Homemade Fabric Softener

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Published: Mar 14, 2018

Updated: Jun 23, 2023

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Homemade Fabric Softener recipe using vinegar and conditioner! You’ll never buy fabric softener again after knowing how easy it is to make. For this tutorial, I made a wild cherry blossom fabric softener. You can pick any scent you like!

Homemade Fabric Softener

Here’s the biggest secret: you do not have to buy expensive conditioner for this DIY fabric softener. You can buy the super inexpensive kind that is about $2 for a large bottle. I like to make smaller batches so that I can switch up the fragrance depending on my mood or the season:)

Ingredients:

1.  water
2. white vinegar
3. conditioner

The wild cherry blossom conditioner I bought was less than $2 and the gallon of white vinegar was just a few dollars too. I got the glass pitcher from the dollar store. I like that I can simply pour the fabric softener into the washing machine.

Instructions:

You will use about about 2 tablespoons to an average size load of laundry (more or less depending on the size of the load). Or, add it to a Downey ball FOUND HERE

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You could also get a sponge wet with the fabric softener (or make a wash cloth damp with it) and toss it into the dryer (called Laundry Sponges) The results will be the same!

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Homemade Fabric Softener recipe using vinegar and conditioner!

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Supplies

• Whisk
• Container for Storage

Ingredients

• 3 cups hot water
• 1½ cups white vinegar
• 1 cup conditioner in whatever fragrance you like (very inexpensive bottles of conditioners work great!)

Instructions 

• Put 3 cups of hot water into a container
• Add 1 cup of conditioner
• Using a whisk, stir the water and conditioner until combined
• Add in the white vinegar
• Add about 2 tablespoons to an average size load of laundry (more or less depending on the size of the load). Or, add it to a Downey ball FOUND HERE

Notes

*Note: this can be used in an HE washer! Simply add this homemade fabric softener to your washing machine like you normally would. Some machines have a drawer or compartment for fabric softener to be used.