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You can make anti-static "balls" out of 100% wool yarn or you can buy them to throw in your dryer. Fabric softener is a waste of $$ if you ask me. The detergent already has "fragrances" is you like that sort of thing.
 
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We have never used it


 
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You can make anti-static "balls" out of 100% wool yarn or you can buy them to throw in your dryer. Fabric softener is a waste of $$ if you ask me. The detergent already has "fragrances" is you like that sort of thing.


I'm curious about these antistatic balls -- like these?

As for the fragrance, I'm totally fine without my shirts smelling like, well, the laundry aisle at the grocery store. Big Grin I worked at a grocery store a long time ago and spent way too much time around that scent. Eww.




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Soap and fabric softener,
75% of the customers use 35% too much of both

In the newer machines.

An easy test is
Pull three towels off the shelf.
Put them in the washer,with out soap
Let it agitate,

If suds show up you are using way too much soap





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Soap and fabric softener,
75% of the customers use 35% too much of both

In the newer machines.

An easy test is
Pull three towels off the shelf.
Put them in the washer,with out soap
Let it agitate,

If suds show up you are using way too much soap


that's why I stopped using those stupid Tide Pods. Too much soap. I'd rather measure it myself.


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The apartment we live in has that kind of washer. I also saw the gunk that was in there and cleaned it out. I pointed the button to my wife to press when there's softener being used.

After a while, I see the gunk building up again and asked my wife if she is pressing the button and she said yes. So, I let it go.



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I'll just leave this here. Static cling is the least of the worries.

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You can make anti-static "balls" out of 100% wool yarn or you can buy them to throw in your dryer. Fabric softener is a waste of $$ if you ask me. The detergent already has "fragrances" is you like that sort of thing.


I'm curious about these antistatic balls -- like these?

As for the fragrance, I'm totally fine without my shirts smelling like, well, the laundry aisle at the grocery store. Big Grin I worked at a grocery store a long time ago and spent way too much time around that scent. Eww.

Those are what I use although the spousal unit has also made her own from wool yarn.
 
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Fabric "softeners" are something I learned to never use. They break down fabrics which is bad enough, and as posted all those fibers go to the sewer, or worse in my case to the septic.


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