Guest guest Posted May 29, 2006 Report Share Posted May 29, 2006 I have never heard of doing laundry in vinigar and salt, but I love the idea. What ratio do you use and what type of vinegar and salt? Thanks, Brenda Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 29, 2006 Report Share Posted May 29, 2006 Brenda, I use vinegar and baking soda. For a load of whites, I add 1/4 cup of each to the laundry as the brightner. All of the laundry regardless of color I use vinegar as the fabric softner. I have an old downey ball that I put the vinegar in (up to the fill line) and put it in for the rise cycle. I have been doing this for just over a year now. Our clothes do not smell like pickles either. :-) I started doing it because it was economical, and like the fact that its all natural and not toxic. I haven't switched to home made laundry soap yet, even though I have recipes for it.. lazy I guess. I am still using 7th generation's laundry soap. Leah berrywell <berrywell wrote: I have never heard of doing laundry in vinigar and salt, but I love the idea. What ratio do you use and what type of vinegar and salt? Thanks, Brenda Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 30, 2006 Report Share Posted May 30, 2006 Hi Brenda, I had never heard of it before either until someone in the group (I believe from the Netherlands) told us about it probably a year ago or so. I have just been using plain table salt, but I was thinking about trying the salt you get for water softners. It comes in bulk and bigger packages. For the vinegar I use white vinegar. 1/4 to 1/2 cup salt in wash and 1/2 cup vinegar in rinse. I don't use detergent anymore. Sometimes I will add a little borax or washing soda. I would have never believed salt would clean like it does till I tried it. It softens the water and must soften the fibers releasing all old residues, dirt and build-up detergents/fabric softners. I have had old towels come out so soft and fluffy. The girl that wrote said her husband worked construction and his clothes got pretty dirty, but salt cleaned them right up. I'm a believer now! Sharon In our hearts we plan our day, but it is God who determines our steps. Proverbs 16:9 - berrywell<berrywell rawfood <rawfood > Monday, May 29, 2006 7:38 AM [Raw Food] to Sharon I have never heard of doing laundry in vinigar and salt, but I love the idea. What ratio do you use and what type of vinegar and salt? Thanks, Brenda Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 30, 2006 Report Share Posted May 30, 2006 I'm trying this for sure! Sounds awesome. Thanks for sharing, Raine vegigran wrote: > Hi Brenda, > I had never heard of it before either until someone in the group (I > believe from the Netherlands) told us about it probably a year ago or > so. I have just been using plain table salt, but I was thinking about > trying the salt you get for water softners. It comes in bulk and > bigger packages. For the vinegar I use white vinegar. 1/4 to 1/2 cup > salt in wash and 1/2 cup vinegar in rinse. I don't use detergent > anymore. Sometimes I will add a little borax or washing soda. I > would have never believed salt would clean like it does till I tried > it. It softens the water and must soften the fibers releasing all old > residues, dirt and build-up detergents/fabric softners. I have had > old towels come out so soft and fluffy. The girl that wrote said her > husband worked construction and his clothes got pretty dirty, but salt > cleaned them right up. I'm a believer now! -- Join our club and swap paperback books for FREE - PaperBackSwap.com <http://www.paperbackswap.com/index.php?n=2 & r_by=raineluvsj > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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