbled for the cap it exploded. It would have been a very entertaining sight to watch if I wasn't shrieking because gritty vinegar was burning my eyes. My two kids (playing underfoot) went running and screaming and my baby was cracking up in her bouncy seat at all of us running around. It was everywhere, even inside my cabinets and on my ceiling!
Ha! Be careful! But it really does work nicely. What was left after it exploded anyways. I use a Downy ball by the way.
From: Chef #726534
On May 2, 2008
Great alternative to commercial fabric softeners. I used a citrus liquid potpourri for scent, believe it or not, and that worked fine. Clothes came out with a little static but I'm not not too concerned about static. I'm more concerned about the softness of my clothes since I live in a very hard water area. But with this homemade softener, the clothes certainly came out acceptably soft....and without that fake "chemical" feeling. I'll definitely use this instead of Downey. Update: After 2-3 months of using this, my clothes are now much more noticeably whiter. We live in a very hard water area and hard water can really make clothes dingy, so this stuff is a godsend. I will never buy commercial fabric softener again!
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