Guest guest Posted June 2, 2006 Report Share Posted June 2, 2006 I did this today, and the results were great! Salt + vinegar works! I added Borax with the whites, but not in the other loads. My son's gi looks brand new for his karate tournament. He'll be really pleased. Thanks again for this wonderful tip! -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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