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Do you use fabric conditioner when washing clothes?

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  • debs64debs64 Posts: 5,184
    I use the dettol one when washing fiancés chef whites and aprons just to be on the safe side. Thinking of his customers and I do like his work stuff to be really clean and his whites very white. Nothing scruffier than a scruffy chef! 
  • ErgatesErgates Posts: 2,953
    always
    debs64 said:
    I use the dettol one when washing fiancés chef whites and aprons just to be on the safe side. Thinking of his customers and I do like his work stuff to be really clean and his whites very white. Nothing scruffier than a scruffy chef! 
    Love that! Sounds like he works somewhere I’d like to eat in. I do see some sorry sights loitering outside having a cigarette break, wearing stuff that looks very much the worse for wear.
  • never
    I use a little on towels and bed linen but never anything else. I can't bear the smell and I understood it wasn't good for the clothes as it relaxed the fibres and so clothes were likley to lose shape. I'm sure if you are careful when you hang them out this can be managed
  • steveTusteveTu Posts: 3,219
    I thought conditioner on towels was a no-no anyway? Doesn't it affect the towels' absorbency?
    UK - South Coast Retirement Campus (East)
  • JennyJJennyJ Posts: 10,576
    edited February 2022
    sometimes
    I don't use it on towels. I find it makes them soft but also kind of slippery and yes, less absorbent. For me line drying on a good breezy day is best for towels, and everything else except heavy jumpers and cardis that are better dried flat to spread the weight so they don't pull out of shape (or flat-ish - I usually drape them over the top of an A-shaped clothes horse).
    Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
  • never
    Not directly relevant, but today I saw EcoEggs advertised for washing clothes without detergent.  I'd be very interested to read anybody's experience of using them, please...
    Since 2019 I've lived in east Clare, in the west of Ireland.
  • LG_LG_ Posts: 4,360
    I used to use ecoballs which I think are a similar thing. Even used them for nappies. As far as I remember they were fine - it took a bit of getting used to that the washing smelt of 'nothing at all'. I have no idea why I stopped using them - there was certainly no decision involved but it's been quite a few years. Maybe I'll go back to them!
    'If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.'
    - Cicero
  • never
    Thanks, @LG_ .  I looked at a review which suggested they were good at removing dirt & stains in cottons but less good with synthetics - might try them though, seems like it might be worth it...
    Since 2019 I've lived in east Clare, in the west of Ireland.
  • BenCottoBenCotto Posts: 4,718
    not really
    Overall, the reviews on TrustPilot for Ecoeggs are not too favourable

    https://uk.trustpilot.com/review/www.ecoeggonline.com
    Rutland, England
  • AsarumAsarum Posts: 661
    sometimes
    I’m just wondering if increasing use of anti bacterials in our laundry will contribute to antibiotic resistance?  Are they really necessary or just another product to sell?  Anyone got any ideas?
    East Anglia
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