Any item that is intended to absorb — such as hand and bath towels, tea towels, and microfiber cloths that are designed to absorb water, and quick-dry sports wear which absorbs sweat, should be treated with care. To keep towels soft and fluffy, yet still absorbent — wash alternately with and without fabric conditioner. Always follow the directions on the care label of your towels or other fabric items, and always read the label on the fabric conditioner, too.
Using fabric conditioner is so quick and easy, and in most cases you can simply add it to your washing machine and leave the machine to do all the hard work for you.
Measure out your fabric conditioner into a detergent dosing cup. When using Comfort Pure, aim for 35 ml of softener per kg load, or 55 ml per kg load, and always follow the instructions on the label. Pop the softener into the detergent drawer before beginning your wash cycle, at the same time as you add your detergent. Fabric softeners also straighten fabrics in garments, making them easier to iron. The most common use of fabric softeners is on towels.
Know how we know? Just take a look at a Downy Fabric Softener bottle; what do you see? Because of the moisture wicking nature of towels, they tend to come out a bit rough from a washing and drying, which make the actual process of drying less Fabric softeners reduce this roughness and the static on the garments.
When should you use fabric softener and when should you avoid it? As previously stated, fabric softeners work especially well for towels. Search for:. Fabric Softener. Scent Boosters. Dryer Sheets. Dish Soap. View All Products. View All Scents. Print This. You're leaving our site.
Thanks for hanging out with us at ilovegain. Share it on. Email This. Love it? Email a friend. Your Name. Other washing machines provide the option to run an extra rinse cycle. Still others have a button that you press if you added fabric softener.
Additional settings for adding fabric softeners like those listed above are usually in place so that the washing machine gives your clothing a deeper rinse. Deeper or extra rinses are necessary to ensure that the fabric softener is adequately rinsed out.
Otherwise, residue from the softener could build up in your clothes. If your machine runs multiple rinse cycles, using the correct settings ensures that the fabric softener is released during the appropriate rinse cycle. It is not a good idea to put fabric softener directly onto your clothes. Fabric softener is made with strong chemicals that could stain your clothes if it touches them.
Fabric softener needs to be diluted in water in order for it not to leave a stain. Your clothes can also become stained by fabric softener if too much fabric softener is used or if the fabric softener is added or dispensed at the wrong time. The last thing you want is for fabric softener to ruin your clothes instead of protecting them. If your washing machine has an automatic fabric softener dispenser, you just put the fabric softener directly into the dispenser.
However, the location of your dispenser and how you put the fabric softener into it depends on your particular washing machine.
Front loader washing machines have a drawer that the fabric softener goes into and is dispensed from. To add fabric softener to the drawer, make sure to pull the drawer out as far as it will go. In many washing machines, the drawer has a label that indicates how much fabric softener to put into it. Pour the amount of fabric softener that you need into the drawer, then add water to the drawer until the fabric softener and water mixture reach the maximum fill line.
Be careful not to fill the drawer past the maximum fill line. If you do, the fabric softener can either spill out of the drawer or be released too early, potentially staining your clothes. The fabric softener will be dispensed automatically during the appropriate cycle.
The dispenser in top loading washing machines can be found at the top of the agitator in the middle of the drum. To use the dispenser, just pour the recommended amount of fabric softener into the dispenser.
Just like with a front loader, be careful not to overfill the dispenser with either fabric softener or water. Once the load has started, the fabric softener will be dispensed automatically.
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