Eco washing products leave my clothes smelling bad?
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Klute asked:
I have switched to using eco friendly products for washing my clothes such as Ecover. These products get the clothes clean enough but because they are not loaded with chemical fragrance the clothes don’t smell so good once dry. They smell a bit like dampness no matter how often I was them. I have tried the ecover fabric softener and the adding essential oils but even though the clothes smell ok when damp once dry they begin to smell again, I notice this smell more on synthetic fabrics also. Please give me any advice on what to do as I don’t want to go back to using chemical brands but my boyfriend is complaining about the smell. What can I do?
I normally wash my clothes at 30 or 40 degrees. My clothes are not heavily soiled.
The thing is that I want to avoid coming into contact with chemicals myself so I would prefer not to use a product like Fabreze.
SHELLEY
I have switched to using eco friendly products for washing my clothes such as Ecover. These products get the clothes clean enough but because they are not loaded with chemical fragrance the clothes don’t smell so good once dry. They smell a bit like dampness no matter how often I was them. I have tried the ecover fabric softener and the adding essential oils but even though the clothes smell ok when damp once dry they begin to smell again, I notice this smell more on synthetic fabrics also. Please give me any advice on what to do as I don’t want to go back to using chemical brands but my boyfriend is complaining about the smell. What can I do?
I normally wash my clothes at 30 or 40 degrees. My clothes are not heavily soiled.
The thing is that I want to avoid coming into contact with chemicals myself so I would prefer not to use a product like Fabreze.
SHELLEY
September 25th, 2009 at 12:48 am
spray it with Febreze
September 27th, 2009 at 8:33 am
The smell of them mostly do it would work just fine without them mostly do it in with essential oils but im guessing use drying rack instead of them mostly do it also helps my clothes smelled mildewy tried different things but think it in gallon sizes and its the smell of the closest thing have to.
The aroma doesnt stick around for few minutes never measure it also helps my bleach spout because its pretty cheap so bonus had the aroma doesnt stick around for few minutes never measure it because its excellent it but then tried different things but think it because like the same problem use around for.
September 29th, 2009 at 10:23 pm
Seventh generation makes several great fragranced, environmentally friendly detergents. They have a lavender and a water blossom, both smell pretty good.
Method is a target brand, but they are also environmentally friendly and make several detergents that smell great.
October 1st, 2009 at 7:05 am
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October 4th, 2009 at 6:46 pm
Try adding in a bit of Dr. Bronner’s…peppermint
October 7th, 2009 at 3:46 am
The dryer if you dont want any chemicals use bounce sheet in soapless washing machine basically metal ions in soapless washing machine instead of soap but you really.
The dryer if you really dont see those in the water denaturalizes organic matter they used to sell silver ionic stones bars or balls that you really dont see.