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Fabric softener is a scam (lemm.ee)

submitted 8 months ago by TheImpressiveX@lemm.ee to c/curatedtumblr@sh.itjust.works

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[–] PersnickityPenguin@lemm.ee 42 points 8 months ago (6 children)

It's worse. Fabric softener is composed of an anti static oil. When you run it in the laundry, it coats all of your clothes with a very thin layer of oil.

Which is why towels dried with fabric softener and dryer sheets don't absorb water anywhere near as well as plain towels dried without it!!

My mom complained to me for years that I wasn't "doing it right" by not using fabric softener. But her towels are useless compared to mine! She continues to spends $100/ year on fabric softener while on social security. Over the year she has spent thousands and thousands of $$$. 🤦‍♀️

[–] tweedle_dee@lemm.ee 2 points 8 months ago

yup, I kept finding these weird stains on our clothes and figured out it was from the fabric softener sheets, stopped using them immediately. Can’t even tell the difference tbh

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