4 Ways to Make Safe, Problem-Free Homemade Fabric Softener

4 Ways to Make Safe, Problem-Free Homemade Fabric Softener
You can save money and protect yourself and family from health hazards by making your own fabric softeners. Yuganov Konstantin/Shutterstock
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Fabric softeners are designed to reduce the amount of static in synthetic fibers and make laundry come out feeling soft and smelling great. These products contain lubricating ingredients that help coat and “soften” fibers in fabrics when added to your laundry load in the form of liquid, powder, or dryer sheets.

So why would anyone go to the time and trouble of making homemade fabric softener when the commercial stuff will do the job?

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