A half-cup of vinegar added to your fabric softener compartment during the rinse cycle helps to naturally soften fabrics, ...
Consumer Reports offers tips on how to make your clothes soft and nice-smelling from your washing machine (without the gross ...
Consumer Reports' expert Rich Handel has tested more than 250 washing machines. Here he shares advice on doing laundry, including never using fabric softener.
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Instead, Lewenhaupt says, “use the right detergents, avoid fabric softeners and maintain proper washing habits to reduce the need for harsh treatments like laundry stripping.” Myth ...
Fabric softener is notoriously divisive. In fact, when we interviewed Rich Handel, a test project leader at Consumer Reports who specializes in laundry, about the things he would never do as a ...