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Homemade Fabric Softener Recipe

This easy homemade fabric softener recipe makes fabric softener that works just as well as the store bought with ingredients you already have at home.

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This easy homemade fabric softener recipe makes fabric softener that works just as well as the store bought with ingredients you already have at home.

Ingredients

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3 cups hot water
1 1/2 cups vinegar
1 cup hair conditioner

Instructions

  1. Pour the conditioner into the hot water.
  2. Stir (don’t shake).
  3. Then add the vinegar.
  4. Pour into a gallon container.
  5. Use the same amount of the fabric softener as you would use of the store bought kind or moisten a rag and throw it in the dryer. You can put this fabric softener into your Downy balls too.

Notes

  • The water has to be very hot to dissolve the conditioner. If it doesn’t dissolve just whisk it or warm up the water hotter in the microwave.
  • If you do need to buy conditioner, something like Suave Lavender from the Dollar Tree works just fine.
  • This homemade fabric softener recipe makes a half gallon and if you want to make less, you can easily half the recipe.
  • Yes it does work in HE washers.
  • For sensitive skin, you will just have to use plain vinegar. My son has horrible eczema and I can’t use anything with scents on his clothes, so vinegar it is!