Just finished a load of laundry.

We use the cheaper, overnight electricity.........and detergent. Up at seven this morning, unloaded the laundry from the machine, sorted it all, took a view on the weather as to apraise if it's worth going out to dry on the rotary airer. Decided not to risk it, we have had Biblical rain in the last two days. I shall leave the laundry in one of the spare bedrooms. That bedroom has become the laundry room since the acqusition of an indoor, heated, rotary airer.
 
Ronni said:
I enjoy the fragrance of freshly washed clothes, which just doesn’t happen with no detergent, or even unscented detergent.

I am choosy about laundry detergent, and choose based on fragrance more than anything else.
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Ditto. I also like the scent of freshly washed clothes. The scent of the pods is a big factor for me when purchasing detergent.
 
I love taking a bath, which I do most mornings. I leave the water in the bath and drop in any clothing that could do with a bit of a soak before going in the washing machine. White socks and items of underclothing as well as T-shirts will soak for a few hours while I attend to other matters.

After they go through a wash cycle, I peg them on the line and let the sun and wind do the drying. Everything smells so good after this process, and it uses a lot less electricity than using a drier.
 
I have a soaking cycle on my washing machine. I have cut my laundry soap usage in half; I use about a cap full of shout and let the washer soak. My clothes seem to get cleaner using the soak cycle.

I don’t like fragrant laundry soaps. My son was skin sensitive so I used original Dreftfor the laundry when he was a little tyke. I am outside all the time and smelling too fluffy draws insects that I don’t want to have a conversation with🤠
 
i confess this year i gathered 2x bags of horse chestnuts (conkers) from a local park ,i brought them home cut them up with a knife boiled them for half an hour ,then strained the juice into a 2litre milk container ,horse chestnuts (conkers)make laundry liquid so now im tipping conker juice into my washing machine :sick:
 
Wish I still had conkers here where I live now. I would have definitely tries this. One thought though: doesn't the color from the conkers bleed out into the light colored items?
 
Jules said:
And then I realized that I had forgotten to put in any detergent. Oh well. They should be OK. :)
Should be just as good as doing it down by the creek.

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In many cases, people washing in a stream or river make their own soap out of wood ash and animal fat


 
roadhogg said:
i confess this year i gathered 2x bags of horse chestnuts (conkers) from a local park ,i brought them home cut them up with a knife boiled them for half an hour ,then strained the juice into a 2litre milk container ,horse chestnuts (conkers)make laundry liquid so now im tipping conker juice into my washing machine :sick:
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Glad if this works for you but just to readers in general, a caution. If a device or appliance is under warranty, using it in any way other than the written instructions can possibly void the warranty.
 
Trade said:
And then I realized that I had forgotten to put in any detergent. Oh well. They should be OK. :)
Should be just as good as doing it down by the creek.

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As someone here noted, many persons put in too much. Very typical irational thinking. If some is good, more has to be
better. Detergent manufacturers themselves warn against this, as it can gradually build up scum in side your washining machine filters and hoses.

Same with using hot water. Unless you need to kill germs, as with underwear or sheets, warm or cold are sufficient.

The most popular and most expensive detergents, such as Tide, are massive overkill for typical washloads.

If you have the option, set up a drying rack indoors or use an outdoor clothesline. Electric dryers have a lint
filter for a reason: they literally shred your clothes with the tumble friction.

It is worth noting that in most places you are washing with recycled sewage water. Not unclean, but very expensive.
Water treatment is a huge tax and environmental burden, and the world is in a drought state right now.
Almost all garments now contain artificial fabrics, which shred off in the washer and end up as microplastics in the ocean and
our food stream.

Hanging up a garment overnight with a window open so it can air out is often more than sufficient to refresh it.
 
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